HEYDON, John (d.1479), of Baconsthorpe, Norf.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Norf. 1435, 1442, 1472.

Commr. of inquiry, Norf., Suff. Feb. 1433 (shipping of wool and other merchandise from Great Yarmouth without payment of customs or other dues), Nov. 1437 (illegal export of wool and other merchandise), Norf. Mar. 1442 (information of William Dallyng), Norf., Suff. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Norf. Feb. 1452 (treasons of John Brethenham), Suff. Aug. 1452 (lands and goods of a suicide), Norf. July 1455 (lands and heir of Thomas Hoo I*, Lord Hoo and Hastings), Norf., Suff. July 1459 (spoil of Scottish ship), Norf. Mar. 1460 (treasons and other offences committed on estates of Yorkist lords), Oct. 1470 (felonies, murders, homicides and other offences), Feb. 1471 (petition of Great Yarmouth); sewers May 1438, July 1452; oyer and terminer, Suff. May 1438 (theft of wheat at Ipswich), Northants. Sept. 1444 (felonies, trespasses and other offences), Suff. Dec. 1447 (those associated with Sir Robert Wingfield* in his wrongdoings), Norf. Sept. 1452; gaol delivery, Huntingdon Mar. 1441 (q.), Norwich castle Feb. 1442, Feb. 1445 (q.), Mar. 1446 (q.), Nov. 1447 (q.), Mar. 1449, May 1449 (q.), Feb. 1450, May 1456 (q.), Apr. (q.), Dec. 1457, Bishop’s Lynn Feb. 1443 (q.), Nov. 1446 (q.), Nov. 1449 (q.), June 1451 (q.), Dec. 1453 (q.), Mar. 1455 (q.), Mar., Nov. 1456, East Dereham July 1444 (q.), Bury St. Edmunds Nov. 1445, May 1446, Great Yarmouth June 1448 (q.), June 1450 (q.), Ipswich Oct. 1455 (q.), Oct. 1457 (q.); C66/449, m. 28d; 451, m. 10d; 455, m. 11d; 458, m. 17d; 459, m. 1d; 461, mm. 8d, 29d; 463, m. 24d; 465, mm. 7d, 22d; 467, mm. 9d, 26d; 470, mm. 10d, 11d; 471, m. 13d; 473, m. 17d; 478, m. 21d; 479, m. 12d; 481, mm. 17d, 20d, 24d; 482, mm. 8d, 16d; 484, m. 2d, 13d. to distribute tax allowance, Norf. June 1445, July 1446; treat for loans Sept. 1449, May 1455; PPC, vi. 238 hold assize of novel disseisin July 1452, Aug. 1457 (q.); C66/474, m. 13d; 483, m. 16d. assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459; arrest Dec. 1458, June 1460; to resist Richard, earl of Warwick, and his supporters Feb. 1460; compel organization of coastal watches Mar. 1460.

Chief steward for Sir John Clifton of Buckenham, Norf. 1434–47, R. Virgoe, ‘The Earlier Knyvetts’, Norf. Archaeology, xli. 13. Ralph, Lord Cromwell, in Norf. by Mich. 1435–1449 or later, Norf. RO, Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 14195. Thomas Brouns, bp. of Norwich, bef. Dec. 1445, E.F. Jacob, ‘Two Documents Relating to Thomas Brouns’, Norf. Archaeology, xxxiii. 446. Sir Andrew Ogard* ?1447–1454, Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 14195; C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: Endings, 177. Elizabeth, Lady Dacre, in Norf. by Mich. 1456, C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: First Phase, 211n; Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 18533. Isabel, Lady Morley, by Mich. 1463; Add. 34123A. steward at Wells and Sheringham, Norf. for Humphrey Stafford, duke of Buckingham, by Mich. 1447, of Costessy, Norf. for Alice de la Pole, duchess of Suffolk, by Mich. 1450. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 204; Richmond, First Phase, 240.

Recorder of Norwich, Mich. 1435-bef. May 1437. Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., chamberlains’ accts., 1384–1448, NCR 18a, f. 213v; P. Maddern, Violence and Social Order, 191.

Dep. of Sir William Phelip†, chief steward duchy of Lancaster south parts 1437 – May 1441; justice itinerant (q.) for the duchy in S. Wales, 3 Mar. 1440; jt. steward (with Sir Thomas Tuddenham*), of the duchy in Norf., Suff. and Cambs. 24 Nov. 1443–1461; dep. of William de la Pole, marquess of Suffolk, and Tuddenham, jt. stewards duchy of Lancaster north parts 1444. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 425, 430, 594; DL42/18, f. 145.

Attorney for duchy of Lancaster 1438–60. Somerville, 453.

J.p.q. Norf. 28 May 1441 – Oct. 1450, 28 Mar. 1455 – Aug. 1457, 1 Dec. 1457 – Nov. 1460, Norwich 24 Aug. 1446–?, Bishop’s Lynn 9 July 1451–61, Great Yarmouth 14 June 1459–61.