John Port (the younger)
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Sir John Port 'the Younger' (1514–1557) was an English
Knight of the Bath and Justice
of the Common Pleas
. He founded Repton School
, an almshouse
at Etwall
and also has a secondary school
named after him.
whose family came from Chester
. He was one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the reign of King Henry VIII
.
John was the first lecturer or scholar on his father's foundation at Brasenose College. He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire
in 1539. He was knighted at the coronation of Edward VI in 1547 and was a member of Mary's first parliament representing Derbyshire in 1553. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire
in 1554. In 1556 he was involved in the execution of Joan Waste
, a 22-year-old blind Protestant.
Port died on 6 June 1557.
in Staffordshire by Dorothy, his wife, third daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Montgomery, which Elizabeth was heiress to her mother. By his first wife, he had three daughters and two sons:
Sir John also married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert
of Norbury.
His father was Sir John Port 'the Elder'. His mother was Jane, his father's first wife, daughter and heiress of Sir John Fitzherbert of Etwall. She had previously married Sir John Pole of Radborne.
Port had three sisters: Ellen who married Sir Edmund Pierrepont of Holme, Nottinghamshire
and later married Sir John Babington; Barbara married Sir John Francys of Foremark
; and Maria who was the wife of Sir George Findern of Findern
.
The family of Port were based in Chester
. Henry Port, described as a merchant, was the great-grandfather of Sir John Port the founder of Etwall Hospital and Repton School
and a second Henry Port of the same place was his grandfather. For the latter, there is a monument in Etwall Church recording that he died in 1512 having had by his wife Elizabeth, seventeen children. Elizabeth was daughter of Banowayte of Flowresbrook. Sir John Port the younger was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Edward VI
at Etwall
and a "Grammar School in Etwalle or Reptone", where the scholars every day were to pray for the souls of his parents and other relatives. The executors purchased land which had once been the grounds of an Augustinian priory
in Repton
. Luckily it and the surrounding buildings had survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries
. Repton School
has since become one of the great public schools of England. Sir John also confirmed and augmented his father's grants to Brasenose College, Oxford
.
English people
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Knight of the Bath and Justice
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
of the Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas (England)
The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king. Created in the late 12th to early 13th century after splitting from the Exchequer of Pleas, the Common...
. He founded Repton School
Repton School
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...
, an almshouse
Almshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
at Etwall
Etwall
Etwall is a civil parish and village in Derbyshire, England. It is located southwest from Derby on the A50.-Geography:Etwall is squeezed between the A516, which bypassed the village in February 1992, and the A50. The A516 draws a lot of heavy traffic heading for the M1 north.The village has its...
and also has a secondary school
John Port School
John Port Specialist Technology, Mathematics and Computing College is a very large academy in the village of Etwall, Derbyshire, England.-Admissions:...
named after him.
Biography
John was the son of Sir John Port 'the Elder'John Port (the elder)
Sir John Port , judge, was born about 1480 at Chester, where his ancestors had been merchants for some generations : his father, Henry Port, was mayor of Chester in 1486, and his mother was a daughter of Robert Barrow, also a mayor of Chester in 1526...
whose family came from Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
. He was one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the reign of King Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
.
John was the first lecturer or scholar on his father's foundation at Brasenose College. He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire
Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Derbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
in 1539. He was knighted at the coronation of Edward VI in 1547 and was a member of Mary's first parliament representing Derbyshire in 1553. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
This is a list of High Sheriffs 1068-1568.The High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests is a position established by the Normans in England.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown...
in 1554. In 1556 he was involved in the execution of Joan Waste
Joan Waste
Joan Waste was a blind woman who was burned in Derby for refusing to renounce her Protestant faith.-Biography:Waste was born blind in 1534, with her twin brother Roger, to a Derby barber, William Waste and his wife, Joan...
, a 22-year-old blind Protestant.
Port died on 6 June 1557.
Family
Sir John Port married, firstly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Giffard of ChillingtonChillington Hall
Chillington Hall is a Georgian country house near to Brewood, Staffordshire, four miles northwest of Wolverhampton, England. It is the residence of the Giffard family. The Grade I listed house was designed by Francis Smith in 1724 and John Soane in 1785...
in Staffordshire by Dorothy, his wife, third daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Montgomery, which Elizabeth was heiress to her mother. By his first wife, he had three daughters and two sons:
- Walter and Thomas died at an early age in the lifetime of their father
- Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Gerrard of Bryn, Shropshire, ancestor of the baronets of that name
- Dorothy married George Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonSir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and older brother of Francis Hastings...
, - Margaret married Sir Thomas StanhopeSir Thomas StanhopeSir Thomas Stanhope was a Tudor MP for Nottinghamshire in England.He was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Ann Rawson, the eldest of eight surviving children. He was 12 years old when his father was executed in 1552...
, grandfather of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield , son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat. Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I...
.
Sir John also married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert
Anthony Fitzherbert
Sir Anthony Fitzherbert was an English judge, scholar and legal author, particularly known for his treatise on English law, New Natura Brevium .-Biography:...
of Norbury.
His father was Sir John Port 'the Elder'. His mother was Jane, his father's first wife, daughter and heiress of Sir John Fitzherbert of Etwall. She had previously married Sir John Pole of Radborne.
Port had three sisters: Ellen who married Sir Edmund Pierrepont of Holme, Nottinghamshire
Holme, Nottinghamshire
Holme is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the east of the River Trent, less than half a mile from the riverside and 4 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Holme is part of the civil parish of Langford...
and later married Sir John Babington; Barbara married Sir John Francys of Foremark
Foremark
Foremark is a small manor and hamlet with a ruling Lord's country house - Foremarke Hall - in southern Derbyshire, England.-Location:...
; and Maria who was the wife of Sir George Findern of Findern
Findern
Findern is a village in south Derbyshire. Although a railway runs through it, there is no station, the nearest stations are Willington, Pear Tree and Derby...
.
The family of Port were based in Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
. Henry Port, described as a merchant, was the great-grandfather of Sir John Port the founder of Etwall Hospital and Repton School
Repton School
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...
and a second Henry Port of the same place was his grandfather. For the latter, there is a monument in Etwall Church recording that he died in 1512 having had by his wife Elizabeth, seventeen children. Elizabeth was daughter of Banowayte of Flowresbrook. Sir John Port the younger was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Edward VI
Bequests
Sir John Port had no children when he died in 1557. By his will, he left bequests for the creation of an almshouseAlmshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
at Etwall
Etwall
Etwall is a civil parish and village in Derbyshire, England. It is located southwest from Derby on the A50.-Geography:Etwall is squeezed between the A516, which bypassed the village in February 1992, and the A50. The A516 draws a lot of heavy traffic heading for the M1 north.The village has its...
and a "Grammar School in Etwalle or Reptone", where the scholars every day were to pray for the souls of his parents and other relatives. The executors purchased land which had once been the grounds of an Augustinian priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
in Repton
Repton
Repton is a village and civil parish on the edge of the River Trent floodplain in South Derbyshire, about north of Swadlincote. Repton is close to the county boundary with neighbouring Staffordshire and about northeast of Burton upon Trent.-History:...
. Luckily it and the surrounding buildings had survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
. Repton School
Repton School
Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...
has since become one of the great public schools of England. Sir John also confirmed and augmented his father's grants to Brasenose College, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
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