Sir John Byron Sr

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Sir John Byron Senior (or Sir John Byron of the Great Beard) was an English knight of the Tudor era.

Sir John lived at Colwick in Nottinghamshire, before being granted Newstead Abbey in the same county by Henry VIII of England on 26 May 1540. He was appointed Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest. He was also Steward of Manchester and Rochdale. He was a trusted adviser to Henry VIII, and was at court most of his life. He started work on Newstead, making it into a home for his family. His father was Sir Nicolas Byron, who was knighted by Prince Arthur in 1502. His son, Sir John Byron, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England and his grandson became the first Baron Byron.^[1]

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1. ^ Byron By John Nichol, Project Gutenberg E Books, Pages 3-10