Robert Jenner (MP)

Robert Jenner (c.1584 – 7 December 1651) was an English merchant in the City of London, who acquired land in north Wiltshire and sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1648.

His business specialised in refining silver bullion – either imported or bought from mines in Cumbria – for use in the wire-drawing trade.

He was re-elected MP for Cricklade in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, and held the seat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648.

[4] Jenner was in favour of taking a milder course with Charles I at the end of the Civil War, and was reprimanded by Oliver Cromwell for his tenderness.

[7] Jenner's School, a single large room, was completed in 1652 on a site backing onto St Sampson's churchyard.