John Puckering

Sir John Puckering (1544 – 30 April 1596) was a lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1592 until his death.

[8] Puckering's skill with dispute solving and speeches was recognised, and he was elected as the Speaker in the next parliament, which opened on 15 October 1586 when he represented Gatton, Surrey.

[10] On 1 March 1587, shortly following Mary's execution, MP Peter Wentworth asked Puckering to answer some questions regarding the liberties of the House.

These include interrogations of Catholic recusants like John Whitfield in 1593, who was involved with Francis Dacre in a plot for a Spanish invasion of Scotland, and the allowance of bread for the students of Christ Church, Oxford.

By Jane he had several children, including: He died on 30 April 1596 of apoplexy, at his home, and is buried in Westminster Abbey,[21] where survives his magnificent monument,[22] displaying the arms of Chowne: Sable, three attires of a stag in pale argent.