DANVERS, Richard (d.1489), of Prescote in Cropredy, Oxon and London.

Family and Education

2nd s. of John Danvers* by his 1st w.; yr. bro. of Robert* and half-bro. of Thomas* and William†. F.N. Macnamara, Mems. Danvers Fam. ped. between pp. 102 and 103. educ. adm. I. Temple. m. c.1445, Elizabeth (d. Feb. 1483), Ibid. 134-5; VCH Oxon. x. 172, noting an inscription on her monument in Cropredy church, recorded in the 18th cent. but no longer extant. da. of John Langston of Caversfield, Bucks., 2s. 2da. Macnamara, 119, 125-7.

Offices Held

Escheator, Northants. and Rutland 11 Dec. 1449 – 7 Dec. 1450.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Oxford castle July 1452, Dec. 1461 (q), Feb. 1466 (q), Mar. 1467 (q), Wallingford castle Nov. 1481 (q); C66/494, m. 11d; 513, m. 12d; 518, m. 14d; 548, m. 1d. inquiry, Berks., Oxon. Dec. 1456 (post mortem on Isabel, w. of Sir Robert Shotesbrooke*), Oxon. Apr. 1463 (breaches of statutes regarding sale of wool), Oct. 1470 (felonies), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); to assign archers Dec. 1457; take an assize of novel disseisin Feb. 1460; C66/489, m. 5d. assess taxes July 1463, Jan. 1488; of array May 1471, Mar. 1472, May, Dec. 1484; to assess subsidies on aliens Apr., Aug. 1483.

J.p.q. Oxon. 11 Dec. 1453 – Oct. 1462, j.p. Oct. 1462 – Aug. 1466, q. Aug. 1466 – d.

Collector, customs and subsidies, Southampton 14 Feb. 1458–14 Dec. 1459, E356/20, rot. 16; 21, rot. 23. tunnage and poundage, London 1 June 1471–29 Sept. 1475; E256/22, rots. 41–42. controller, tunnage and poundage 29 Sept. 1475 – Apr. 1478.

Steward of Deddington, Oxon., for St. George’s College, Windsor by Mich. 1459-aft. Mich. 1462. St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, recs. XV.48.26, 27.

Parlimentarian

DANVERS, Richard (d.1489), of Prescote in Cropredy, Oxon and London.

Main residences: Prescote in Cropredy, Oxon; London.

Danvars, Dauners, Dauvers, Davers

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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