CLITHEROE, Hugh (d.1463), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1455, 1459.

Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1426–7; bailiff 1428 – 29; auditor of the chamberlains’ accts. 1430 – 31, 1434 – 35, 1439 – 40, 1450 – 51, 1453 – 54, 1455 – 57; alderman of St. Mary’s ward 23 May 1440 – d.; mayor Mich. 1442–3, 1446 – 47, 1448 – 49, 1457 – 58; coroner 1458–9. Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 4, 12v, 24, 28, 33, 55, 59, 62, 88v; bench bk. 3, BRE 2, f. 9v; chamberlains’ accts. 1430–1, 1434–5, 1439–40, 1451–2, BRF 2/352, 354, 356, 365; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Alnager, Kingston-upon-Hull 15 July 1442–1 July 1447. CFR, xvii. 202.

Commr. of inquiry, Kingston-upon-Hull Apr. 1442 (misdeeds at sea against the Dutch), CIMisc. viii. 160. Nov., Dec. 1446 (restoration of ships under the statute of 27 Edw. III), Lincs. Oct. 1449 (piracy of Sir John Neville), Kingston-upon-Hull Mar., June 1458 (piracy); to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; of arrest, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grimsby Apr. 1454 (ships intended to trade illegally with Iceland); to conscript mariners, Kingston-upon-Hull Oct. 1457 (to serve against the King’s enemies); of sewers Nov. 1454.

Commr. of the admiralty ct., Kingston-upon-Hull 14 May-Mich. 1452. Bench bk. 3, BRE 2, ff. 24v-26v.