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2nd s. and event. h. of Sir William Babington (d.1454), c.j.c.p., by Margery (d.c.1455), Her monument, once in Flawford church, is said to have given her date of death as 2 Feb. 1442: Harl. 1394, f. 162. No doubt this is an error of transcription. da. and h. of Peter Martel of Chilwell; nephew of Norman* and Thomas Babington I*, and er. bro. of Thomas II*. m. by Oct. 1432, Elizabeth (d.1483), da. and h. of John Gibthorpe (d. by Oct. 1420) of Thorpe St. Peter, Lincs., and gdda. and h. of Alice, da. and coh. of Sir John Rochford† (d.1410) of Fenn in Boston, Lincs., 1s. 1da. Dist. Notts. 1458, Lincs. 1465.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1455, 1459, 1460.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Notts. Apr. 1440, June 1445, July 1446; of inquiry, Mar. 1446 (repair of bridge over River Leen), Nottingham Recs. ed. Stevenson, ii. 223. July 1451 (obstruction of the highway in Sherwood forest by John Strelley*), May 1454 (enclosure by John Strelley), Notts., Derbys. July 1454 (illegal fishing), Notts. May 1455 (enclosure by prior of Newstead), May 1460 (foundation of guild by Thomas Thurland*), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); gaol delivery, Nottingham Feb. 1450, July 1453 (q.), Mar. 1459 (q.), Dec. 1470 (q.); C66/470, m. 3d; 477, m. 36d; 486, m. 5d; 491, m. 16d. kiddles, Notts. July 1454; to treat for loans May 1455; PPC, vi. 243. of arrest July 1455 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth); E159/231, commissiones Trin. to assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, Feb. 1470.

J.p. Notts. 18 Feb. 1441-Dec. 1460 (q.), 3 Dec. 1460-July 1461, 1 Apr. 1463-Nov. 1470 (q.), 11 July 1471-Feb. 1472 (q.), 24 June 1473–d. (q.).

Dep. constable of Newark castle, Notts. to Ralph, Lord Cromwell, by 1447. SC11/822, m. 1.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 21 Jan. – 17 Nov. 1456.

Parlimentarian
BABINGTON, William (d.1474), of Chilwell, Notts.
Main residence: Chilwell, Notts.
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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