John Reynell (floruit 1427/28) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Devon in 1427/28.Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 643: regnal date "6 Henry IV" (sic), probably "6 Henry VI" 1427/8; corrected date deduced as his brother was Walter Reynell (died 1478) of Malston (Vivian, p. 643) a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1454/5 (Vivian, p. 643)
Origins He was a son of Walter Reynell (fl. 1404) who held lands at Malston in the parish of Sherford (Devon) and Badlingham (Cambridgeshire),who also served as a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1404,Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 His mother was Walter's second wife Margaret Stighull,Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 daughter and heiressVivian, p. 643 of William Stighull (alias Styl, Stigill, etc) who held the estates of Malston and East Ogwell,Pole, p. 251; Prince p. 695 by his wife Elizabeth Malston, daughter and heiress of Robert Malston of Malston. His elder brother was Walter Reynell (died 1478) of Malston,also a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1454/55.Regnal date 33 Henry VI per Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 643–5
Marriage He married Agnes Chichester, a daughter of the Chichester familyVivian, p. 643 then recently seated at Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon.Not shown in the pedigree of Chichester in Vivian, p. 172
Death He predeceased his father without progeny.Vivian, p. 643, ante patrem s(ine) p(role)
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