ONEWYN, Robert I (d.1461), of Rye, Suss.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Robert Onewyn alias Taylor† (d.1427/8), of Rye. Cat Rye Recs. ed. Dell, deeds 136/185, 186, 194. Our MP also sometimes used the alias of Taylor: e.g. ibid. 136/186, 194. m. by Apr. 1444, Joan, da. and coh. of Roger atte Gate*, 1s.

Offices Held

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1446, 1454, 1456. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 21, 33, 35.

Jurat, Rye 13 Dec. 1448 – Aug. 1450, 10 May – Aug. 1451, Aug. 1454–62; mayor 1451–4. E. Suss. RO, Rye mss, acct. bk. 60/2, ff. 2, 7, 23v, 26, 30, 34, 38, 45, 51, 56, 62, 69v, 81, 89v.

Dep. bailiff, Rye 21 July 1450. Ibid. f. 13v; White and Black Bks. 26. There, he is called ‘bailiff’, but Thomas Pope still occupied the office by royal patent.

Parlimentarian

ONEWYN, Robert I (d.1461), of Rye, Suss.

Main residence: Rye, Suss.

Anwyn, Onewyne, Unwyn, Unwyne, Vnwyne

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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