FELAWE, Richard (d.1483), of Harwich, Essex and Ipswich, Suff.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Ipswich 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1453, 1455, 1459, ?1461, 1467.

Bailiff, Ipswich Sept. 1448–9, 1452 – 53, 1455 – 56, 1458 – 59, 1461 – 62, 1465 – 66, 1474 – 75; justice 1448–d.; Ipswich Bor. Archs. (Suff. Rec. Soc. xliii), 289, 292, 301; KB27/766, rex rot. 44d; E368/228, rot. 7; 231, rot. 9; Suff. RO (Ipswich), Iveagh (Phillips) mss, HD 1538/270/12; N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswiche ed. Richardson, 107, 108, 112, 115, 116, 121, 124, 126–30, 138–40, 142, 144, 145, 146. portman by Oct. 1450; C219/16/1. escheator Sept. 1452–3, 1455 – 56, 1461 – 62, 1465 – 66, 1469 – 70, 1474 – 75; claviger 1452 – 53, 1455 – 56, 1469–70; Bacon, 109, 113, 119, 125, 128, 137. tax assessor Oct. 1453. Add. 30158, f. 16v.

Commr. of inquiry, Suff. Aug. 1449 (import of uncustomed merchandise); Norf., Suff. June 1464 (treasons, insurrections etc.); arrest, Ipswich Sept. 1450 (Hanse merchants and their property); to victual King’s ships May 1461; urge the raising of a fleet against the King’s enemies of France and Scotland, Essex, Herts., Suff. June 1461; of gaol delivery, Ipswich Feb. 1470. C66/525, m. 6d.

Collector of customs, Ipswich 22 Oct. 1456 – 8 Apr. 1458, 22 Aug. 1464 – 4 Nov. 1466, 9 Oct.- 11 Nov. 1470; controller 18 Nov. 1460–17 Jan. 1462. CFR, xix. 169–71, 197–9; xx. 129, 130, 270, 271, 274; E28/88/29; CPR, 1452–61, p. 635; 1461–7, p. 13; E159/234; E356/20, rot. 35d; 21, rots. 36–38.