SHIPWARDE, John (d.1476), of Bristol.

Family and Education

s. of John Shipwarde of Bristol by his w. Guynot. Bristol Wills (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. 1886), 158-61. m. bef. Mar. 1444, Katherine (d. bef. Dec. 1473), da. of William Philipps*. Som. Med. Wills (Som. Rec. Soc. xvi), 338-9. 1s. 2da. Bristol Wills, 158-61.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Bristol 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1455, 1467, 1472. Shipwarde may also have attested earlier elections but this is impossible to establish owing to the difficulties in distinguishing him from his father.

Bailiff, Bristol Mich. 1439–40; Bristol RO, St. Leonard’s Vestry recs., 40365/D/2/30; Recs. All Saints Bristol, iii (Bristol Rec. Soc. lvi), 385; CPR, 1435–41, p. 372. sheriff 14 Oct. 1441–28 Sept. 1442; CFR, xvii. 198. mayor Mich. 1444–5, 1455 – 56, 1463 – 64, 1469–70. Little Red Bk. Bristol ed. Bickley, ii. 232; CFR, xx. 126; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvi. 132.

Constable of the Bristol staple 12 Oct. 1442 – 13 Oct. 1443; mayor 7 Oct. 1444 – 19 Oct. 1445, 25 Oct. 1455 – 24 Oct. 1456, Oct. 1463–4, Oct. 1469–70. C67/25. A John Shipwarde was also constable of the staple in 1456–7, but he was perhaps the MP’s son.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Bristol June 1453; of inquiry July 1460 (piracy); arrest Aug. 1460; to assess contribution to royal aid July 1463; of oyer and terminer Jan. 1464; gaol delivery Feb. 1474. C66/532, m. 12d.

Parlimentarian

SHIPWARDE, John (d.1476), of Bristol.

Main residence: Bristol.

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Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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