MOREFF, John (d.1451), of Dunwich, Suff.

Family and Education

s. of William Moreff (d.?1408) of Dunwich by his w. Joan. Bailiffs’ Minute Bk. of Dunwich (Suff. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 51; SC11/886, m. 10; Suff. RO (Ipswich), archdeaconry of Suff. wills, IC/AA2/1/168-70. m. (1) bef. Aug. 1407, Margaret; (2) Matilda (d.1479), wid. of – Peers; 2s. 3da, 1s. illegit. Archdeaconry of Suff. wills, IC/AA2/1/168-70; T. Gardner, Hist. Dunwich, 60.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Dunwich 1410, 1411, 1413 (May), 1414 (Nov.), 1416 (Oct.), 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1423, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1435, 1437, 1447, 1449 (Nov.), 1450.

Bailiff, Dunwich Sept. 1403–4, Mar. 1405 – Sept. 1411, Sept. 1412–13, 1414 – 18, 1420 – 22, 1426 – 27, 1432 – 35, 1444–5; Bailiffs’ Minute Bk. 41, 146; C219/14/4, 5; SC11/886, mm. 14, 18, 21; Gardner, 79. It is not known why Moreff and his fellow bailiff, William Chock, were elected in Mar. 1405, rather than the previous Sept. councillor 17 Dec. 1419, 13 Sept. 1422. Bailiffs’ Minute Bk. 100, 118.

Parlimentarian

MOREFF, John (d.1451), of Dunwich, Suff.

Main residence: Dunwich, Suff.

Mooreff, Moref, Morief, Moryef, Moryf

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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