Family and Education
yr. s. of Sir Robert Bellingham of Bellingham, Northumb. and Burneside by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Tunstall of Thurland, Lancs.; yr. bro. of Richard*. m. by June 1457, KB27/789, rot. 41; 790, rot. 111. Joan (fl.1498), da. of John Wiltshire of Lyminster, Suss., either by Joan, sis. and h. of John Mestede of ‘Charlokkeston’, or by Isabel, sis. and h. of Richard Clothall of Thakeham, 3s. 1da. Vis. Suss. (Harl. liii), 157-8; Suss. Gen. Lewes Centre, comp. Comber, 7-8. It is here assumed that the Joan whom Bellingham married bef. June 1457 was the same Joan who was still living in 1498. In this case either the claim that she was the da. of Joan Mestede (CP40/809, rot. 134), or the deduction that her mother was Isabel Clothall (VCH Suss. vi (2), 35) must be incorrect.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Suss. 1467, 1472, 1478.
Steward of Pynham priory, Suss. prob. by 1476–1478.
Commr. of array, Suss. May 1484; inquiry Aug. 1486 (concealments); to recruit archers for the expedition to Brittany Dec. 1488.
J.p. Suss. 20 Sept. 1485 – Aug. 1488, 6 Sept. 1488 – d.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 20 Sept. 1485–20 Nov. 1488.
Main residences: Burneside, Westmld; Arundel, Suss.
Belingeham, Belingham, Bellyngham
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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