SHERIFF, John (d.c.1477), of Grimsby, Lincs.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Grimsby 1447, 1455, 1463. Bull. IHR, xlii. 217–18.

Chamberlain, Grimsby Oct. 1446–7; quarterman Aug. 1447–?, Feb. 1454–?; bailiff Oct. 1449–50; auditor May 1452–?, Oct. 1453–4, 1457 – 58, 1462 – 63, 1464 – 65; tax assessor Oct. 1454; mayor’s councillor Dec. 1454–?, Oct. 1461–2, 1464 – 65, 1468 – 69, Dec. 1475 – Oct. 1476; mayor Oct. 1459–60, 1470 – 71; coroner 1468–9. Grimsby ct. rolls 1/101, 25, 28, 30, 32–33, 36, 38 Hen. VI, 1–2, 4, 8–9 Edw. IV; ct. bk. 1/102/1, ff. 40, 72v-73. The quatermen were the officials responsible for supervising purchases made by the burgesses as a body for the town’s common profit.