STAUNTON, Robert (c.1405-c.1482), of Castle Donington, Leics.

Family and Education

b. c.1405, CPL, xiii (2), 690. yr. s. of Thomas Staunton† (d.1436) of Sutton Bonington, Notts. by his 1st w. Joan; er. half-bro. of Thomas*. educ. I. Temple. m. (1) Agnes (d. 18 July 1458), 4s. 3da.; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xiv. 82-83; J. Nichols, Leics. iv (2), 577. She has been identified as a da. of Robert Lathbury of Egginton, Derbys., but this is to confuse her with the wife of an earlier Robert Staunton of Staunton Harold, Leics.: Harl. 4028, f. 72v; M. Jurkowski, ‘John Fynderne’ (Keele Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1998), 56n., 100. (2) Margery, gdda. and coh. of Sir John Byron*, wid. of Thomas Walsh (d.1463) of Wanlip, Leics. E. Acheson, Leics. in 15th Cent. 252.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Leics. 1453, 1472, 1478.

Bailiff, duchy of Lancaster wapentakes of Allerton, Plumtree and Risley, Derbys. by Mich. 1438-aft. Mich. 1474; dep. steward to John, Lord Beaumont, at Castle Donington by Mich. 1438 – ?; duchy clerk in Leicester by Mich. 1448-by Mich. 1460; dep. steward to Beaumont of Queen Margaret’s honour of Leicester bef. Aug. 1458 – 10 July 1460, to William, Lord Hastings, at Castle Donington 7 July 1480–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 558, 572; DL29/184/2917; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1, 415.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Stafford castle Nov. 1439, Leicester Oct. 1454 (q.), July 1455 (q.), Sept. 1464, Mar. (q.), July 1468 (q.), Apr. 1469 (q.), Oct. 1473 (q.), Oct. 1477 (q.), Aug. 1479 (q.), Sept. 1481; C66/445, m. 19d; 479, m. 20d; 480, m. 14d; 508, m. 15d; 521, mm. 14d, 20d; 524, m. 16d; 531, m. 4d; 541, m. 26d; 544, m. 23d; 548, m. 6d. inquiry, Notts., Derbys. Mar. 1445 (lands of Henry, Lord Grey of Codnor), CIPM, xxvi. 235; Notts. IPM (Thoroton Soc. xvii), 23. July 1445 (alienations without licence), Derbys. Jan. 1449 (lands of (Sir) Hugh Willoughby*), Leics. Nov. 1456 (birthplace of Robert Terry, clerk), Mar. 1464, July 1465 (overburdening with corrodies of convent of St. Mary, Leicester), Feb. 1467 (manor of Ashby-de-la-Zouch), Aug. 1468 (lands of Elizabeth Moton), Warws., Leics. July 1471 (lands of Sir Robert Harcourt*), Leics. Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); to treat for loans, Derbys. Sept. 1449; assess subsidy Aug. 1450, Leics. July 1463; of array Sept. 1457, Dec. 1459, Feb. 1470, Mar. 1472; to assign archers, Derbys. Dec. 1457; distribute allowance on tax, Leics. June 1468.

J.p.q. Derbys. 21 Nov. 1443 – Nov. 1458, Leics. 29 May 1454 – Aug. 1460, 18 Dec. 1460 – July 1461, 5 Apr. 1464 – 13 Dec. 1470, 14 Dec. 1470 – June 1483.

Steward of Notts. estates of Humphrey, duke of Buckingham 20 Nov. 1453-aft. Mich. 1457, of William, Lord Hastings c. 1468 – 70, of Leics. estates of Katherine, wid. of John, duke of Norfolk, by Mich. 1471-aft. Mich. 1472; receiver-gen. of Lord Hastings Apr. 1476–?d. Readings and Moots, ii (Selden Soc. cv), 129n.; C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 204; SC6/954/11; Berkeley Castle mss, BCM/D/1/1/31; Quorndon Recs. ed. Farnham, 165–6.

Parlimentarian

STAUNTON, Robert (c.1405-c.1482), of Castle Donington, Leics.

Main residence: Castle Donington, Leics.

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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