Family and Education
?; educ. L. Inn. m. c.1441, Isabel (d. aft. 1459), da. of Sir Hugh Shirley† (d.1403) of Lower Ettington, Warws. and Shirley, Derbys. by Beatrice (d.1440), da. of Sir Peter Brewes of Wiston, Suss., sis. and event. h. of Sir John Brewes (d.1426); wid. of Sir John Cockayne*, s.p.
Offices Held

J.p.q. Warws. 20 Nov. 1441 – d.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Warws. Mar. 1442, Aug. 1449; of gaol delivery, Warwick Feb. 1444 (q.), Jan., Feb. (q.), Mar. 1445, Feb. 1447, July 1449 (q.), Feb. 1450 (q.), Jan. 1451 (q.), Sept. 1452 (q.), Feb. (q.), Sept. 1454, Sept. 1456, Mar. (q.), June (q.), Aug. 1457 (q.), Aug. 1458 (q.); C66/457, m. 4d; 459, mm. 9d, 15d; 463, m. 6d; 470, m. 3d; 472, m. 18d; 476, m. 23d; 478, m. 21d; 479, m. 20d; 482, m. 8d; 483, mm. 7d, 18d; 485, m. 2d; JUST3/68/23, rot. 7. to treat for loans, Warws. June 1446, Sept. 1449, May 1455; PPC, vi. 242. of inquiry Feb. 1448 (concealments), May 1449 (entry into lands late of Thomas Porter*), Dec. 1452 (lands of Sir William Mountfort*), Caern., Merion., Anglesey Sept. 1453 (trespasses and concealments), Oct. 1456 (Chancery petition of Richard Boughton); Warws. RO, Ward-Broughton-Leigh mss, CR162/123; C1/26/171. to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; compel payment of debts due to the Crown, Caern., Merion, Anglesey Aug. 1453; assign archers, Warws. Dec. 1457.

Parlty. proxy for the prior of Coventry 1445.

Ranger, Cannock forest, Staffs. 3 Dec. 1446 – d.

Escheator, Warws. and Leics. 6 Nov. 1448 – 11 Dec. 1449, Staffs. 29 Nov. 1451 – 13 Nov. 1452.

Main residence: Pooley in Polesworth, Warws.
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Commons 1422-1461
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