OLDHALL, Sir William (bef. 1395-1460), of East Dereham, Norf. and Hunsdon, Herts.

Capt. Essay Mich. 1424-aft. 10 Aug. 1429, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Fr. mss, 4491, f. 82; Archives Nationales, Paris, K63/7/13. 9 Sept. 1434–30 Mar. 1438, Bibliothèque Nationale, Clairambault mss, 168/85; Fr. mss, 26065/3620. 1444–5, English Suits Parlement of Paris (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, xxvi), 298. Montsoer 1425, R.A. Massey, ‘Lancastrian Land Settlement in Normandy’ (Liverpool Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1987), 113. Saint-Laurent-des-Mortiers 1427, English Suits Parlement of Paris, 298. Fresnay-le-Vicomte 16 Dec. 1429–?Mich. 1430, Clairambault mss, 169/66. Alençon 31 Mar. 1430-bef. 12 Feb. 1431, Bibliothèque Nationale, Pièces Originales, 2138 Oldhall 4; Archives Nationales, K63/10/75. Coutances 18 Oct. 1441–13 Dec. 1443, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fr. mss, 25776/1539; 26072/4928. Regnéville by Mich. 1442-aft. 4 Aug. 1444, Ibid. 26070/4671; Archives Nationales, Nouvelles Acquisitions Francaises, 8606/91. Pont l’Evêque 29 June-aft. 26 Sept. 1445, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fr. mss, 25777/1713; Clairambault mss, 187/14. Orbec 29 June 1445–?, Lisieux 29 June-aft. Mich. 1445. Clairambault mss, 187/14.

Seneschal of Normandy 8 Nov. 1424 – 16 Nov. 1425.

Ambassador to treat with Jacqueline of Hainault and Philip, duke of Burgundy, in Flanders 1 Aug.-10 Oct. 1426. E101/322/14.

Lt. at Calais (under John, duke of Bedford) by Nov. 1432–?Sept. 1435, C109/87/5. Bayeux (under Robert, Lord Willoughby) prob. late 1437-Mich. 1439. DKR, xvliii. 320; Bibliothèque Nationale, Fr. mss, 25775/1372; Archives Nationales, K65/1/45.

Bailli of Alençon 1433–9. English Suits Parlement of Paris, 298.

Commr. of gaol delivery, East Dereham Feb. 1440, Norwich castle Apr. 1457. C66/445, m. 3d; 482, m. 8d.

Chamberlain of Richard, duke of York, by Nov. 1443–?; KB27/793, rot. 25. But a Chancery bill of the late 1450s might suggest that Oldhall already held that office in 1441. The bill was brought by John Buxsell, who alleged that the MP, whom he referred to as York’s chamberlain, had retained him that year to serve with him as a man-at-arms in France but not paid his wages: C1/26/475. overseer of the duke’s French estates by Feb. 1444. Add. Ch. 6970.

Governor-general of the estates of Edmund, earl of Rutland, in Normandy 30 Apr. 1445–?. P.A. Johnson, Duke Richard of York, 47n.

Steward for the duke of York at Hitchin, Herts. by Oct. 1447-Mich. 1450 or after, at Thaxted, Essex by Mich. 1448, in the honour of Clare, Suff. by Mich. 1448. SC6/1113/10; Egerton Roll 8364.

Constable of Clare castle for the duke of York by Mich. 1448. SC6/1113/10.

Seneschal of Ulster for the duke of York 1449. Johnson, 236; Reg. Iohannis Mey ed. Quigley and Roberts, 133.

Speaker 1450.

J.p. Norf. 7 May 1456-Mar. 1460. Although not officially removed from the bench until Mar. 1460, in practice Oldhall ceased to be a j.p. following his arrest and attainder in the autumn of 1459.