DANVERS, Robert (d.1467), of Calthorpe in Banbury, Oxon and Culworth, Northants.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Danvers* by his 1st w.; er. bro. of Richard* and half-bro. of Thomas* and William†. F.N. Macnamara, Mems. Danvers Fam. ped. between pp. 102 and 103. educ. adm. L. Inn bef. 1418. m. (1) Agnes ?de la Barre, Ibid. 114, quoting from J. Stow, Surv. London, ii. 23. Macnamara states that she was the wid. of William Herle of Stoke-Blys, Herefs., and (presumably on the basis of the age of their eldest da. when Danvers died) must have married our MP bef. 1441. 1s. 3da.; (2) bef. June 1455, CP25(1)/22/124/22. Katherine (d. bef. Mar. 1462), ?da. of Drew Barantyn* and wid. of William Fettiplace. Dist. 1439; E159/215, recorda Trin. rot. 17d. Kntd. 23 May 1465; Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of the English ed. Stevenson, ii (2), [784]. summ. as j.c.p. 1450-67.

Offices Held

Gov. L. Inn Mich. 1427–8, 1429 – 30, 1439 – Nov. 1441, 1442 – 43; auditor 1428–9. L. Inn Black Bks. i. 2–4, 9, 10, 13.

J.p. Oxon. 21 Nov. 1436–7, 23 Nov. 1437-Nov. 1458 (q.), Mdx. 6 Feb. 1445–d. (q.), Essex 26 Feb. 1446–d. (q.), Kent 28 Apr. 1446-Dec. 1447, 28 Dec. 1447-May 1461 (q.), 12 July 1461-Feb. 1462 (q.), 27 Sept. 1464–d. (q.), Surr. 14 Jan.-Aug. 1448, 9 Aug. 1448–d. (q.), Suss. 7 Aug. 1448–d. (q.), Herts. 17 Apr. 1454–d. (q.), Northants. 1 July 1459-Sept. 1460 (q.).

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Oxon. May 1437; treat for loans Mar. 1439; of gaol delivery, Huntingdon Mar. 1441 (q.), Newgate Nov. 1445, Mar. 1446, Jan. 1448, Feb. 1449, Oct. 1450, Oct., Nov. 1451, Mar. 1453, Mar. 1454, Dec. 1455, Nov. 1456, Nov. 1457, Nov. 1458, Nov. 1460, Nov. 1461, Oct. 1462, Nov. 1464, Nov. 1465, Nov. 1466, Maidstone June 1447, Aug. 1451, June 1458, Aug. 1460, Hertford May 1450, Feb. 1458, May 1459, Feb., Sept. 1465, July 1466, Gloucester castle Oct. 1450 (q.), Oxford castle July 1452, Feb. 1455 (q.), Feb. 1466 (q.), Canterbury castle July 1454 (q.), July 1465, July 1466, Coventry, Leicester, Warwick Feb. 1455, Aylesbury Mar. 1455, Oakham Jan. 1456 (q.), May 1457 (q.), June 1463 (q.), Berks., Oxon. June 1460 (q.), Wallingford castle Sept. 1460, Guildford Apr., July 1465, Mar., June 1466, Colchester castle July 1466, Feb. 1467; C66/449, 464, 465, 467, 471–4, 476, 478, 479, 482, 483, 485, 486, 489, 490, 493, 500, 505, 509, 512, 513, 515, 516. to take assizes of novel disseisin (q.) Dec. 1445, Feb., Apr. July, Nov., Dec. 1451, Feb., July, Nov., Dec. 1452, Feb., Oct. 1453, Feb. 1454, Mar. 1456, Nov. 1457, Feb. 1458, Feb. 1460, Mar. 1462, Apr. 1464; C66/461, m. 16d; 472, mm. 9d, 10d, 11d; 473, m. 15d; 474, mm. 13d, 23d; 476, mm. 10d, 16d, 21d; 478, mm. 17d, 18d, 21d; 481, m. 17d; 484, m. 10d; 489, mm. 5d, 22d; 509, m. 7d. of inquiry, Berks., Oxon. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Essex Feb. 1450 (dispute between Robert Osbern and the abbess of Barking), Kent Jan. 1451, Suff. Feb. 1451 (treasons and felonies), Essex Feb. 1451 (heretics), Mdx. Sept. 1451 (trespasses, riots), Dorset Dec. 1452 (murder of a yeoman of the Chamber), Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. July 1466 (evasion of customs duties); oyer and terminer, London Mar., July, Sept., Dec. 1450, Kent Aug. 1450, Glos. Sept. 1450, Wilts. Oct. 1450, Kent, Suss. Dec. 1450, London Mar., Apr., Oct. 1451, Suff. May 1451, Glos. June 1451, Wilts. Mar., July, Aug.1452, s.-w. Eng. and Welsh marches July 1452, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Cambs., Essex, Herts., Hunts., Kent, Lincs., Norf., Northants., Oxon., Rutland, Suff. Sept. 1452, Jan. 1453, Cornw. Dec. 1452, Essex Nov. 1454, London Apr. 1455, Devon, Dorset, Som. Mar. 1456, Kent, Suss. June 1456, Dorset, Som. July 1456, Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Mar. 1457, Kent Nov. 1457, Essex, Kent, Suff. Sept. 1458, London, Mdx. Feb. 1460, Wales, marcher lordships of the duke of York and earls of Salisbury and Warwick Feb., Mar. 1460, Kent Mar. 1460, Berks., Cornw., Devon, Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. June 1460, London July 1460, KB9/75; PROME, xiv. 44–45. Cumb., Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Northumb., Notts., Warws., Westmld., Yorks. Dec. 1460, Bristol, Glos., Herefs., Som., Staffs., Worcs. Sept. 1461, general Feb. 1462, Hants Mar. 1462, London, Mdx. June 1463, Kent July 1463, Berks., Glos., Leics., Oxon., Som., Warws., Wilts., Worcs. Jan 1464, Berks., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Kent, Som., Surr., Suss., Wilts. Feb. 1464, Berks., Oxon. Apr. 1464, London, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1465, London, Mdx. Nov. 1465, Berks., Dorset, Devon, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. July 1466; to call together the King’s lieges to combat rebels, Kent Sept. 1450; examine records and correct errors in judgements in the Guildhall ct., London Apr. 1451, July, Nov. 1455.

Common serjeant, London 11 Oct. 1441–14 July 1442; B.R. Masters, ‘The Common Serj.’, Guildhall Miscellany, ii. 384, from London jnl. 3, ff. 97, 141. recorder 14 July 1442-Aug. 1450. Cal. Letter Bk. London, K, 273n (from jnl. 3, f. 141).

Serj.-at-law July 1443 – Aug. 1450; justice of assize, home circuit 25 Aug. 1444–d.; j.c.p. 14 Aug. 1450 – d.

Trier of petitions, English 1460. C65/105, m. 1 (printed in RP, v. 373 and PROME, xii. 513) has Richard Danvers, but this must be a mistake for Robert, for the triers included three of his fellow judges.

Parlimentarian

DANVERS, Robert (d.1467), of Calthorpe in Banbury, Oxon and Culworth, Northants.

Main residences: Calthorpe in Banbury, Oxon; Culworth, Northants.

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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