LEYNTON, John (d.1474), of Tattershall, Lincs. and London.

adm. L. Inn Mich. 1454.

Receiver, duchy of Lancaster honour of Bolingbroke, Lincs. 20 Mar. 1451 – 3 July 1461; jt. receiver, estates forfeited by the Yorkists 16 Mar.-July 1460. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 579; CPR, 1452–61, p. 572.

Controller of customs, Boston 20 Oct.-22 Nov. 1458. CPR, 1452–61, p. 459.

Under clerk of the Receipt of the Exchequer 10 Oct. 1460 – 20 Oct. 1464; clerk 20 Oct. 1464 – 31 Aug. 1465; chamberlain 31 Aug. 1465–27 June 1471. PRO List ‘Exchequer Offs.’ 206, 214; CPR, 1461–7, p. 483; 1467–77, pp. 310–11.

Jt. keeper of Horston castle, Derbys. 24 Feb.-1 Aug. 1462. CFR, xx. 63; CPR, 1461–7, p. 225.