MEEDE, Philip (d.1475), of Bristol.

Family and Education

m. Elizabeth (or Isabel), da. of John Sharp (d.c.1423) of Bristol by his w. Joan, sis. of John Sharp III*, 1s. 1da. Church Bk. St. Ewen’s ed. Masters and Ralph, p. xxxi; Cat. Med. Muns. Berkeley Castle ed. Wells-Furby (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc.), i. p. xlvi.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Bristol 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1453, 1455, 1467, 1472.

Bailiff, Bristol Mich. 1444–5; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvi. 131. sheriff 22 Sept. 1454 – 21 Sept. 1455; mayor Mich. 1458–9, 1461 – 62, 1468–9. СPR, 1452–61, p. 495; CFR, xx. 68, 78; Gt. Red Bk. of Bristol, ii (Bristol Rec. Soc. viii), 129.

Commr. of inquiry, Bristol Mar. 1449 (piracy), Bristol, Chepstow Apr. 1458 (piracy), Bristol Feb. 1459 (complaint of Cornelius Simondson), July 1460 (piracy), Nov. 1468 (treasons and other offences), Aug. 1469 (offences of John Swancote and Walter Holder); arrest Oct. 1452, Jan. 1455, Aug. 1460; to distribute compensation for losses at sea July 1459; of gaol delivery Jan., May 1462, July, Aug., Nov. 1472, Feb. 1474, Nov. 1475; C66/494, mm. 6d, 19d; 529, mm. 5d, 7d; 530, m. 18d; 532, m. 13d; 536, m. 2d. to assess contribution to royal aid July 1463; of oyer and terminer Jan. 1464.

Constable of the Bristol staple, 25 Oct. 1455–6, 4 Oct. 1470–1, 16 Sept. 1473–4; mayor 14 Oct. 1458–9, Oct. 1461–2, 1468–9. C67/25; C241/254/76; 255/1. While there are no references for Meede as mayor of the staple in 1461–2 and 1468–9, it is assumed that he did hold that office since by this period the mayor of the town was invariably also mayor of the local staple.

Parlimentarian

MEEDE, Philip (d.1475), of Bristol.

Main residence: Bristol.

Meade, Mede, Medes

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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