MOMPESON, John (d.1500), of Bathampton ‘Wylye’, Wilts.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Robert Mompeson of Bathampton, by Alice, gdda. and h. of Katherine, da. and h. of John Knottingley of Bathampton. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 280-1. Alice was da. and h. of William Godewyn of Gillingham, Dorset, by Elizabeth Bonham: G.J. Kidston, Bonhams of Wilts. and Essex, 34. m. (1) Isabel, da. and coh. of Thomas Drew*, 4s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Anne; 3 da. Dist. 1458, 1465.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1455, 1467.

Verderer, Clarendon forest, Wilts. bef. Apr. 1461. CCR, 1461–7, p. 44.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Old Sarum castle Sept. 1464, Sept. 1473, C66/508, m. 15d; 531, m. 5d. Oct. 1495; arrest, Som. July 1472; to take assize of novel disseisin, Wilts. Aug. 1472; C66/530, m. 31d. of inquiry, June 1473 (lands of Philip Beaumont), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Sept., Dec. 1473 (concealments), June 1474 (felons and concealment of their goods), Hants, Wilts. Mar. 1478 (estates of George, duke of Clarence), Wilts. Aug. 1483 (treasons, insurrections, rebellions), May 1485 (riots), Aug. 1486, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. Nov. 1492 (concealments); to assess alien subsidies, Wilts. Apr. 1483; of array May, Dec. 1484; to assess and appoint collectors of the parlty. subsidy Jan. 1488; take musters Dec. 1488, Feb. 1489.

Controller, customs and subsidies, Poole 25 Oct. 1470–29 June 1471. CPR, 1467–77, pp. 230, 268.

J.p. Wilts. 17 Dec. 1470 – June 1471, 4 Apr. 1472 – Nov. 1475, 23 Nov. 1478 – d.

Sheriff, Wilts. 5 Nov. 1477–8, 5 Nov. 1481–2.

Parlimentarian

MOMPESON, John (d.1500), of Bathampton ‘Wylye’, Wilts.

Main residence: Bathampton ‘Wylye’, Wilts.

Mompenson, Mompesson, Mompynson, Monpesson, Monpysson, Mounpesson, Mounpisson, Mountpesson, Munpesson

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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