title: John Warden (MP)
text: # John Warden (MP)
  
  John Warden (died 1628), of Widemarsh Street, Hereford, was an English politician and Member of Parliament.
  
  ## Life
  
  In c. 1580 he inherited his father's estate, and took on the obligation to pay an annuity of £10 to his mother in lieu of a jointure. by c. 1620 he claimed to have a net worth of £3,000.
  
  He was Mayor of Hereford between 1604 and 1605. He was returned (elected) as MP for Hereford at a by-election in 1610 during the final session of the first Jacobean Parliament, and re-elected in 1614. On neither occasion did he participate as either as a committeeman or debater. He was named as an alderman in the 1619, and as an ex-officio magistrate in 1620. He served as a commissioner for the Forced Loan in 1626–27 as part of his civic office. He died shortly before June 1628. His widow survived him for by 20 years.
  
  