John Gyles (MP)
John Gyles (died c.1406) of Dover, Kent, was an English politician.
Family
He was married, but his wife's name is unrecorded. He had two sons, Peter, a clerk, and Thomas, an MP and king's esquire.
Career
By 1366, he was a tavern owner and in 1368 he was fined 10s for stabbing a man with a dagger. He attended the coronation of Richard II of England as a canopy bearer.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dover in 1385, 1386, February 1388, September 1388, January 1390, 1391, 1393, 1395 and 1399 He was Mayor of Dover September 1382-4, 1389–91, 1392-3, 1399-1400 and 1401-2.[1]
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