John Malet (died 1570)

John Malet (died 1570) of Woolleigh in the parish of Beaford in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1562 and was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in April 1554 and for Bodmin in 1562 and 1563–1567.^[1]

Arms of Mallet: Azure, three escallops or

He was the eldest son and heir by his father's second wife Anne Hatch. According to Vivian he married Alice Monck, a daughter of Anthony Monck (died 1545) of Potheridge in the parish of Merton, Devon.^[2] (or according to Pole he married Margaret Monck, daughter of Humphrey Monck.^[3]) Anthony Monck was the great-great-grandfather of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), of Potheridge.^[2] Alice Monck's brother was Thomas Monck (died 1583), who married Frances Plantagenet, daughter of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle KG (died 1542).

References

1. "MALET, John (by 1520-70), of Woolleigh in Beaford, Devon. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895, p. 569.
3. Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p. 415.