Family and Education
yr. s. of John Babington of East Bridgford by his w. Benedicta, ?da. of Simon Warde† of Harpole, Northants.; This marriage is recorded in the pedigrees, where the bride is mistakenly described as an heiress. Supporting evidence is found in the quartering of the arms of Babington and Warde in the church of Kingston-on-Soar, Notts.: Collectanea Topologia et Genealogica ed. Nichols, viii. 267. yr. bro. of Sir William Babington, c.j.c.p. and Thomas I*; uncle of William* and Thomas II*. m. by May 1425, Margaret (d. 7 Mar. 1451), sis. of William Nesfield of Nesfield, Yorks., s.p.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1425, 1429, 1432.
Steward of the household of Elizabeth Fitzalan, duchess of Norfolk, by July 1425.
Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 17 Dec. 1426 – 12 Nov. 1427.
Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, 5 Nov. 1433 – d.
Commr. of inquiry, Notts. June 1431 (concealments), May 1433 (dykes); gaol delivery, Nottingham Nov. 1432; sewers, Yorks., Notts., Lincs. July 1433; to distribute allowance on tax, Notts. Dec. 1433; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: East Bridgford, Notts.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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