BEAUFITZ, William (d.1463), of London and Gillingham, Kent.

Family and Education

s. of John Beaufitz (d.1427) of Gillingham, by his w. Isabel. Archaeologia Cantiana, lxi. 170. The Beaufitz genealogy was spelt out in Hil. term 1488 when Robert Arnold, the grandson of Isabel Beaufitz (aunt of our MP) sued John Kenet over close breaking at ‘Dunley’ in Hartlip, Kent: Genealogist, n.s. xxii. 184. m. bef. Feb. 1431, Elizabeth (d.1488), da. of Thomas Badby of London, 1s. 1da.

Offices Held

Clerk of the King’s cellars by Apr. 1440-aft. July 1458. CPR, 1436–41, p. 434; C67/42, m. 9.

Dep. to Sir Ralph Butler (later Lord Sudeley), as chief butler of Eng. prob. by July 1440-May 1458. C67/42, m. 9.

Controller, tunnage and poundage, London 30 Jan. 1442 – June 1447; collector, customs and subsidies 3 July 1447–16 May 1452, CPR, 1441–6, p. 33; CFR, xviii. 55; E356/19, 20. tunnage and poundage 19 May 1451 – Sept. 1457, 24 Jan. 1458–29 Sept. 1462. CFR, xviii. 234; xix. 97; CFR, xx. 7; E122/203/4; E356/19, rots. 4, 4d; 20, rot. 1; 21, rots. 12, 12d.

Gauger of wines, Bayonne 10 June 1448-c.July 1453. CPR, 1446–52, p. 163.

Jt. chirographer (with Sir John Scott† and Henry Unton) of ct. of c.p. 1 Dec. 1461–d. CPR, 1461–7, p. 79.

Parlimentarian

BEAUFITZ, William (d.1463), of London and Gillingham, Kent.

Main residences: London; Gillingham, Kent.

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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