GAYNESFORD, John I (d.1450), of Crowhurst, Surr.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Gaynesford of Crowhurst. educ. adm. L. Inn bef. 1420. L. Inn Adm. 2. m. (1) bef. 1411, Margaret, ?5s. (2 d.v.p.) inc. John II*, William* and Nicholas*; (2) bef. 1439, Elizabeth, wid. of John Benefeld of Twineham, Suss. Dist. 1430, 1439.

Offices Held

Commr. of arrest, Surr. Dec.1417; sewers, Suss. Nov. 1433; to assess a tax, Surr. Jan. 1436; treat for loans Mar., May, Aug. 1442, Sept. 1449; of array Mar. 1443.

Steward of Limesfield, Suss. for Battle abbey by 1423-aft. 1440, E315/56, f. 100; KB9/238/24. of Christ Church priory, Canterbury, at Westerham, Kent, Canterbury Cath. Archs., Dean and Chapter mss, CCA-DCc-ChAnt/W/167A/1. the estates of Humphrey, earl of Stafford and duke of Buckingham, in Surr. by Mich. 1428–?d. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 212.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 12 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430.

J.p. Surr. 6 Feb. 1435 – Nov. 1439, 28 Nov. 1439-May 1443 (q.), 16 May 1443-Mar. 1444, 24 Mar. 1444–d. (q.).

Parlimentarian

GAYNESFORD, John I (d.1450), of Crowhurst, Surr.

Main residence: Crowhurst, Surr.

Author

M.P.D.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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