John Young (died 1589)

Sir John Young (by 1519 – 4 September 1589), of The Great House, Bristol, of London and of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician.

"On her arrival she was met at Lafford's Gate by the mayor and aldermen on horseback in state, and was conducted with much ceremony and mas querade to the house of Mr. John Yonge.

His wife died 14 years later and erected the altar tomb which survives, displaying the recumbent effigy of herself (originally with two kneeling male figures, missing since the monument was dismantled in 1861), with the armorials of both her husbands, Strangways and Young,[11] beneath the arms of Wadham.

The inscription within a strapwork frame is as follows: Towards the end of her life, Dame Joan was involved in litigation with Queen Elizabeth I in the Case of the Swans.

Deeds of the Red Lodge, including a record of John Young's transaction with Francis Rowley, the previous owner of the land, are held at Bristol Archives (Ref.

Effigy of Joan Wadham, Lady Young, Bristol cathedral, showing the arms of Young: Lozengy argent and vert, on a bend azure two ibex's heads and necks erased of the first [ 1 ]
Tomb inscription in Bristol cathedral
Arms of Wadham: Gules, a chevron between three roses argent
Monument with recumbent effigy of Joan Wadham (1533-1603), wife successively of Sir Giles Strangways and Sir John Young, Bristol Cathedral