Family and Education
s. and h. of John Jordan† (d.1421) of Dorchester by his 1st w. Margery. The biography in The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 502 failed to note that John senior was dead by Oct. 1421, and that his 2nd wife, Alice, was a da. of Richard Rede of Fordington, Dorset. At an unknown date Alice was married to Nicholas Collings: Dorchester Recs. ed. Mayo, 245, 265-6. m. by 1412, Christine (d.c.1438), da. and coh. of John Chantmarle of East Stoke and Chantmarle, Dorset, 1s. 1da.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Dorset 1407, 1410, 1414 (Nov.), 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1423.
Escheator, Dorset 12 Nov. 1403 – 4 Nov. 1404.
Steward of the ct. of Dorchester by Nov. 1407-aft. Nov. 1425,
Commr. of inquiry, Dorset, Som. Feb. 1416, Mar. 1419 (estates of the late Sir John Chideock†).
Coroner, Dorset bef. 9 May 1418, bef. 12 Nov. 1425, and at death.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Dorchester; Wolfeton, Dorset.
Jurdan
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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