BOLTON, John (d.1445), of York. | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

s. of John Bolton† (d.c.1426) of York, by his w. Joan. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 276-7. m. by Feb. 1432, Test. Ebor. ii (Surtees Soc. xxx), 17. Alice (d. 18 Sept. 1472), da. of Nicholas Blackburn (d.1432) by his w. Margaret (d.1435), sis. of William Ormshead*, ?wid. of Thomas Fairchild, ?2s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. Ibid. 17, 18, 48; J. Kermode, Med. Merchants, 82-83; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 2, f. 108; York Minster Lib., Add. mss, 2; Med. Women ed. Wogan-Browne, 217-36; CP40/717, rot. 77.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, York ?1425, 1431, 1435, 1437.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1417–18; sheriff Mich. 1420–1; member of the council of 24 by 4 Apr. 1425- bef. Sept. 1427; of the council of 12 by 15 Sept. 1427 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1431–2. C219/13/3, 5; York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls, 1396–1500 (Surtees Soc. cxcii), 209–10.

Commr. to assess a subsidy, York Apr. 1431; of gaol delivery June 1431, Nov. 1435; C66/430, m. 9d; 438, m. 17d. to treat for loans Feb. 1436; of inquiry Jan. 1439 (conduct of the master of the hospital of St. Nicholas).

Parlimentarian

BOLTON, John (d.1445), of York.

Main residence: York.

Author

D.I.G.

H.W.K.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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