HULL, Sir Edward (d.1453), of Enmore, Som.

Family and Education

s. of John Hull (d. by 1421), E404/36/260. by Eleanor (d.1460), da. of Sir John Malet (d.v.p. by 1396), of Enmore, and Joan, da. of Sir John Hill† j.KB. Some Som. Manors (Som. Rec. Soc. extra ser. 1931), 272; KB27/774, rot. 79; The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 660. m. c.1432, Margery (b.c.1411), C138/8/30; C139/107/32. yr. da. and coh. of (Sir) Thomas Lovell† (d.1414) of Clevedon, Som. by Alice, da. of John Roger† (d.1441) of Bridport, Dorset, s.p. CCR, 1441-7, pp. 9-10; The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 634; C139/131/8. Kntd. bef. 12 Mar. 1445; Bridgwater Bor. Archs. 1400-1445 (Som. Rec. Soc. lviii), 151. KG 7 May 1453. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 13.

Offices Held

Henchman to Queen Katherine by Christmas 1430; PPC, iv. 77. esquire for the King’s body by 22 Nov. 1437-c.1445; E159/215, recorda Trin. rot. 21d; E101/409/4, 9, f. 36d; Add. Ch. 1471. carver to Queen Margaret, 1445–d. Add. 23938, ff. 5, 13; CPR, 1446–52, p. 210; A.R. Myers, Crown, Household and Parl. 225.

Capt. of Conches 8 Oct. 1437-bef. Feb. 1438. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, fr 25774/1249; Add. Ch. 1471.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439, 4 Nov. 1443 – 6 Nov. 1444, 9 Nov. 1448 – 20 Dec. 1449, Devon 8 Nov. 1451–2. E199/9/9.

Envoy to Gascony early 1440, on a secret mission ?to Cologne Oct. 1440, to Germany June 1441, Gascony early 1442, to Jean, count of Armagnac, 21 July 1442 – 16 Mar. 1443, Bordeaux and the count of Longville early 1446. E403/740, m. 1, 8; 741, m. 8; 743, m. 2; 745, m. 4; 749, m. 4; 753, m. 3; 762, m. 10; 765, m. 10; E101/53/27; E364/73, rot. K.

J.p. Som. 25 Mar. 1440 – d.

Alnager, Som. 4 July 1442-May 1453. CFR, xvii. 202; xix. 10, 12. It seems that Hull had agreed to sell the farm of the alnage to his eventual successor John Gauter as early as the spring of 1451, but the royal patents to this effect were not issued until two years later: CP40/779, rot. 318d.

Constable of Bordeaux 17 Sept. 1442–d. E364/84, 91, 92; E207/18/2/11; E101/193/9–15; C61/132, m. 9. Hull was not formally elected by the council of Guyenne until 9 Jan. 1443: Corresp. Bekynton ed. Williams, ii. 235. He nominally remained in office during the French occupation of Bordeaux from 24 June 1451 to 20 Oct. 1452.

Commr. of arrest, Som. June 1443; inquiry Devon, Cornw. Nov. 1445 (piracy), Herts. Dec. 1450 (lands of John atte Well), Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1452 (piracy); to treat for loans, Som., Dorset June 1446, Som. Sept. 1449; determine an appeal in the constable’s ct. regarding judgement against Sir Thomas Kyriel* Nov. 1446; assess a tax, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Aug. 1450; take musters, Plymouth Mar., May, June 1451; of oyer and terminer, Som. Apr. 1452; to arrest ships, Bristol, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som. June 1452.

Constable of Bridgwater castle for Richard, duke of York, by 1447/8–d. SC6/1113/9, 11; Egerton roll 8784.

Sheriff, Glamorgan and Morgannok, during the minority of George Neville, Lord Abergavenny, 13 July 1449–? CPR, 1446–52, p. 280.

Parlimentarian

HULL, Sir Edward (d.1453), of Enmore, Som.

Main residence: Enmore, Som.

Author

H.W.K.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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