Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Bethom (Beetham)† (d.c.1420) of Beetham by his 1st. w. Margaret, sis. of Sir William Tunstall of Thurland, Lancs. m. (1) Margaret (d.1435), On 2 Apr. 1435 she and Bethom had a papal indult for a portable altar: CPL, viii. 570. at least 5s. 2da.; (2) by Trin. 1435, CP40/698, rot. 39d. Mary, wid. of Nicholas Vipont the younger of Alston, Cumb., and William Stapleton† (d. 1432) of Edenhall, Cumb.; 1s. illegit. Dist. 1439.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Westmld. 1432, 1433, 1442, 1447.
Commr. of array, Westmld. May 1415, Apr. 1418; oyer and terminer July 1441 (complaint of Thomas Baty).
Dep. sheriff, Westmld. 24 Oct. or 20 Nov. 1428–21 Jan. or 12 Feb. 1432.
Tax collector, Lancs. Jan. 1436.
J.p.q. Westmld. 4 Apr. 1443 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Beetham, Westmld.
Bethum
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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