KIRKHAM, Thomas (d.1437), of York. | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

poss. s. of John Kirkham of Beverley, Yorks. m. (1) bef. 1415, Joan; (2) Margaret (d.1443), wid. of William Spencer (d.1400) of York; 2s. 3da. J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 3, ff. 36, 60-61, 485v-486v; Reg. Guild Corpus Christi, York (Surtees Soc. lvii), 18; CP40/717, rot. 197d.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1432.

Jt. master of Ouse Bridge 2 Feb. 1411–12. York Bridgemasters’ Accts. ed. Stell (York Arch. Trust, 2003), 468.

Tax collector, York Nov. 1419.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1421–2; sheriff Mich. 1422–3; member of the council of 24 by 6 Oct. 1425 – bef.Sept. 1433; of the council of 12 by 12 Sept. 1433 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1435–6. York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 80, 158; York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls, 1396–1500 (ibid. cxcii), 209–10.

Commr. of gaol delivery, York Nov. 1435. C66/438, m. 17d.

Parlimentarian

KIRKHAM, Thomas (d.1437), of York.

Main residence: York.

Kyrkeham, Kyrkham

Author

H.W.K.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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