EUER, Sir William (c.1396-1465), of Witton-le-Wear, co. Dur and Old Malton, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c.1396, CIPM, xxi. 960. s. of Sir Ralph Euer† (c.1350-1422) of Witton-le-Wear by Katherine, yr. da. and coh. of William, Lord Aton (c.1299-1387), of Malton and West Ayton, Yorks., and Isabel (d.1368), da. of Henry, Lord Percy (d.1352). m. 1411, Maud (d.1467), da. of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh (d.1425), by Elizabeth (d.1427), da. and h. of Sir Robert Marmyon alias Grey, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) inc. Henry*, 6da. W.P. Hedley, Northumb. Fams. 184-7; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 112-13; R. Thoresby, Ducatis Leodiensis, 20; Vis. of the North, iii. (Surtees Soc. cxliv), 110-12, 132-3. Kntd. by Oct. 1415. CCR, 1413-19, p. 372.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Yorks. 1435.

J.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 8 July 1420 – 24 Feb. 1459; co. Durham and the bp. of Durham’s liberty of Sadberge 20 May 1422 – 1 Dec. 1433, 6 May 1438–12 Feb. 1461. DURH3/36, m. 5; 38, m. 16; 42, m. 8; 48, m. 12.

Commr. to treat for loans, Yorks. Apr. 1421, Mar. 1431, (N. Riding) Mar. 1439, Mar., May 1442, Yorks. June 1446; of sewers, co. Durham Aug. 1424, Sept. 1428; DURH3/38, mm. 11, 17. for the protection of salmon in the Wear and Tees Sept. 1428, May 1439, May 1441, Dec. 1444, Feb. 1455; DURH3/38, m. 17; 42, mm. 8, 14; 44, m. 23. of inquiry, co. Durham Sept. 1429 (wastes in hospitals), DURH3/38, m. 19. Yorks. July 1439 (evasion of customs and other concealments); weirs, co. Durham Feb., Mar. 1430, May 1441; DURH3/38, m. 20; 42, m. 14; Durham Univ. Lib. cathedral. muns., locelli, loc. V:42. novel disseisin, Yorks. Nov. 1432, co. Durham Feb. 1443; C66/433, m. 11; DURH3/43, mm. 9–10. to assess the subsidy, Yorks. Jan. 1436, co. Durham Mar. 1436; DURH3/36, m. 10. of array, Darlington ward co. Durham July 1437, July 1447, Yorks. (N. Riding) Dec. 1459, Darlington ward May 1462; DURH3/36, m. 14; 43, m. 18; 48, m. 14. gaol delivery, Durham Mar. 1442, Aug. 1446, Aug. 1447, Feb. 1454, July 1455, Mar., Dec. 1457; DURH3/42, m. 16; 44, mm. 20, 24; 45, m. 7; 48, m. 1. to distribute tax allowance, Yorks. Mar. 1442, Aug. 1449; arrest ships June 1442; assign archers, co. Durham Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer, Midlands and N. Eng. Dec. 1460.

Justice of assize, co. Durham 4 Apr. 1422 – 1 Sept. 1431, 12 Mar. 1442–1 Mar. 1459. DURH3/36, mm. 1, 5; 38, m. 7; 42, m. 9; 43, mm. 14, 15, 18; 48, m. 8.

Sheriff, Northumb. 8 Nov. 1436 – 7 Nov. 1437, Yorks. 6 Nov. 1444 – 4 Nov. 1445.

Capt. of Berwick-upon-Tweed 15 Nov. 1436–31 Mar. 1437. E404/53/132, 179; Rot. Scot. ii. 296–7.

Steward of the ldship. of Holderness, Yorks. 24 Oct. 1438-aft. 24 Mar. 1439. CPR, 1436–41, p. 204; CFR, xvii. 76.

Jt. keeper of the seas 26 June-1 Nov. 1442. CPR, 1441–6, p. 108; E404/58/170; C.F. Richmond, ‘R. Admin. and Keeping the Seas’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1963), 213, 221.

Parlimentarian

EUER, Sir William (c.1396-1465), of Witton-le-Wear, co. Dur and Old Malton, Yorks.

Main residences: Witton-le-Wear, co. Dur; Old Malton, Yorks.

Eure, Ivere, Ivre, Yver

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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