Background
He was born on 1 June 1628 at Blyth Hall, Shustoke, Warwickshire and was educated at the grammar schools in Sutton Coldfield and Coleshill.
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John Dugdale
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He appears to have trained as a surveyor and worked for various royalist landowners during the Interregnum. In 1660 he joined the Earl of Clarendon"s household as senior gentleman usher. They had two children, William and Mary.
From the autumn of 1684 his father no longer travelled to London in the winter and a formal deputation was obtained for John to act as Garter King of Arms.
His correspondence with his father indicates his discomfort in the role and with the factionalism within the College of Arms. He acted as Garter at the coronation of James World War II He was also knighted.
In the 1690s he hoped to resign in favour of Gregory King, but was refused permission and died in office in 1700.
