JENNEY, John (d.1496), of Intwood, Norf.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Norf. 1447, 1472, 1483. R. Virgoe, E. Anglian Soc. ed. Barron, Rawcliffe and Rosenthal, 351.

Gov. L. Inn 1444 – 45, 1447 – 49, 1452 – 54, 1459 – 60, 1462 – 63, 1468 – 70, 1473–4. L. Inn Black Bks. i. 15, 17, 19, 22–24, 37, 48, 50, 56. But it is possible that more than one man is conflated here, given that Jenney’s father and his own third son were namesakes.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Norwich castle Feb. 1445, Mar. 1449, Nov. 1450 (q.), May 1456 (q.), Apr. (q.), Dec. 1457, Nov. (q.), Dec. 1460, May, Oct. (q.) 1462, Mar. 1463, Sept. 1464 (q.), Nov. 1465 (q.), Sept. 1467, Sept. 1470, Dec. 1471 (q.), Jan., Oct. 1473 (q.), Sept., Oct. 1475 (q.), Oct. 1478, Sept 1479, July 1491, Norwich Oct 1447 (q.), Jan 1451 (q.), Feb., May (q.) 1455, Mar. 1456 (q.), May 1461 (q.), May 1462 (q.), Mar., Dec. 1463 (q.), Dec. 1464 (q.), May, Nov. 1468 (q.), Nov. 1471 (q.), July 1472 (q.), Feb. 1473 (q.), Sept. 1475 (q.), July 1480 (q.), Jan. 1481, Oct., Nov. (q.) 1483, Sept. 1484 (q.), Feb., July 1486, Jan. 1487, July 1488, July 1489, Bury St. Edmunds Mar. 1474 (q.); C66/459, m. 1d; 465, m. 26d; 467, m. 26d; 472, m. 18d; 479, m. 12d; 480, m. 19d; 481, m. 17d; 482, m. 8d; 484, m. 2d; 490, mm. 12d, 19d; 492, m. 13d; 499, mm. 13d, 19d; 500, m. 23d; 505, m. 18d; 506, m. 11d; 508, m. 9d; 509, m. 26d; 512, m. 2d; 519, m. 22d; 521, m. 24d; 522, m. 4d; 526, m. 6d; 528, m. 20d; 529, m. 2d; 530, mm. 4d, 20d; 531, m. 4d; 533, m. 23d; 536, mm. 2d, 8d; 543, m. 28d; 544, m. 20d; 545, m. 20d; 546, m. 14d; 554, m. 26d; 556, m. 1d; 557, m. 17d. But it is possible that Jenney’s father was the man appointed to some of the commissions prior to Dec. 1460 and that the MP’s son and namesake sat on several of the later ones. Of those predating his father’s death, he is clearly identifiable (as ‘junior’) in only one, that of Oct. 1447 for Norwich. inquiry, Norf. Feb. 1452 (treasons and felonies), Oct. 1470 (felonies and other offences); to take an assize of novel disseisin July 1452; C66/474, m. 13d. distribute tax allowance, Norwich June 1453; of sewers, Essex, Mdx. Feb. 1456 (Thames estuary and Essex coast from Stratford le Bow to Wigborough), Hunts. June 1460 (between Huntingdon and Holywell); to assign archers, Norf. Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, May, Dec. 1484; arrest Oct. 1460; to cause coastal watches to be held May 1462.

J.p.q. Norwich 24 Aug.1446–?, Norf. 9 Oct. 1450-Feb. 1453, 23 July 1454 – Mar. 1460, 24 Nov. 1460 – Feb. 1466, 2 Dec. 1473-Nov. 1475.

Bailiff, Wymondham (jtly. with William Pryce) for Sir Thomas Neville and Humphrey Bourgchier* by Aug. 1458. KB29/88, rot. 14.

Chief steward for Knyvet fam., Norf. by Mich. 1460–?d. Norf. RO, Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 10504, 14195, 18575; Hilborough mss, HIL 2/27; Virgoe, 191.

Acting recorder, Norwich 28 Sept. 1462–10 Jan. 1463. Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., assembly bk. 1434–91, NCR 16d, ff. 54v, 55.

Bailiff, lands of honour of Richmond in Norf. for George, duke of Clarence, by 1465; steward of the same lands by 1469. KB27/816, rex rot. 27d; M.A. Hicks, False, Fleeting, Perjur’d Clarence (revised edn. 1992), 36.

Steward, sheriffs’ ct. Norwich c.1469. C1/46/393; 64/230, 787.