Family and Education
s. and h. of Roger Flore* by his 1st w. educ. L. Inn, adm. by Christmas 1428. L.Inn Adm. i. 6. m. by 1455, Agnes (d. bef. 1498), da. of Ralph Mackerell* by his 3rd w. Margery, CP25(1)/192/9/15. The Rutland visitation of 1618-19 wrongly identifies her as the da. and h. of Peter Saltby. Her true paternity is established by an inq. of 1530: Notts. IPM (Thoroton Soc. iii), 192. 4s. His will names four sons and no daughters: Northants. RO, Northampton Archdeaconry, prob. reg. 1, f. 33v.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Rutland 1429, 1433, 1435, 1437, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1453, 1460, 1467, 1478.
Sheriff, Rutland 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442, 3 Dec. 1450 – 8 Nov. 1451, 17 Nov. 1456 – 7 Nov. 1457, 5 Nov. 1464–5, 5 Nov. 1469 – 6 Nov. 1470.
Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Rutland June 1445, July 1446; of inquiry Feb. 1448 (concealments); array Dec. 1449, Mar. 1472; to assess subsidies Aug. 1450, July 1463, Apr. 1483 (on aliens); of gaol delivery, Oakham Feb. 1454, Jan. 1456, Nov. 1459, June 1463;
J.p. Rutland 12 Apr. 1446 – Nov. 1473, 10 Feb. 1481 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Oakham, Rutland.
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
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Oxford 1644
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