Family and Education
b. c.1409, s. and h. of Sir John Bertram* by his 1st w.; half-bro. of Edward*. m. Elizabeth, CP40/818, rot. 277d. 1s. Kntd. 30 Dec. 1460. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 12.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Northumb. 1431, 1432, 1449 (Nov.), 1450.
J.p. Northumb. 9 Nov. 1447 – d.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 22 Dec. 1449 – 1 Aug. 1452, 1 Dec. 1452 – 21 Apr. 1453, 26 July – 31 Aug. 1453, 29 Apr.-5 May 1455.
Commr. to assess a subsidy, Northumb. Aug. 1450; of inquiry Apr. 1451, Feb. 1459 (smuggling), July 1458 (repairs at Roxburgh castle); arrest July 1451; to assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459.
Sheriff, Northumb. 7 Nov. 1458 – 16 Nov. 1459.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Bothal, Northumb.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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