DOREWARD, John, of Bocking, Essex. | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Doreward (d.1466), of Bocking by Blanche (d.1460), J. Weever, Funeral Mons. 377. da. and coh. of Sir William Coggeshall*; The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 617. gds. of John Doreward†, Speaker. m. (1) 1s.; C140/57/59. (2) 1475, CPR, 1467-77, p. 509; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 1144. Clemence, wid. of William Waldingfield (d.1474), of London. PCC 12 Wattys (PROB11/6, ff. 93-94). Dist. 1465; Kntd. 23 May 1465. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English ed. Stevenson, ii. [784]. The John Doreward distrained for knighthood in 1430, 1439 and 1458 was almost certainly the MP’s father.

Offices Held

J.p. Essex 28 Mar. 1448 – May 1458.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Colchester castle Dec. 1450; C66/472, m. 18d. to distribute tax allowance, Essex June 1453; assess tax July 1463; of inquiry Feb. 1466 (complaint of John Twyer), Cambs., Essex, Herts., Suff. Jan. 1475 (lands of the late Sir John Skrene).

Jt. steward (with his father) of honour of Rayleigh, Essex from 14 Dec. 1461. Jt. bailiff (with his father) of Rochford hundred, Essex from 14 Dec. 1461. CPR, 1461–7, p. 83.

Parlimentarian

DOREWARD, John, of Bocking, Essex.

Main residence: Bocking, Essex.

Dorewarde, Dorward, Dureward, Durward, Durword, Dyrward

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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