Common serjeant, London 23 July 1442-Oct. 1443. Readings and Moots, i. p. li.
Serjt.-at-law c. May 1443; CCR, 1441–7, p. 87; Order of Serjts. at Law (Selden Soc. supp. ser. v), 163, 527. King’s serjt. by 18 Jan. 1445; CPR, 1441–6, p. 371 first records him as King’s serjt. in Apr. 1445, but his summons to Parl. earlier that year suggests that he had achieved the rank by Jan., when the writs were issued. justice of assize, s.-w. circuit 15 Dec. 1448-c. Apr. 1471; CPR, 1446–52, p. 209; KB27/746, rex rot. 24; 793, rot. 88d; 827, rots. 34, 53d; JUST1/199/13, m. 4; CP40/810, rot. 357; E159/232, brevia Easter rot. 2; Cornw. RO, Liskeard bor. recs., B/Lis/134; Launceston bor. recs., B/Laus/147. serjt.-at-law retained by the duchy of Lancaster c.1451–1454; R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 451. j.c.p. 9 July 1454-Apr./May 1471. CPR, 1452–61, p. 158; CP40/774, rot. 110; E159/232, brevia Easter rot. 2.
J.p.q. Kent 12 Nov. 1443-c. Apr. 1471, KB27/739, rex rots. 4, 21; 830, rex rots. 39, 40. Som. 24 Nov. 1449-c. Apr. 1471, Wilts. 20 May 1450-c. Apr. 1471, Cornw., Devon, Dorset 26 Nov. 1451-c. Apr. 1471, Hants, 8 Feb. 1452-c. Apr. 1471.
Commr. of inquiry, Kent Apr. 1445 (piracy), Dec. 1449 (dilapidations at Leeds), Cornw. Feb. 1453 (piracy), Kent Apr. 1453 (robbery), Cornw. June 1453 (piracy), Kent Jan. 1454 (rescue of Thomas Bigg), Cornw. Feb. 1454 (piracy), Kent Feb. 1454 (offences of Robert Colynson), Kent Feb. 1454 (concealments), Essex Nov. 1454 (treasons), Kent Dec. 1454 (felonies), Devon, Cornw. [July 1455 (all offences)], Vacated. Aug. , Sept. 1455 (concealments), Kent Mar. 1457 (unlawful gatherings), Hants June 1458 (escapes from Winchester gaol), E159/234, commissiones Trin. rot. 1. Cornw. Mar. 1460 (goods of Yorkist rebels), Kent Feb. 1468 (manor of Capell), Devon July 1469 (treasons), Dorset, Hants, Wilts. Oct. 1470 (felonies); gaol delivery, Wye June 1448, Nov. 1461 (q.), July 1463 (q.), Dorchester Mar. 1449 (q.), June 1459, June 1467, Conerton in Penwith, Dorchester, Ilchester, Exeter castle, Launceston castle, Old Sarum castle, Winchester castle Mar. 1449, Dorchester, Old Sarum castle, Winchester castle June 1450, June 1469, Canterbury castle Mar. 1451 (q.), July 1454 (q.), Mar. 1455 (q.), Feb. 1465 (q.), Dorchester, Old Sarum castle June 1451, Feb. 1453, July 1455, Jan. 1469, Maidstone Nov. 1451 (q.), Sept. 1464 (q.), Dorchester, Exeter castle July 1453, Old Sarum castle, Winchester castle Mar. 1454, Feb. 1470, Dorchester, Exeter castle, Ilchester, Launceston July 1454, Old Sarum castle July 1455 (q.), Feb. 1456, June 1457, Feb. 1463, Feb. 1465, Newgate Dec. 1455, Nov. 1456, Nov. 1457, Nov. 1458, Nov. 1460, Nov. 1461, Oct. 1462, Nov. 1464, Nov. 1465, Nov. 1466, Dec. 1468, Nov. 1469, Jan. 1471, Dorchester, Ilchester, Old Sarum castle Jan. 1459 (q.), Berks., Hants, Oxon., Wilts. June 1460 (q.), Dorchester, Exeter castle, Ilchester, Launceston, Old Sarum castle, Winchester castle July 1461, June 1466, Jan. 1471, Launceston, Old Sarum castle Feb. 1462 (q.), Ilchester July 1467, Dorchester, Exeter castle, Old Sarum castle, Winchester castle Feb. 1468, Launceston Aug. 1470; C66/466–526; KB27/832, rex rot. 4. sewers, Kent Feb. 1450, Kent, Surr. May 1465; arrest, Cornw. Sept. 1451; oyer and terminer, Devon July 1450 (assault by Robert Wenyngton alias Cane* on Walter Reynell*), Eng. Feb. 1451 (soldiers’ complaints against Thomas Hoo I*), Cornw. Sept. 1451 (offences of John Arundell of Tolverne and others), Som. Apr. 1452, Cornw. July 1452 (offences of Richard Tregoose* and others), Dec. 1452, July 1455 (offences of the burgesses of Bodmin), Devon, Dorset, Som. Mar. 1456, London Apr. 1456, Kent, Suss. June 1456, Devon, Dorset, Som. July 1456, Cornw. July 1456 (offences of the burgesses of Bodmin), Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Mar. 1457, Kent Nov. 1457, Kent, Essex, Suff. Sept. 1458, Wilts. May 1459, Cornw. June 1459, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Oct. 1459, Feb. 1460, Wales, Cheshire, London, Mdx. Feb. 1460, Wales, Welsh marches, Kent Mar. 1460, Cornw. Mar. 1460, Yorks., York, Hull May 1460, Berks., Cornw., Devon, Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. June 1460, Cumb., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Northumb., Notts., Warws., Westmld., Derby, York Dec. 1460, Hants Aug. 1461, Glos., Herefs., Som., Staffs., Worcs., Bristol Sept. 1461, Wilts. Feb. 1462, general Feb. 1462, Hants Mar. 1462, Dorset, Som., Wilts. May 1462, Cornw., Devon Feb. 1463 (treasons), London, Mdx. June 1463, Sandwich Aug. 1463 (treasons), Kent, Mdx., Surr. July 1463, Berks., Glos., Leics., Oxon., Som., Warws., Wilts., Worcs. Jan. 1464, Berks., Cambs., Cornw., Devon., Dorset, Glos., Hants, Kent, Som., Surr., Suss., Wilts., Bristol Feb. 1464, Kent, Faversham Mar. 1464, Berks., Oxon. Apr. 1464, Cornw. June 1465 (offences of Henry Bodrugan†), London, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1465, London, Mdx. Nov. 1465 (treasons of (Sir) Gervase Clifton*), Berks., Devon, Dorset, Hants, Glos., Oxon., Som., Wilts. July 1466, Yorks., York Feb. 1467, Herefs., Notts., Salop, Staffs., Warws., Worcs., Derby Feb. 1468, London June 1468, KB27/830, rex rot. 41. Essex, Mdx., Surr. July 1468, Devon, Glos. Aug. 1468, Essex Nov. 1468, Devon, Hants, Wilts., Salisbury, Southampton Dec. 1468, Eng. May 1469, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks., York May 1469, Lincs., Lincoln July 1470, York Aug. 1470, Glos. Jan. 1471; [to treat for loans, Kent May 1455]; PPC, vi. 239; Foss, iv. 445. The comm. was never executed: H. Kleineke, ‘Comm. de Mutuo Faciendo’, EHR, cxvi. 8. examine proceedings of suits in the Guildhall, London May, July, Nov. 1455, in Chancery Dec. 1460; of array, Kent Aug. 1456; to investigate alchemical means for the settlement of the King’s debts Nov. 1457; to assign archers, Kent Dec. 1457; to take an assize of novel disseisin Dec. 1470 (q). C261/11/8.
Trier of petitions, Gascon 1459, 1460, 1461. PROME, xii. 453, 513; xiii. 10.
