Sir John Villers (1485/1486 – 8 December 1544), of Brooksby Hall, Leicestershire, was an English politician.
He was the only son of Sir John Villers of Brooksby. He succeeded his father in 1506 and was knighted c. 1515.
In 1520 he was with Henry VIII at the Field of Cloth of Gold and the meeting with Charles V at Gravelines and in 1522 served in the Picardy campaign. He returned to France ten years later for Henry VIII's meeting with Francis I at Calais.
He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Winger of London, with whom he had a daughter. With no legitimate male heir, his bequeathed his lands at Brooksby and elsewhere to his brothers and an illegitimate son.[1]
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^"VILLERS, Sir John (1485/86-1544), of Brooksby, Leics". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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