STAFFORD, John I (d.1458), of York and Toulston, Yorks.

Pensioner, L. Inn ?1426–7, In 1428–9 he paid the balance of his account as ‘late pensioner’. Nicholas Sibile held the office in 1427–8; our MP’s term was thus probably 1426–7. A payment he made to the governors in Nov. 1427 may represent money he had collected as pensioner: L. Inn Black Bks. i. 2, 3. 1431 – 32; gov. 1428 – 29, 1439 – 41.

Commr. of gaol delivery, liberty of Ripon Nov. 1439, abbey of York Apr. 1442, C66/445, m. 19d; 452, m. 29d. York Nov. 1451; of kiddles, Yorks. May 1442, Mar. 1443; inquiry June 1445, May 1447 (killing of salmon); to assess subsidy, W. Riding Aug. 1450.

Attorney-gen. of Robert Neville, bp. of Durham, 3 Apr. 1443-aft. 1454. DURH3/43/29.

J.p.q. Yorks. (W. Riding) 23 Nov. 1443 – d.

J.p. Abp. Kemp’s ldship. of Ripon, Yorks. 26 Nov. 1447–? C.E. Arnold, ‘Political Study of the W. Riding 1437–1509’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984), i. 27n.