BROWN, Richard II (d.1461), of Norwich.

Attestor, parlty. election, Norwich 1455.

Sheriff, Norwich Mich. 1449–50; alderman by 1453 – d.; mayor June 1454–5. Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., assembly bk. 1434–91, NCR 16d, ff. 18v, 21v, 48v.

Commr. ?of inquiry, Norf. Sept. 1452 (wreck of Prussian ship); gaol delivery, Norwich Feb., May 1455; C66/479, m. 12d; 480, m. 19d. to survey walls and clear ditches and rivers July 1458.

J.p. Norwich 1454–d. As mayor, he was ex officio a j.p. and, having served as mayor, he would have remained a j.p., in accordance with Norwich’s charter of 1452.

Alderman, St. George’s guild, Norwich 1455–6. Recs. Gild St. George, Norwich (Norf. Rec. Soc. ix), 49.