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John Kent
d.1413Merchant and officialEurope · 1413Most named place: Kent (approximate)
John Kent was a mercer by trade and a resident in Reading where he possessed property and, between 1378 and 1411, witnessed a large number of deeds. In many transactions he was associated as a business partner with David atte Hacche and William Catour, two of the wealthiest burgesses.
John Kent also had prosperous civic career, he served as bailiff in 1403-4, mayor in 1391-2, 1393-4, 1401-2, 1405-6, and 1409-10, and was Member of Parliament in 1383, 1390, and 1404. Kent was also active at a county level, serving six times as a tax collector in Berkshire.