Family and Education
b. Godstone, Essex RO, Colchester bor. recs., ct. roll, 1432-3, D/B 5 Cr51, m. 3. s. of John Godstone of Walkhampstead, Surr., C67/37, m. 54. yr. bro. and h. of Thomas Godstone*. The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 198. This biography assumes that the MP was John, Thomas’s brother, rather than his namesake, Thomas’s son. The younger John was still alive in 1425 but predeceased his father. Unlike his uncle, he had little or no administrative experience and he appears not to have held office at Colchester. m. bef. 1401, CP40/560, rot. 115. Anne (1375-c.1417), da. and event. h. of John Payn (d.1375) of London, wid. of Thomas Newton† (d.1399) of London, 1s. VCH Essex, vii. 168; CIPM, xvii. 428, 557, 883, 889, 957-8; xxi. 52. Dist. Essex 1430.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Essex 1411, 1423, 1429, 1433.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 10 Oct. 1399 – bef.Oct. 1405, Sandwich 28 Oct. 1402 – Oct. 1403, Ipswich 29 Sept. 1409 – 27 Jan. 1421, 30 Jan. 1425 – 18 Oct. 1433, 28 Oct. 1434–22 Nov. 1435.
Tax collector, Surr. Mar. 1401, Dec. 1406, Essex Dec. 1421, Oct. 1422.
Commr. of arrest, Surr. May 1402; to purvey victuals for shipment to Harfleur, Suff. May 1416.
Escheator, Essex and Herts. 14 Dec. 1415 – 5 Mar. 1417.
Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1434–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Godstone, Surr.; London; Rainham; Colchester, Essex.
Codeston, Goddestone, Godeston, Godiston, Godston
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