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'''John Pleydell''' (c. 1601 – 1693) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] between 1660 and 1689.

Pleydell was the son  of Sir Charles Pleydell of Midgehall, Wiltshire and [[Kilburn Priory]], Middlesex and his first wife Katherine Bourchier, daughter of Thomas Bourchier of Barnsley, Gloucestershire. He matriculated at  [[Trinity College, Oxford]] on 6 November 1618, aged 17 and was a student of [[Inner Temple]] in 1621. He succeeded his father in 1642.<ref name=HOP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/pleydell-john-1601-93  History of Parliament Online - John Pleydell]</ref>

In 1660, Pleydell was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)|Wootton Bassett]] in the [[Convention Parliament (1660)|Convention Parliament]]. He was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] for Wiltshire from July 1660 to June 1688 and commissioner for assessment from August 1660 to 1680. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Wootton Bassett in the [[Cavalier Parliament]]. He was commissioner for  corporations from 1662 to 1663. In 1675 he was commissioner for recusants. He was re-elected MP for Wootton Bassett in 1679 to the First Exclusion Parliament, and was returned as MP for [[Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)|Cricklade]] in the Second Exclusion Parliament. He was elected MP for Wootton Bassett again in 1681 and 1685<ref name=HOP/>

Pleydell died unmarried at the age of about 92 and was buried at [[Lydiard Tregoze]], Wiltshire on 12 January 1693. He was the brother of [[William Pleydell]].<ref name=HOP/>

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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)|Wootton Bassett]] 
| before=  Not represented in Restored Rump
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| with= [[Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort|Lord Herbert of Raglan]] 1660
| with2= [[Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet|Sir Baynham Throckmorton]] 1660
| with3= [[Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet|Sir Walter St John]] 1661–1679
| with4= [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|Laurence Hyde]] 1679
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| after= [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|Laurence Hyde]]
| after2= [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John|Henry St John]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)|Cricklade]] 
| before=  [[Hungerford Dunch]]
| before2= [[Edmund Webb (MP)|Edmund Webb]]
| with= [[Edmund Webb (MP)|Edmund Webb]]
| years=1680
| after= [[Edmund Webb (MP)|Edmund Webb]]
| after2= [[William Lenthall (died 1702)|William Lenthall]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)|Wootton Bassett]] 
| before=  [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|Laurence Hyde]]
| before2= [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John|Henry St John]]
| with= [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John|Henry St John]]
| years=1681–1689
| after= [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John|Henry St John]]
| after2= [[John Wildman (died 1710)|John Wildman]]
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