HEXTALL, Thomas (d.1486), of Dover, Kent.

Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1453.

Clerk of the household of Humphrey Stafford, earl of Stafford and (from 1444) duke of Buckingham by Mich. 1441-aft. Mich. 1451. Staffs. RO, Stafford fam. mss, D641/1/2/168, m. 2; SC6/1305/4, m. 4.

Bailiff of Hythe, by appointment of the duke of Buckingham during archiepiscopal vacancy at Canterbury 25 June 1452 – 25 Apr. 1453, 28 Apr. 1454-bef. Feb. 1455. E. Kent Archs., Hythe recs., jurats’ acct. bk. 1441–56, H 1055, ff. 153v, 167v, 182v; ct. bk. 1449–67, H1023, ff. 44v, 52.

Receiver of the Cinque Ports for the duke of Buckingham by Sept. 1454 – 14 June 1460; ?for Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, 7 May 1461–10 May 1470. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 119; E101/54/17; CPR, 1461–7, p. 45; 1467–77, p. 209.

Jurat, Dover 8 Sept. 1457–8, 1462 – 63, 1470 – 71, 1472 – 73, 1475 – 77, 1479 – 80, 1482 – 85; mayor 1458 – 59, 1467 – 70, 1473 – 75, 1477 – 79, 1481–2. Add. 29616, ff. 3, 15, 28, 40, 53, 68, 88, 103, 121, 137, 152, 168, 182, 196, 215, 230, 242, 254.

Commr. to purvey munitions for Dover castle Sept. 1457; of inquiry, Kent May 1458 (piracy); to maintain ships in the port of Sandwich Dec. 1459; to arrest ships Mar. 1460.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1465.

Warden of Dover 9 July 1471-Sept. 1472. Ibid. f. 68.