BROME, John II (d.1468), of Warwick and Baddesley Clinton, Warws.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Brome I*. Our MP is fairly easy to distinguish from his namesakes. One was a merchant of the Calais staple resident at Stamford, Lincs.; another was a minor Household official active from the 1430s: CPR, 1446-52, p. 315; E404/48/311. I have assumed that one of these was named as tronager and pesager of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1453 and 1460, the latter grant coming when the Yorkists, who were hostile to our MP, were in control of government: CPR, 1452-61, pp. 47, 590. educ. I. Temple. m. Beatrice (d.1483), da. of Sir Ralph Shirley† (d.c.1443) of Lower Ettington, Warws., Shirley, Derbys., and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts. by his 1st w. Joan, da. and h. of Thomas Basset of Brailsford, Derbys., 3s. 4da. E.P. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana (1873 edn.), 44. His children are specified in a deed of 1466: E40/4493. His da. Joan (d.1528), became prioress of Wroxall near Baddesley Clinton: H. Norris, Baddesley Clinton, 24. Dist. 1465.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Warws. 1442.

Clerk of the estreats at the Exchequer 13 Feb. 1432 – bef.July 1446; Warwick chamberlain 3 June 1446 – Dec. 1450, 24 Jan. 1451 – 15 Feb. 1454, 20 Oct. 1459 – July 1460; under treasurer to James Butler, earl of Wiltshire, c. Feb. – July 1455, to John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, 30 Sept. 1456 – 20 Oct. 1458.

Dep. alnager. London (to Robert Charyngworth) by 28 Oct. 1431 – 12 Mar. 1433; alnager 12 Mar. 1433–26 Feb. 1435 (jt.), 26 Feb. 1435–9 May 1436.

Jt. receiver of temporalities of the bpric. of Worcester Feb. 1435; jt. auditor of accts. of royal officials in N. Wales and Chester 22 Feb. 1435 – 19 June 1455; jt. keeper of the abbey of Kymmer, Merion. 4 Mar. 1453 – ?; jt. surveyor of lordship of Fulbrook, Warws. by Feb. 1459 – 20 Nov. 1461; jt. receiver of lands of Yorkists in Wales 16 Mar.-July 1460. CPR, 1452–61, p. 572.

Commr. to assess subsidy, Warws. Jan. 1436, Bucks. Aug. 1450; negotiate for subsidy and aid, Anglesey, Flint, Chirk, Chirklands, Hawarden, Mold Dec. 1437, Hawarden, Mold, Flint Oct. 1441; CHES2/110, m. 3; 115, m. 1. of gaol delivery, Warwick castle Nov. 1438, Warwick Nov. 1443, July 1449 (q.), Feb. 1450 (q.), Sept., Dec. 1456, Mar., June, Aug. 1457; C66/443, m. 27d; 457, m. 21d; 470, m. 3d; 482, m. 8d; 483, mm. 7d, 18d; JUST3/68/23, m. 7. inquiry, Warws. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Coventry, Warws. Aug. 1449 (treasure trove), Merion. Aug. 1451, N. Wales July 1452 (unpaid royal revenues), Warws. Dec. 1452 (lands of Sir William Mountfort*), N. Wales Aug. 1453 (debts), Sept. 1453 (trespasses), Warws. Nov. 1456 (abduction of heir); to treat for loans, Worcs. Dec. 1452, Warws. May 1455; PPC, vi. 242. assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459.

Keeper of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick’s ‘White Lodge warren’ near Warwick Mich. 1437–? A.F.J. Sinclair, ‘Beauchamp Earls of Warwick’ (London Univ. Ph. D. thesis, 1987), 347; CIPM, xxvi. 592 (p. 381).

Parlty. proxy for the prior of Coventry 1442. SC10/50/2459.

J.p.q. Warws. by Jan. 1449 – Dec. 1460.

Dep. sheriff, Worcs. Mich. 1443–4; sheriff 19 Aug. 1450-between Easter 1453 and Oct. 1454. Brome was slow to take up the post. His predecessor, Thomas Hugford, conducted the Worcs. parlty. election held on 14 Oct. 1450 before delivering the indenture to our MP for return into Chancery: C219/16/1.

Parlimentarian

BROME, John II (d.1468), of Warwick and Baddesley Clinton, Warws.

Main residences: Warwick; Baddesley Clinton, Warws.

Broun, Brown, Browne

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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