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b. c.1418, In three separate inquisitions post mortem for his father, he is variously stated as being 13 on 16 Jan. 1428, ten on 18 June that year, and 14 on 12 Apr. 1431: CIPM, xxiii. 17; DURH3/2, f. 261. s. of William Heron (1396-1428) of Ford by Isabel, prob. da. of Sir Robert Umfraville (d.1437) of Harbottle, Northumb. m. 1438, Elizabeth (b.c.1422), da. and h. of Sir William Heron (d.1425) of Cornhill, co. Durham. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Ogle I*, 2s. 1da. CP, vi. 487-9.; Hist. Northumb. xiv. 411; W.P. Hedley, Northumb. Fams. ii. 44-5. Kntd. bef. Sept. 1452. E159/229, rot. att.; C67/41, m. 5.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Northumb. ?1437, ?1442, 1449 (Feb.).

?Escheator, Northumb. 5 Nov. 1439 – 4 Nov. 1440.

Sheriff, Northumb. 4 Nov. 1440–1, 8 Nov. 1451–2, 17 Nov. 1456 – 17 Nov. 1457.

Commr. to arrest ships June 1442; victual Roxburgh castle, Northumb., Yorks., Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nov. 1443; of inquiry, Northumb. May 1445, Feb. 1459 (smuggling), Wales and the marches Mar. 1460 (lands of the duke of York and earl of Salisbury); weirs, co. Durham May 1451; DURH3/42, m. 4. array, Northumb. Dec. 1459; oyer and terminer, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs., Wales and the marches Feb. 1460, York, Kingston-upon-Hull Mar. 1460, Berks., Hants, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss., Wilts. June 1460.

Jt. keeper of the seas 26 June-1 Nov. 1442. CPR, 1441–6, p. 108; E404/58/170; C.F. Richmond, ‘R. Admin. and Keeping the Seas’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1963), 213, 221.

Lt. to Henry Percy, Lord Poynings and earl of Northumberland, warden of the east march, in Redesdale, Northumb. by 13 Nov. 1446–d. Hist. Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres (Surtees Soc. ix), pp. cccix-cccx.

Conservator of the truce between Eng. and Scotland Oct. 1449, July 1451, Apr. 1453, Apr. 1457, July 1459.

Diplomatic envoy to Scotland July 1458, July 1459.

Jt. constable of Bamburgh castle 17 July 1459–d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 512.

Jt. master-forester and steward of the lordship of Bamburgh 29 May 1460–d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 585.

J.p. Northumb. 25 June 1460 – d.

Parlimentarian
HERON, John (c.1418-61), of Ford, Northumb.
Main residence: Ford, Northumb.
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D.I.G.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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