John Borlase (MP)
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John Borlase (c 1527-1593) was an English landowner who represented Buckinghamshire in the House of Commons in 1586-7.[1]
He was the eldest son of Edward Borlase (d. 1544), a London merchant, and his third wife Petronell/Parnell (d. 1564), daughter and co-heir of Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of Common Pleas.[1][2] Through his mother he inherited a substantial estate in Buckinghamshire, which he subsequently extended by purchase[1][3] and through his marriage to Anne, the daughter and co-heir of Robert Lytton of Knebworth.[2]
He served as a justice of the peace in Buckinghamshire and in 1567-8 served as Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1588-9.[1] As a substantial but not leading Buckinghamshire gentleman, he took his turn of serving a single turn in parliament as the junior knight of the shire in 1586.[4]
John and Anne had one son William Borlase (died 1629) and several daughters,[2] including:
- Elizabeth married Samuel Backhouse[2]
- Dorothy married George Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire[2]
- Anne married Sir Euseby Isham (d. 1626) of Braunston, Northamptonshire.[2][5]
John died in May 1593 and was buried at Little Marlow. He was survived by his wife, who he left well provided.[1]
