Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet (c 1592 - 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1640 to 1648 and in 1660.
Potts was the son of John Potts and his wife Ann Dodge, daughter of John Dodge. In November 1640, Potts was elected Member of Parliament
for Norfolk
in the Long Parliament
. He was knighted on 9 August 1641 and created baronet
of Mannington in the County of Norfolk, on 14 August 1641. Nevertheless he supported the Parliamentarian side and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge
in 1648.
In 1660, Potts was elected MP for Great Yarmouth
in the Convention Parliament.
Potts died in 1673 and was buried at Mannington, Norfolk.
Potts "was obliged to marry a daughter of — Goodsill, esq. a favourite at court, with a small fortune", according to a writer in the time of the Court of Wards, and had three daughters. He married secondly Ursula Spelman widow and a daughter of Sir John Willoughby of Risley, Derbyshire. They had three sons John, Francis and Charles and a daughter Ursula.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1640 to 1648 and in 1660.
Potts was the son of John Potts and his wife Ann Dodge, daughter of John Dodge. In November 1640, Potts was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Norfolk
Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Norfolk was a County 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. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
. He was knighted on 9 August 1641 and created baronet
Potts Baronets
The Potts Baronetcy, of Mannington in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 14 August 1641 for John Potts, Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Great Yarmouth. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1732.-Potts Baronets, of...
of Mannington in the County of Norfolk, on 14 August 1641. Nevertheless he supported the Parliamentarian side and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
in 1648.
In 1660, Potts was elected MP for Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
in the Convention Parliament.
Potts died in 1673 and was buried at Mannington, Norfolk.
Potts "was obliged to marry a daughter of — Goodsill, esq. a favourite at court, with a small fortune", according to a writer in the time of the Court of Wards, and had three daughters. He married secondly Ursula Spelman widow and a daughter of Sir John Willoughby of Risley, Derbyshire. They had three sons John, Francis and Charles and a daughter Ursula.