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Sir
John Thynne
Portrait of Thynne in 1566
Born
c. 1515
Church Stretton, Shropshire
Died
21 May 1580
Longleat, Wiltshire
Resting place
Longbridge Deverill
Other names
John Boteville
Occupation
Steward
Employer
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Spouse(s)
(1) Christiana Gresham, daughter of Sir Richard Gresham, Lord Mayor of London (2) Dorothy Wroughton, daughter of Sir William Wroughton, of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire
Children
John, Dorothy, Anne, Francis, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, Frances, Maria, Egremont, Henry, Charles, Edward, and William
Parent(s)
Thomas Thynne (alias Botteville) and Margaret Eynns, daughter of Thomas Eynns
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