John Boys (died 1612)
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Sir John Boys (c. 1535 – 1612), of St. Gregory's, Canterbury, the Middle Temple, London and Betteshanger, Kent, was an English politician, noted lawyer, and steward to the Archbishop of Canterbury.[1][2]
He was a younger son of William Boys (d.c.1549), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent by Mary, sister and heir of Sir Edward Ringley of Knowlton, Kent.[3][4] His family had held the manor of Fredville since the reign of Henry VII.[5] He entered the Middle Temple in February 1560 and became a Bencher of the society in 1580.[6]