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Family and Education
?yr. s. of John Eland by Matilda, da. and h. of Peter Hertlond of Glos. Vis. of the North, iii (Surtees Soc. cxliv), 37-38. educ. L. Inn, adm. by 1431. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xviii), i. 628. m. Joan, da. of John Holme (d.1465) of Beverley, Yorks., baron of the Exchequer, by his w. Denise (d.1471), at least 2s. ?d.v.p., several da. Test. Ebor. iii. (Surtees soc. xlv), 182-3, 192-4; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg 5, f. 364; Vis. of the North, iii. 37-38.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, ?Winchelsea Feb. 1451 (plunder of Dutch ships contrary to truce), Kingston-upon-Hull May 1453 (piracy), Feb. 1463 (goods of John Routhe), Yorks. Feb. 1473 (petition of Sir William Ryther), Yorks (E. Riding) Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), June 1477 (incursions of the Scots), Yorks. Mar., Apr. 1478 (lands late of George, duke of Clarence); sewers, Kingston-upon-Hull Nov. 1454, Yorks (E. Riding) Nov. 1458, Aug. 1464, Feb. 1473, June 1486; to assign archers, Yorks. Dec. 1457; of gaol delivery, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1459 (q.), June 1461 (q.), Feb. 1466 (q.), June 1468 (q.), Feb. 1478 (q.), Beverley June 1461 (q.), July 1472, Dec. 1473, York castle Mar. 1482 (q.); C66/487, m. 19d; 492, m. 14d; 513, m. 12d; 521, m. 12d; 530, m. 31d; 532, m. 19d; 541, m. 18d; 549, m. 27d. array, Yorks. Dec. 1459, May, Dec. 1484; arrest Feb. 1462, Jan. 1466; to arrest ships, Kingston-upon-Hull Oct. 1462; of oyer and terminer, Beverley Sept. 1463; weirs, Yorks. Nov. 1475; to assess alien subsidy Aug. 1483, Feb. 1484; assess subsidy, Yorks (E. Riding) Jan. 1488.

Governor, L. Inn Mich. 1452–3. L. Inn Black Bks. i. 22.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Kingston-upon-Hull 6 Apr. 1453–31 Dec. 1458. CFR, xix. 3, 8, 59, 106, 110; E356/20, rots. 19–24; C67/42, m. 25.

J.p.q. Yorks (E. Riding) 11 July 1454 – 24 Nov. 1458, 1 June 1459 – d., Beverley and Ripon July 1458, July 1461.

Steward of Beverley for William Booth, abp. of York by Sept. 1457; for George Neville, abp. of York 28 Sept. 1465–?1476. E. Riding of Yorks. Archs., E. Riding docs., ZDDX76/1/2; Borthwick Inst., Abps. Regs. 22 (Neville), pt. 1, f. 40.

Sheriff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1458–9; recorder by 27 Sept. 1459 – d.; alderman by 5 May 1461–?d. Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 62, 64, 76v.

Parlty. cttee. investigating corruption at the Mint May 1468. PROME, xiii. 386–9.

Parlimentarian
ELAND, William (d.1488), of London and Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Main residences: London; Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Elande, Elond, Eyland
Author
D.I.G.
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
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Religion
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