BOUGHTON, Thomas (d.1460), of Kempston Hardwick, Beds. and Little Lawford, Warws.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Richard Boughton of Kempston Hardwick. m. by Sept. 1440, Elizabeth (d. 20 May 1454), da. and h. of Geoffrey Allesley (d.1441) of Little Lawford by Eleanor (fl.1457), da. and coh. of Henry Sutton† of Ditchford, Warws., at least 1s. Richard†, 1da.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Warws. 1427.

Escheator, Northants. and Rutland 4 Nov. 1440 – 6 Nov. 1441.

Commr. of arrest, Warws. May 1441; inquiry Dec. 1452 (lands of Sir William Mountfort*); gaol delivery, Warwick Jan. 1451, Mar., June, Aug. 1457, Leicester Dec. 1457, Warwick Aug. 1458; C66/472, m. 18d; 482, m. 8d; 483, mm. 7d, 18d; 485, m. 2d. to distribute allowance on tax, Warws. June 1453; assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459.

J.p. Warws. 6 Mar. 1442 – Aug. 1445, 30 Mar. 1449 – d.

Steward of John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, at Caludon, Warws. by 21 May 1443–?, Sir James Butler (earl of Wiltshire from 1449) at Newport Pagnell and Little Linford, Bucks. by Mich. 1443-aft. Mich. 1444, the monastery of Axholme at Monks Kirby, Warws. by 1 Aug. 1444 – aft.31 July 1458.

Parlimentarian

BOUGHTON, Thomas (d.1460), of Kempston Hardwick, Beds. and Little Lawford, Warws.

Main residences: Kempston Hardwick, Beds.; Little Lawford, Warws.

Boghton, Bughton

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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