CALWODLEGH, Thomas (d.1492), of Calverley and Clyst St. Lawrence and Exeter, Devon.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Devon 1453, 1478.

Receiver of the former (Gournay) estates of Sir John Tiptoft†, Lord Tiptoft, 25 May 1450–?Sept. 1452. CPR, 1446–52, p. 329; 1452–61, p. 18.

Escheator of Devon and Cornw. 7 Dec. 1450 – 13 Feb. 1452, 29 May-7 Nov. 1471. E136/34/8; E153/679, 689.

Steward of Totnes for William, 5th Lord Zouche, ?and steward of the guild merchant 1452–3. H.R.Watkin, Totnes Priory and Town, i. 428; ii. 930.

Receiver, Exeter Mich. 1456–7, 1460 – 61; mayor 1467 – 68, 1486–7; Devon RO, Exeter city recs., mayor’s ct. rolls 37–38 Hen. VI, 39 Hen VI-1 Edw. IV, 7–8 Edw. IV, 2–3 Hen. VII. mayor of the staple 14 Jan. 1469–8 Oct. 1472. C267/6/69–71.

Receiver-general of the forfeited Neville estates in Devon and Cornw. 12 Dec. 1459–?1460. CPR, 1452–61, p. 530.

Steward of Buckland abbey in Roborough hundred by Oct. 1464. KB9/311/111.

Receiver in Devon of John Neville, earl of Northumberland, bef. Hil. 1465. CP40/818, rot. 261d.

J.p.q. Devon, 18 Feb. 1468 – Nov. 1470, 10 May 1472 – Sept. 1474, 27 Feb. 1484 – Sept. 1485.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Devon, Glos. Aug. 1468; array, Devon Mar. 1472; inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Devon, Som. July 1474 (concealments); arrest, Cornw. Feb. 1477.

Receiver of Anne Plantagenet, duchess of Exeter, bef. Easter 1470. CP40/835, rot. 226.

Jt. feodary of the duchy of Lancaster in Devon, Cornw., Som. 7 July 1471–3 Oct. 1485. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 635.

?Feodary and escheator of the duchy of Cornw. c. July 1471. Cornw. RO, Launceston bor. recs., B/Laus/147, m. 2. The 1470–1 Launceston receiver’s acct. styles Thomas ‘escheator of the prince’. As Alfred Corneburgh† still held the office in Oct. 1470, it is probable that Calwodlegh was appointed after the creation of Edward of York as prince of Wales.