John Pollard (speaker)

Sir John Pollard (died August 1557) was a Speaker of the House of Commons.

After 1545 he received, perhaps through the influence of a relative, Richard Pollard, who had taken part in the suppression of the monasteries, a grant of the manor of Nuneham Courtney, where he subsequently lived.

He was relieved by patent of 21 October 1550 from his office of serjeant-at-law, in order to become vice-president of the council for the Welsh marches.

He was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons in 1553, and again in 1555, holding the office till the close of the parliament of 1555.

He had married Mary, daughter of Richard Gray of London, but left no issue.

Monument in Nuneham Courtenay Church, Oxfordshire, of Anthony Pollard (d. 1577), brother and heir of John Pollard, and his wife Philippa (d. 1606)