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Ralph Verney (MP for City of London)

Ralph Verney (MP for City of London)

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Sir Ralph Verney (fl. 1459), was an English Member of Parliament (MP).

He was a Member of the Parliament of England for City of London in 1459.[1] He was Lord Mayor of London in 1465 and was knighted by King Edward IV in 1471 in recognition of the City's loyalty and subsequently received several grants of land. He married a widow, Emma Pyking, and purchased the manor of Middle Claydon. Varney died in 1478.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Aldermen in Parliament | British History Online".
  2. [2]
    Gibbs, Robert (1888). Worthies of Buckinghamshire and Men of Note of that County. Aylesbury: R. Gibbs. p. 386.

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