BYSHOPPESTON, Sir William (1379-1444), of Bishopton, Warws.

Family and Education

b. 25 Mar. 1379, s. and h. of Thomas Byshoppeston (d.1386) of Bishopton by his w. Elizabeth Walsh. In a document of c.1445 she is described as a da. of the ‘Walsches’: E40/4501. She may have been a sis. of Sir Thomas Walsh† of Wanlip, Leics. m. c.1403, Philippa (d. bef. 1439), da. and event. coh. of William Wilcotes† of North Leigh, Oxon., by Elizabeth (d.1445), da. and h. of Sir John Trillow† of Chastleton, Oxon., ?2s. d.v.p. 2da. Kntd. by 16 May 1412.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 10 Nov. 1417 – 4 Nov. 1418, Glos. 4 Nov. 1418 – 23 Nov. 1419.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Worcs. Feb. 1418 (complaint by the abbot of Evesham against Sir Thomas Burdet*); array, Warws. Mar. 1419.

Maitre d’hotel of John, duke of Bedford, c.1425. R.L. Massey, ‘Lancastrian Land Settlement in Normandy’ (Liverpool Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1987), 106.

Capt. of Château Gaillard by 29 Sept. 1423–24 Feb. 1430. A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii, p. lx.

Parlimentarian

BYSHOPPESTON, Sir William (1379-1444), of Bishopton, Warws.

Main residence: Bishopton, Warws.

Bishopeston, Bisshepston, Bisshopesdon, Busshopeston, Byshoppisdon, Bysshopuston

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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