BONFAY, Walter (d.c.1441), of Colchester, Essex.

Coroner, Colchester Sept. 1425–6; councillor 1425 – 26, 1428 – 30, 1432 – 33; alderman 1434 – 35, 1436 – 37, 1438 – 39; bailiff 1435 – 36, 1437 – 38, 1439 – 40; claviger, 1436 – 37, 1438–9. Ct. rolls, D/B 5 Cr46, m. 1; 49, m. 1; 50, m. 1; 51, m. 1; 52, m. 1; 54, m. 1; 56, m. 1; VCH Essex, ix. 377.

Commr. to send victuals and ships from Essex to Sandwich July 1435; This comm. wrongly refers to Bonfay as one of the bailiffs of Colchester: CPR, 1429–36, p. 609. of gaol delivery, Colchester June 1439.