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John Dawnay, Sir (1534 - 1598)

Politician and civil servant. Served in various offices, including as Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and member of parliament for Thirsk. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Dawnay_(of_Sessay) Other Links: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Dawnay-Kt-MP/6000000006444668229
Notes: Possibly the same Sir John Dawnay
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp446-449
Notes: Mentions a Sir John Dawnay of Sessay who died in 1598
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Sessay
Relationships: John Dawnay was a father-in-law of Ralph Eure (24 Sep 1558-1 Apr 1617)

References in Documents:
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 31 A Book of Surveying made in the Sixth Year of Queen Elibeth, containig the State of Manors, Lands, and Tenements, in the Counties of York, Durham, Derby, &c. with several Accounts of the Families of Lord Eure and Sir John Dawnay