REDE, William, of Reading, Berks.

Attestor, parlty. election, Reading 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1478.

Keeper of the market, Reading Mich. 1447–8; cofferer 28 Oct. 1448–50; ? constable 5 May-Mich. 1452; mayor Mich. 1452–5, 1456 – 57, 1464 – 65, 1467 – 68, 1469–70. CAD, i. A567, 570, 591; Berks. RO, Reading recs., deeds R/AT1/148, 155; Reading Recs. 29, 31, 35, 39–44, 46, 58, 60, 63. His election as constable is doubtful, as it was crossed through in the record: Reading Recs. 38. He was not mayor in 1455–6, as has been assumed from ibid. 43, for William Pernecote* was paid the mayor’s fee of five marks for that year, and is otherwise recorded in office: Reading recs., cofferers’ accts. R/FA/2, no. 38; CAD, i. A561. Rede certainly officiated in 1456–7: cofferers’ acct. no. 39.