FORSTER, Stephen (d.1458), of London and Bristol.

Attestor, parlty. elections, London 1437, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1455.

Alderman, Bread Street Ward 31 July 1444 – Jan. 1458; auditor, London 21 Sept. 1439–43, 1446 – 47; sheriff 1444 – 45; mayor 13 Oct. 1454–5. Cal. Letter Bk. London, K, 230, 248, 261, 274, 297, 315, 367.

Jt. provost of Bayonne Mar. 1442–13 Apr. 1448. M.G.A. Vale, English Gascony, 117–18; C61/131, m. 3; CCR, 1447–54, p. 73.

Commr. to hear an appeal from the ct. of admiralty Jan. 1448; of oyer and terminer, London Sept. 1450 (treasons of Thomas Duraunt), Feb. 1455 (treasons of shipmen).