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1561Aug, 14

Christopher Heydon

Christopher Heydon, English politician (d. 1623)
Sir Christopher Heydon (14 August 1561 – 1 January 1623) was an English soldier, Member of Parliament, and writer on astrology. He quarrelled with his family over its estates in Norfolk.

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