Desborough - People
John Isham
| Name | John Isham
descendant tree, etc |
| Note | Fourth surviving son of Euseby and Anne. Mercer and Merchant Adventurer, later a country gentleman in Northamptonshire |
| Father | Euseby Isham |
| Mother | Anne Poulton |
| Married
| Elizabeth Barker nee [not known]
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1542 (non census address/occupation) | | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Apprenticed to Otwell Hill, mercer and merchant adventurer, 1542 |
1543 (non census address/occupation) | | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Apprenticeship transferred to Thomas Gigges following the death of Otwell Hill, 1543 |
1551 (non census address/occupation) | | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Made free of the Mercers' Company of London, 1551 |
1560 (non census address/occupation) | Lamport, Northamptonshire | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Acquired the manor of Lamport from Sir William Cecil for £610, 1560 |
1570 (non census address/occupation) | Lamport, Northamptonshire | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Began the process of enclosure at Lamport, 1570 |
1572 (non census address/occupation) | Lamport, Northamptonshire | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
| Name | M. | F. | |
| John Isham | | | Left London to settle permanently at Lamport, 1572 |
1576 (non census address/occupation) | Lamport, Northamptonshire | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
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| John Isham | | | Justice of the Peace for Northamptonshire from 1596 |
1581 (non census address/occupation) | Lamport, Northamptonshire | source: Dictionary of National Biography |
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