John Seymour, English courtier (born 1474)

John Seymour (1474–1536)

English courtier (1474–1536)

Sir John Seymour, Knight banneret 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.