Family and Education
s. and h. of Isabel (fl.1458); Staffs. RO, Sutherland mss, D593/A/2/22/49; CP40/788, rot. 19. er. bro. of Thomas*. m. (1) by Nov. 1427, Margaret (b.c.1411), da. of William Bromley of Gerards Bromley, Staffs. and sis. and h. of John Bromley (d.1427), 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) Joan, wid. of Nicholas James* and Roger Ellingbridge (d.1437) of Elmbridge, Worcs., and Croydon, Surr., 1da. Dist. Kent 1458.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1427, Kent 1450.

Under sheriff, Staffs. 1431–5. Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. xvii. 281, 299.

Escheator, Staffs. 7 Nov. 1435–6, Kent and Mdx. 6 Nov. 1444–5. CFR, xvi. 253; xvii. 304.

Receiver of Kent and Surr. estates of Humphrey, earl of Stafford and duke of Buckingham, 28 May 1438-aft. Nov. 1457. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 212.

Commr. of array, Kent Apr. 1450, Aug. 1453, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459, Feb. 1460; to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; raise money for an expeditionary force Jan. 1452; of arrest Feb. 1452; oyer and terminer May 1452, Nov. 1457; to take assize of novel disseisin June 1452, Feb. 1454; C66/474, m. 13d; 478, m. 18d. distribute an allowance on a tax June 1453; of gaol delivery, Maidstone July 1453, Feb. 1457; C66/477, m. 36d; 482, m. 11d. inquiry, Kent Nov. 1453 (seizure of a ship), Jan. 1454 (arrest of Thomas Bigg); to assign archers Dec. 1457; take musters, Sandwich May 1460.

J.p. Kent 27 Nov. 1455–2 Dec. 1458. He was not of the quorum, but he sat regularly: E101/567/3/9.

Teller of the Exchequer 27 Nov. 1455 – 12 Oct. 1456, 1 Oct. 1460 – bef.Mar. 1464; clerk of the Receipt aft. 28 Feb. 1459–1 Oct. 1460. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 205–6, 228.

Steward of Archbishop Bourgchier’s hundred of Toltingtrough, Kent by 4 Oct. 1456. KB9/283/39.

Main residences: Hextall; Bromley, Staffs.; East Peckham, Kent.
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