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s. and h. of Richard Horde*. m. by Sept. 1446, Joyce, da. and coh. of John Stapleton† (d.c.1446) of Stapleton, Salop, by his 2nd w. Margery, 1s. John† (d.v.p.), 4da. A visitation ped. of the fam. in 1623 assigns him a son and four daughters. The husbands of two of the daughters are there identified as Sir Edmund Cornwall (d.1489) of Burford and Sir Richard Lacon (d.1503) of Willey, an identification confirmed by contemporary sources (although the ped. is mistaken in the Christian names of their wives). It is thus likely that the husbands of the other two das. are correctly given as Sir John Gifford and William Charleton of Apley, the former of whom was a feoffee of our MP’s gds. and h.: Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 252; E150/843/1. Our MP’s son John is said to have married Mary, da. of William Bulkeley of Beaumaris. If this is correct, she must either have been his 1st wife or else her Christian name is given mistakenly, for in 1474 John’s wife was named Alice: E150/843/1.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Salop 1449 (Feb.), 1453.

Bailiff, Bridgnorth Sept. 1444–5, 1450 – 51, 1453 – 54, 1456 – 57, ?1459 – 60, 1462 – 63, 1464 – 66, 1469 – 70, 1473 – 74, 1476–7. These dates are from the list of the borough’s bailiffs in the contemporary ct. leet bk.: Salop Archs., Bridgnorth bor. recs. BB/F//1/1/1, ff. 55–60. This list, however, although generally reliable, is not free from occasional confused dating, and it may be that Horde was bailiff in 1460–1 rather than 1459–60: ibid. f. 5v.

J.p.q. Salop by 25 July 1447-Sept. 1460, He is known to have sat as a j.p. on 25 July 1447, and yet his name does not appear on an enrolled comm. until the following May (the first Salop comm. to be enrolled since July 1445): Salop Archs., Shrewsbury recs., assembly bk. 3365/67, f. 87. 13 July 1461–71, 8 Nov. 1473 – Dec. 1483, 17 Nov. 1485 – Sept. 1496, 24 Dec. 1497 – d.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Bridgnorth Oct. 1447 (q.), Shrewsbury castle and town Feb. 1450, Shrewsbury castle Feb. 1451 (q.), Oct. 1452 (q.), July 1455 (q.), Oct. 1458 (q.), Oct. 1462 (q.), Shrewsbury town Dec. 1466, Stafford castle Oct. 1468, Shrewsbury castle Oct. 1474, Bridgnorth Oct. 1482, Shrewsbury castle Apr. 1485; C66/465, m. 26d; 470, m. 3d; 472, m. 18d; 476, m. 22d; 486, m. 20d; 500, m. 22d; 516, m. 11d; 521, m. 4d; 534, m. 20d; 549, m. 4d; 559, m. 16d. to assess subsidy, Salop Aug. 1450; of inquiry June 1453 (treasons etc.), Mar. 1454 (concealments), Salop, Staffs., Worcs. June 1458 (murders etc.), Salop, Shrewsbury May 1459 (riots and escapes of prisoners), Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Oct. 1459 (treasons etc.), Oct. 1470 (murders etc.), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Sept. 1491 (lands of Margaret, wid. of Richard Walwyn); C142/7/48. to assign archers, Salop Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, Feb. 1474, May, Dec. 1484; oyer and terminer, Wales and the marches Feb., Mar. 1460, N. Wales Aug. 1467, Salop Oct. 1470, Berks., Glos., Herefs., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Feb. 1495; to distribute allowance on tax, Salop June 1468; assess subsidy on aliens Apr., Aug. 1483, Jan. 1488; of arrest July 1484.

Escheator, Salop and the marches 13 Nov. 1452 – 3 Dec. 1453, 5 Nov. 1479–80.

Sheriff, Salop 17 Nov. 1456 – 7 Nov. 1457, 6 Nov. 1470 – 11 Apr. 1471, 6 Nov. 1483 – 5 Nov. 1484, 4 Nov. 1487–8.

Steward of Francis, Viscount Lovell, for the manor of Condover, Salop, by 3 June 1483–? Salop Archs., deeds 6000/9073.

Parlimentarian
HORDE, Thomas (d.1498), of Bridgnorth, Salop.
Main residence: Bridgnorth, Salop.
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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