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:::''Not to be confused with the 14th century mayor of Exeter of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cornforth|first1=David|title=Exeter Memories - Mayors of Exeter|url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/exetersmayors.php|website=Exetermemories.co.uk|accessdate=21 September 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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:::''Not to be confused with the 14th century mayor of Exeter of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cornforth|first1=David|title=Exeter Memories - Mayors of Exeter|url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/exetersmayors.php|website=Exetermemories.co.uk|accessdate=21 September 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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'''John Hull''' (by 1503 – 10 or 16 September 1549), of [[Larkbeare]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oliver|first1=George|title=Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon: Being Observations on Several Churches in Devonshire, with Some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMcAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=John+Hull+devon&source=bl&ots=qltVmx5ObL&sig=zONmcdf8tWBMbLD3ZiK6LexdMMI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdkaPiqrfWAhVOF8AKHZCuAbAQ6AEITTAH#v=onepage&q=John%20Hull%20devon&f=false|publisher=Featherstone|accessdate=21 September 2017|page=166|language=en|date=1840}}</ref> [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], was an English lawyer and politician. He was the MP for Exeter from 1539–1542 with [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]], and again in 1547–49 with [[Griffith Ameredith]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exeter {{!}} History of Parliament Online|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/exeter|website=Historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=21 September 2017}}</ref> At the time Exeter was one of the wealthiest cities in [[England]], rivaling London. A friend and supporter of [[Oliver Cromwell]], his main work was a bill and subsequent project to widen and dredge the river [[River Exe|Exe]]. It is thought that he became a member of parliament for the purpose of securing an inheritance denied him by Sir John Paulet.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bindoff|first1=S. T.|title=“The” House of Commons 1509 - 1558|date=1982|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9780436042829|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=u_eIrJpc_T0C&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=John+Hull+devon+1549&source=bl&ots=DqynatDCT0&sig=4ubaRM656be5ca8X2DtUprCR7p8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD1p_xqrfWAhUjAsAKHXX2BVUQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Hull%20devon%201549&f=false|page=408|accessdate=21 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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'''John Hull''' (by 1503 – 10 or 16 September 1549), of [[Larkbeare]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oliver|first1=George|title=Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon: Being Observations on Several Churches in Devonshire, with Some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMcAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=John+Hull+devon&source=bl&ots=qltVmx5ObL&sig=zONmcdf8tWBMbLD3ZiK6LexdMMI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdkaPiqrfWAhVOF8AKHZCuAbAQ6AEITTAH#v=onepage&q=John%20Hull%20devon&f=false|publisher=Featherstone|accessdate=21 September 2017|page=166|language=en|date=1840}}</ref> [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], was an English lawyer and politician. He was the MP for Exeter from 1539–1542 with [[William Hurst (MP)|William Hurst]], and again in 1547–49 with [[Griffith Ameredith]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Exeter {{!}} History of Parliament Online|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/exeter|website=Historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=21 September 2017}}</ref> At the time Exeter was one of the wealthiest cities in [[England]], rivaling London. A friend and supporter of [[Oliver Cromwell (???? How is this possible - Cromwell lived from 1599-1658, Hull died 50 years before Cromwell was born!!]], his main work was a bill and subsequent project to widen and dredge the river [[River Exe|Exe]]. It is thought that he became a member of parliament for the purpose of securing an inheritance denied him by Sir John Paulet.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bindoff|first1=S. T.|title=“The” House of Commons 1509 - 1558|date=1982|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9780436042829|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=u_eIrJpc_T0C&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=John+Hull+devon+1549&source=bl&ots=DqynatDCT0&sig=4ubaRM656be5ca8X2DtUprCR7p8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD1p_xqrfWAhUjAsAKHXX2BVUQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=John%20Hull%20devon%201549&f=false|page=408|accessdate=21 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
John Hull (English politician), 1503-1549, could not possibly have been "[a] friend and supporter of Oliver Cromwell." Cromwell wasn't born until 50 years after Hull's death; Cromwell lived from 1599-1658.