STOCTON, William II (d.1471), of York.

Family and Education

?s. of William Stocton (d.1441), of York by his 1st w. Agnes (d.1414). m. (1) c.1425, Alice, wid. of Roger Selby (d.1424) of York, ?2s; (2) Isabel (d.1503), wid. of Robert Collynson (d.1458) of York. Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 2, f. 21; 4, f. 173v; 6, f. 70; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, York ?1435, 1453, 1460.

Constable of the Mercers’ Co., York 25 Mar. 1432–3. York Mercers (Surtees Soc. cxxix), 37.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1434–5; sheriff 22 June 1437-Mich. 1438; member of the council of 12 by 10 Dec. 1442 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1446–7, 1461–2. York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls, 1396–1500 (Surtees Soc. cxcii), 210–11; York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 131.

Commr. of inquiry, York July 1448 (conduct of John Marton*); oyer and terminer May 1461; arrest Nov. 1461.

Ambassador to Philip, duke of Burgundy, and the Four Members of Flanders July 1449. DKR, xlviii. 380.

Parlimentarian

STOCTON, William II (d.1471), of York.

Main residence: York.

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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