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b. c.1407, s. and h. of Sir John Melton (c.1377-1455) of Aston by Margaret, da. of Roger, Lord Clifford (d.1389), and Maud (d.1403), da. of Thomas Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xviii. 364. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Hilton*, at least 1s. 1da.; (2) aft. 1455, Cecily (d. 6 Mar. 1484), C141/6/18. da. of Randle Mainwaring (d.1456) of Peover, Cheshire, by Margery, da. of Hugh Venables of Kinderton, Cheshire; wid. of Thomas Fouleshurst* and John Curson*, s.p. CP, viii, 255. Dist. 1439; Kntd. by 12 Feb. 1450.
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Lt. of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, capt. of Rouen by 12 Feb. 1442-bef. 28 Dec. 1444. A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii. p. cxxix.

Commr. of sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) Feb. 1450, Nov. 1458; inquiry Mar. 1450 (the levy of excessive parliamentary wages), Aug. 1450 (seizure of Dutch ship), Essex, Glos., Lincs., Mdx., Norf., Northumb., Suff., Yorks. Aug. 1451 (unlicensed trade with Denmark), York, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1453 (seizure of German ship), Yorks. (W. Riding) May 1460 (lands of attainted Yorkists), Plumpton Corresp.(Cam. Soc. iv), p. lxvi. Mar. 1463 (insurrections); to defend the realm, Yorks. (E. Riding) June 1454; assign archers, Yorks. Dec. 1457; of array, Yorks. (E. Riding) Dec. 1459, Yorks. (W. Riding) May 1461, Yorks. Nov. 1461; arrest, Yorks. (E. Riding) May 1461, Yorks. Feb. 1462 (Richard Gaitford); gaol delivery, Beverley, Kingston-upon-Hull June 1461; C66/492, m. 14d. to distribute allowance on tax, June 1468.

J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 12 July 1451 – Dec. 1459, 25 June – Aug. 1460, 28 May 1461-Dec. 1472. The patent roll records him on a W. Riding peace commission of 13 July 1452, but this was clearly a scribal error for the E. Riding: CPR, 1446–52, p. 598; C66/474, m. 26d.

Sheriff, Yorks. 5 Nov. 1453 – 4 Nov. 1454, 7 Nov. 1460 – 6 Mar. 1461.

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MELTON, Sir John (c.1407-74), of Aston and Kilham and Swine, Yorks.
Main residences: Aston; Kilham; Swine, Yorks.
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J.S.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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