{{Short description|English merchant, writer and politician (died 1640)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} '''Sir John Melton''' (died 1640) was an English merchant, writer and politician. thumb|right|Monument to Sir John Melton in All Hallows Church, Tottenham Melton was appointed Secretary to the Council of the North in 1635, by Charles I of England.<ref>This made him keeper of the Great Seal for the North of England].[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45450] The same page gives family details: ''He was thrice married, first to Elizabeth, relict of Sir Ferdinando Heyborne, by whom he had four children (of which Francis and Elizabeth survived him); his second wife was Catherine, daughter of Alan Currance, Esq. by whom he had three sons and one daughter, all surviving at his death; his last wife and relict was Margaret, widow of Samuel Aldersey, Esq.'' From: ''Tottenham, The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex (1795)''. Retrieved 10 January 2007.</ref> He was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the year of his death; it is unknown whether he has a connection to the Melton line of Aston, several members of which held the position of Lord Lucy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Roskell|first1=J.S.|title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/melton-sir-william-1340-1399|website=The History of Parliament|publisher=Boydell and Brewer|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref>
Melton's works include ''A Six-Folde Politician'' (1609), and the satirical play ''Astrologaster'' (1620), against astrologers.
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