Sir John Byron

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Sir John Byron of Colwick, and later of Newstead Abbey,was stewart of Manchester and Rochdale. He was later appointed, to be Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest, by King Henry VIII of England. One of his daughters, was married to Sir Thomas Hutchinson of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire. He was granted Newstead Abbey, May 26, 1540 by Henry VIII. His son was John Byron, 1st Baron Byron