BEDFORD, Richard, of Warwick.

Commr. to arrest ships and mariners, Bristol, Mar. 1428, Cheshire Apr. 1428 (for the passage from Chester of Sir John Sutton, lt. in Ire.); CHES2/98, m. 4. take the muster of Sutton’s retinue, Chester Mar. 1428; negotiate for subsidy and aid, Anglesey, Flint, Chirk, Chirklands, Hawarden, Mold Dec. 1437, CHES2/110, m. 3. Hawarden, Mold, Flint Oct. 1441; CHES2/115, m. 1. assess lands of the duchy of Cornwall, Devon, Cornw. July 1448; to make leases July 1455; of inquiry July 1455, Sept. 1456; of arrest, ?Bucks. June 1462.

Auditor at Exchequer Easter 1429- bef. 7 Mar. 1459, accts. of royal officials in N. Wales and Chester 3 Mar. 1432 – 20 Feb. 1446, receivers of temporalities of the bpric. of Worcester Feb. 1435, royal officials in S. Wales 22 July 1437 – 12 July 1440, in lordship of Holderness, Yorks. Mar. 1440, honour of Richmond in Notts. and Lincs. 2 Mar. 1442–?, duchy of Cornwall 21 Sept. 1445-bef 23 July 1461.