Family and Education
?s. of Roger Roys of North Walsham. C241/184/49. m. (1) aft. Dec. 1418, Margery (d.1424), Magdalen Coll. Oxf., Titchwell deeds, 46. An inq. of 1450 found that Margery died on 6 Nov. 1424 (Titchwell deeds, 83), but Roys had in fact married his 2nd wife by that date. da. of Sir Ralph Lovell (d.1405) of Titchwell, Norf., sis. and h. of William Lovell (d.1415); P.S. Lewis, ‘Sir John Fastolf’s Lawsuit over Titchwell’, Historical Jnl. i. 5. (2) 1424, Cal. Letter Bk. London K, 47. Margaret (d. bef. May 1428), C145/303/62. According to an inq. of 1442 Margaret died on 30 Dec. 1426 (a mistake repeated in The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 745), but she was certainly still alive in the following July: CIPM, xxvi. 18; CCR, 1422-9, p. 405. da. of John Clerk alias atte Lee (d.1413/14) of London, wid. of William Waldern† (d.1424) of London; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 745, 747. (3) by Feb. 1435, JUST1/1543, rot. 7 Margaret. Paston Letters ed. Davis, i. 16n; CP40/718, rots. 382, 383. ?1s.
Offices Held
Commr. of inquiry, Norf. July 1418 (estates of Sir John Oldcastle†), Norf., Suff. Aug. 1433 (non-payment of customs and subsidies, escapes of felons, concealments and other offences), Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. July 1434 (non-payment of customs and concealments); to distribute tax allowance, Norf. Dec. 1433; administer oath to keep the peace May 1434; assess subsidy, Norwich Jan. 1436.
Recorder of Norwich by Mich. 1431–1435.
Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 5 Nov. 1432 – 4 Nov. 1433.
Chief steward, Norf. for Sir John Clifton by Mich. 1433.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: North Walsham, Norf.; London.
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