SPENCER, John I (d.1464), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1455.

Searcher, Kingston-upon-Hull 1 Feb. 1438–?Nov. 1443. CFR, xvii. 16, 278.

Bailiff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1439 – 23 May 1440; sheriff 23 May – 29 Sept. 1440; alderman of Trippett ward by 30 Jan. 1447 – d.; auditor of the chamberlains’ accts. Mich. 1451–2, 1454 – 55, 1457 – 58, 1463 – d.; mayor 1452 – 53, 4 Apr. – 29 Sept. 1461; coroner Mich. 1453–4, 1461–2. J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4; C219/15/4; Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 16, 17, 26, 32, 59, 65v, 76v, 80, 87v.

Commr. of arrest, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grimsby Apr. 1454 (ships intended to trade illegally with Iceland); sewers, Kingston-upon-Hull Nov. 1454.

Dep. admiral, Kingston-upon-Hull 1 Oct. 1455–?1457. Bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 44, 55.