1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl Bedford Sir John Seymour, IV

1476 - 1536  (60 years)

• Name	Sir John Seymour  [1, 2]
  Title	1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl Bedford
  Suffix	IV
  Birth	1476	Wiltshire, England   [1]
  	(Wolf Hall)
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Sir John fought for Henry VII against the Cornish, knighted in the field after the battle. He was at the Siege of Tournia, and at the Field of the Cloth of Gold
  Occupation	Sheriff of Wiltshire
  Death	21 Dec 1536	London, England   [1]
  Burial	Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  		Tomb-SEYMOUR Sir John Tomb of Sir John Seymour -- St Mary Churchyard, Great Bedwyn + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102048585/se
  Person ID	I14380	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir John Seymour, III,   b. 1450, Wiltshire, England d. 26 Oct 1491, Wiltshire, England (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Darrell,   b. 1454, Wiltshire, England d. 1479, Wiltshire, England (Age 25 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F2456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margery Wentworth,   b. Apr 1474, Suffolk, England d. Oct 1550, Kent, England (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1517	Wiltshire, England
  Children	1. Queen Consort of England Jane Seymour,   b. Apr 1501, Blickling, Norfolk, England d. 14 Oct 1537, London, England (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1476 - Wiltshire, England Marriage - 1517 - Wiltshire, England Death - 21 Dec 1536 - London, England Burial - - Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-SEYMOUR Seymour Coat of Arms

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-SEYMOUR John IV Sir John Seymour IV, Knight of Wolfhall in Savernake, Wiltshire, Sheriff of Wiltshire

  
  

  Burials

  Tomb-SEYMOUR Sir John Tomb of Sir John Seymour -- St Mary Churchyard, Great Bedwyn + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102048585/se

  
  

  Old World

  _John Seymour, Sir Sir John Seymour, Knight banneret (c. 1474 – 21 Dec 1536) was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into a prominent gentry family, he is best known as the father of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, and hence grandfather of king Edward VI of England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, John Seymour 1474-1536. Sir John Seymour - Knight of Wolfhall in Savernake, Wiltshire, Sheriff of Wiltshire. Son and heir to John Seymour of Wulfhall and Elizabeth Darrell, grandson of Sir John Seymour and Elizabeth Coker, Sir George Darell and Margaret Stourton. Husband of Margery Wentworth, the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth and Anne Say, daughter of sir John. They were married 22 Oct 1494 and had six sons and four daughters, including: * Margery 1502-1520 * Sir John Seymour d 1510 * Sir Henry Seymour * Dorothy, wife of Sir Clement Smyth & Thomas Levinthorpe * Sir Edward, Earl of Hertford and Duke of Somerset Cenotaph * Sir Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, married Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII * Jane Seymour, wife of King Henry VIII of England, Queen of England * Elizabeth, wife of Lord Gregory Cromwell * Anthony Seymour Sir John also had an illegitimate son, Sir John Seymour, who married twice and had issue. John was English gentry and a courtier to King Henry VIII. Sir John fought for Henry VII against the Cornish in 1497, knighted in the field after the battle. He wa at the Siege of Tournia in 1513, and at the Field of the Cloth of Gold as well, invested as Knight banneret, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1507, High Sheriff of Somerset and Knight of the Bath. Sir John was buried at Easton Priory, and later removed to the chancel at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. His daughter, Queen Jane, did not attend the funeral, as it was 'royal custom' to stay away. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102048585/se [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 6789.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK.