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BLAKE, John II (b.c.1388), of Quemerford in Calne, Wilts.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
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Constituency
Dates
1415
Family and Education
b.c.1388, s. and h. of John Blake† (d.1395) of Quemerford.
Offices Held
Biography
An obscure member of one of the oldest and most substantial burgess families in Calne,1 John was aged seven at the death of his father, a well-to-do lawyer who had represented the borough in the Parliaments of 1381, 1384 (Nov.) and 1385.2 By 1412 he had inherited some of the family property at Blacklands, a mile south east of Calne, said to be worth 40 marks a year.3