JACOB, William (d.1479), of Chichester, Suss.

Family and Education

m. (1) Maud; (2) by Oct. 1455, Joan, sis. of Richard Hammond, parson of St. Pancras church, Chichester, wid. of Ellis Baker and John Fust*; C1/28/504-8. (3) Anne, s.p.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Chichester 1453, 1472, Suss. 1460, 1467, 1478.

Reeve, Chichester Mich. 1449–50; mayor 1459 – 60, 1466 – 67, 1479–d. Suss. Arch. Collns. lxxxix. 138; C219/16/5, 6; 17/1; PCC 12 Logge (PROB11/7, ff. 93–94).

Constable of the staple, Chichester 20 Jan. 1451 – 20 Oct. 1453; mayor 20 Oct. 1453 – 4 July 1457, by 10 Mar. 1463 – aft.Apr. 1464, by 10 Apr. 1468–d. C67/25; C241/235/5, 67; 236/1, 17; 239/7, 9; 244/16; 248/39, 47; 254/92, 134, 164, 176; 255/7; 256/3, 258/116; C267/6/20–27. He may have been mayor continuously from 1453 until his death in 1479, as no-one else is recorded holding the office in that period.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Chichester Feb. 1478. C66/541, m. 20d.

Parlimentarian

JACOB, William (d.1479), of Chichester, Suss.

Main residence: Chichester, Suss.

Jacobbe

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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