STETON, John (d.1459), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450.

Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1423–4; auditor of the chamberlains’ accounts 1426 – 27, 1430 – 31, 1432 – 33, 1434 – 35, 1442 – 43, 1451 – 53; bailiff 1427 – 28; alderman of White Friars ward by 5 Dec. 1442 – d.; mayor Mich. 1447–9; coroner 3 Feb.-Mich. 1450. Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., chamberlains’ accts. 1423–5, 1426–7, 1430–1, 1432–3, 1434–5, 1442–3, 1451–2, 1452–3, BRF 2/347, 349, 352–4, 359, 365, 366; bench bk. 3, BRE 2, f. 24v; bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 8v, 16; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Kingston-upon-Hull by Nov. 1430 – 21 Nov. 1441, 7 Nov. 1443 – 1 Apr. 1448, 17 Mar. 1451–10 May 1452. S. Jenks, Enrolled Customs Accts. (L. and I. Soc. cccxix), vi. 1545; E159/207, recorda Mich. rot. 13; CPR, 1429–36, p. 224; 1436–41, p. 206; 1441–6, p. 21; 1446–52, pp. 144, 408, 504.

Commr. to assess subsidy, Kingston-upon-Hull Aug. 1450; of sewers Nov. 1454.