MORFOTE, William, of Winchelsea and Pevensey, Suss.

Family and Education

? s. of William Morfote. m. by Dec. 1420, Alice, da. and h. of John Bacon, wid. of John French† of Winchelsea and Pevensey. The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 127; Huntington Lib. San Marino, California, Battle Abbey mss, deeds 686, 1388, 1494.

Offices Held

Warden of the walls of Winchelsea by 9 Mar. 1431-aft. July 1432. Cott. Julius BIV, ff. 42–43v, 46–47.

Jurat, Winchelsea Easter 1431 – 11 June 1433, Easter 1444–5. Ibid. ff. 40, 41, 72.

Portreeve, Pevensey castle 1442–3. DL29/442/7117. He was no longer in office by Mich. 1444: DL29/442/7118.

Parlimentarian

MORFOTE, William, of Winchelsea and Pevensey, Suss.

Main residences: Winchelsea; Pevensey, Suss.

Meresot, Morefoot, Morefot, Morfot, Morfotte

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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