SWAYN, William (d.1484), of Salisbury, Wilts.

Family and Education

s. of James Swayn of Salisbury by his w. Alice. CPR, 1467-77, p. 91. m. (1) by Oct. 1445, Salisbury reg. of leases, G23/1/238, f. 6. Christine, 1s. Henry†; d.v.p. ; (2) bef. Oct. 1479, Gillian, wid. of John Clerk of Bristol. CPR, 1476-85, p. 148. Dist. Wilts. 1458, 1465.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1453, 1478, Salisbury 1455.

Member of the council of 24, Salisbury by Nov. 1432–14 June 1465, First General Entry Bk., Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), passim; Salisbury ledger bk. 2, f. 4 and passim. For his expulsion on 14 June 1465, see ff. 75v-76. Nov. 1478-Dec. 1481; Salisbury ledger bk. 2, ff. 134, 136v-40v, 145. alderman 2 Nov. 1436–7; First General Entry Bk. 323. auditor 26 June 1444, 12 Nov. 1446, 30 Oct. 1448, 23 Oct. 1450, 29 Oct. 1451, 5 Feb., 27 Oct. 1452, 9 Oct. 1461, 20 Sept. 1462, 28 Oct. 1463, 6 Oct. 1464; Ibid. 390, 393, 405, 421, 439, 445–6, 451, 455; Salisbury ledger bk. 2, ff. 53v, 56v, 68, 71v. mayor 2 Nov. 1444–5, 1454 – 55, 1477–8; First General Entry Bk. 394–7, 400; R. Benson and H. Hatcher, Old and New Sarum, 695–6. dep. mayor 25 July 1463. Salisbury ledger bk. 2, f. 65.

Commr. to treat for loans to raise £50 for naval defence, Salisbury, Poole, Weymouth Aug. 1454; assign archers, Wilts. Dec. 1457.

Tax collector, Salisbury Nov. 1463. Ibid. f. 72.

Parlimentarian

SWAYN, William (d.1484), of Salisbury, Wilts.

Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.

Swayne, Sweyn

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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