# John Eyton

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'''John Eyton'''  (c. 1591 – March 1661) was a Welsh politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) in 1614.

Eyton was the eldest son of John Eyton of [Leeswood](/source/Leeswood), Mold, Flintshire. He possibly matriculated from [Hart Hall, Oxford](/source/Hart_Hall%2C_Oxford) on 12 November 1607 and entered [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) in 1609. He succeeded his father in 1613.

In 1614, he was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Flint](/source/Flint_Boroughs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<ref name=Williams>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030498939#page/n111/mode/2up W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales'']</ref>  He was a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) for Flintshire from 1618 to c.1646 and was appointed [High Sheriff of Flintshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Flintshire) for 1638–39.

Eyton married Susan, the daughter of [Thomas Puleston](/source/Thomas_Puleston) of Lightwood, Overton, Flintshire and had at least three sons (two of whom predeceased him) and four daughters.

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* {{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/eyton-john-1591-1661| title= EYTON, John (c.1591-1661), of Leeswood, Mold, Flints.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 19 July 2013}}

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