BEWLEY, Richard (d.c.1472), of Brayton, Cumb.

J.p. Cumb. 18 July 1437 – Nov. 1439, 12 Feb. 1448-May 1452 (q.), 9 Dec. 1459-Nov. 1461 (q.), 6 Dec. 1463–?d.

Clerk, courts of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland (d.1455), in the forest of Westward, Cumb. ?by Mich. 1453. P. Booth, ‘Landed Soc. in Cumb. and Westmld.’ (Leicester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1997), 87.

Commr. of array, Cumb. Dec. 1459; inquiry, Westmld. Sept. 1467 (lands of Ralph Dacre*, Lord Dacre).

Steward, Edmund Story, bp. of Carlisle’s ldship. of Linstock by Mich. 1469–?d. Cumbria RO, Carlisle, Diocesan recs. DRC2/12.