Sir John Mason was an English diplomat and spy. Mason was born in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was educated at the school at the abbey in his native town, where his uncle was abbot. Later, he went to All Souls College, Oxford and was ordained a priest. He became Chancellor of Oxford University for the periods 1552-1556 and 1559-1564. He worked for several Tudor monarchs collecting information from the Continent and as a diplomat. Wikipedia
SIR John Mason (1503-1566), English diplomatist, was born of humble parentage at Abingdon in 1503, and was educated at Oxford , where he became Fellow of All Souls in 1521. 59.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MA/MASON_SIR_JOHN.htm
At his death in 1566, he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral (London), leaving no issue, although Lady Mason had family by a previous husband. His principal heir was his adopted son, Anthony Wyckes alias Mason, grandson of Mason's mother, who succeeded hi www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/jmason.html
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