POUND, Thomas (d.1476), of London and Drayton, Hants.

Attestor, parlty. election, Hants 1472.

Teller of the Exchequer 14 Oct. 1433–21 July 1470. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 227.

Commr. to take musters, Portsdown Dec. 1435, Winchelsea Mar. 1436, Portsmouth Aug. 1437, Poole May 1438, Cherbourg May 1438, Winchelsea June 1439, Portsdown Mar., May 1441, Aug. 1442, Portsmouth June, July 1443, Sept. 1449, Plymouth June 1451, Portsmouth Aug. 1453, Jan. 1472; requisition ships for the duke of Somerset’s army Aug. 1443; of inquiry, Hants Feb. 1448 (concealments of Crown income), Apr. 1448 (piracy), Dorset, Hants, Suss. Apr. 1453 (smuggling), Hants Sept. 1453 (piracy), May 1456 (smuggling), Mar. 1458 (piracy), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Nov. 1475 (lands late of John Horewood); to seize Le Mawedelen Lisle Dec. 1453; of array, Hants Mar., June 1461, May 1463, Apr. 1466, Feb. 1468, Mar. 1472, Jan. 1475; to take assize of novel disseisin Dec. 1470. C261/11/8.

Collector, customs and subsidies, Calais from 20 Mar. 1438, DKR, xlviii. 321. Southampton 21 Jan. – 6 Nov. 1442, 3 July 1447 – 29 Nov. 1449, 20 Mar. – 23 May 1455, 23 Aug. 1455 – 10 May 1462, 16 July 1463 – 26 Dec. 1464, 21 Mar. – 1 May 1466, 6 Nov. 1469 – 26 Oct. 1470, 29 May 1471–22 May 1473, CFR, xvii. 200, 201; xviii. 52, 54; xix. 105, 107; xx. 4, 5, 7, 95, 178, 248; xxi. nos. 8, 10, 12. The precise dates are taken from the accts. in E356/19, rots. 18d, 20d; 20, rots. 12, 14d-16; 21, rots. 23–25d, 26d; 22, rots. 59d-61. on wool, London 21 Nov. 1442 – 31 Dec. 1446, 27 Oct. 1452–3 Apr. 1453, E356/19, rots. 2–3d; 20, rot. 2. tunnage and poundage 31 Dec. 1446–10 July 1447; CFR, xvii. 234, 237; xviii. 55; xix. 3. controller 20 Nov. 1449–25 Sept. 1450. CPR, 1446–52, p. 300.

J.p. Hants 8 July 1461 – d.

Treasurer of Wolvesey for Bp. Waynflete of Winchester by Mich. 1469–d. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/200, 203 (formerly 155835, 155838).