Family and Education
?uncle of Richard Southwell*. m. (1) Joan, ?da. of William Curzon of Brightwell, Suff., According to W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 242. The will of Southwell’s son Robert gives the names of his parents as John and Joan: PCC 4 Holder (PROB11/18, f. 31). 1s.; (2) poss. by 1451, Alana (d. by June 1470), yr. da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Berry (d.1433) of Horwellbury near Royston, Herts., by Alice (d.1430), da. and h. of Sir Thomas Gerberge† of Marlingford, Norf.; C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam. The First Phase, 117-19; Copinger, vii. 168. wid. of Thomas Bardolf (d.c.1451). CFR, xviii. 177. No post mortem survives.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Suff. 1455, 1467.
Commr. of arrest, Suss. Jan. 1452.
Collector, customs and subsidies, Chichester 23 Aug. 1463–18 Dec. 1464.
Searcher of ships, Chichester 11 Dec. 1464 – 6 Mar. 1465.
Main residences: Lewes, Suss.; Framlingham; Ellough, Suff.
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