SYDNEY, William (d.1452), of Kingsham, Suss. and Baynards, Surr.

Family and Education

s. and h. of William Sydney (d. 1449), VCH Surr. iii. 91. The MP acted as his father’s executor: CP40/757, att. rot. 1. of Cranleigh, Surr., ? by his w. Agnes. m. (1) by Apr. 1420, Cecily (b.c.1403), C138/46/42. da. and h. of Nicholas Wolbergh of Westbury, Bucks. by Margaret (d.1455), da. and coh. of Hamelin Matham (d.1382) of Sawbridgeworth, Herts. and Molesey, Surr., 2s.; (2) prob. bef. 1440, Their s. William came of age by Apr. 1461: HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 5, no. 30. Isabel St. John, 1s. 1da.; (3) by Jan. 1446, CP40/740, rot. 351d. Thomasina (d. 16 Jan. 1498), da. of John Barrington of Rayleigh, Essex, wid. of William Lunsford (d.1445) of Battle, Suss., 3s. 1da. C.F. Richmond, John Hopton, 100-1.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1421 (Dec.), Suss. 1425, 1427, 1431, 1435, 1437, 1447.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex, Mdx. July 1421 (goods of Henry, late earl of Northumberland), Salop, Suss. Nov. 1424 (lands held in chief by Thomas, late earl of Arundel), Surr., Suss. Nov. 1427 (concealments), Suss. Feb. 1431 (piracy), Surr., Suss. Aug. 1431 (concealments), Suss. Dec. 1432 (jurisdiction of the archdeacon of Lewes), Hants, Kent, Surr., Suss. Aug. 1433 (concealments), Surr. July 1437, Suss. June 1438 (smuggling), Hants, Surr., Suss. Sept. 1440 (felonies), Suss. Mar. 1447 (concealments); to enforce statutes regarding salmon fishing, Hants May 1425; assess liability to contribute to parliamentary grant, Suss. Apr. 1431; arrest a vessel June 1431; of sewers Nov. 1433, Nov. 1442; to distribute tax allowance Dec. 1433; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; of array Jan. 1436; to treat for loans, Surr. Mar. 1439, Suss. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar., May, Aug. 1442; for payment of tenths and fifteenths Feb. 1441; take musters, Portsdown Mar. 1441, Kent July 1442; take an assize of novel disseisin, Suss. June 1451. C66/473, m. 18d.

J.p.q. Suss. 9 July 1428 – d., Surr. 6 Feb. 1435 – Nov. 1439.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 18 Aug.-10 Nov. 1433. E356/18, rot. 41.

Steward of estates of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, in Suss. by Mich. 1426–d., Petworth House mss, receivers’ accts. 7211, 7213–16 (MAC/3, 5–8). John, earl of Arundel, Suss. bef. June 1435–?d. He was still steward of the honour of Arundel in 1444: KB9/245/3.

Parlimentarian

SYDNEY, William (d.1452), of Kingsham, Suss. and Baynards, Surr.

Main residences: Kingsham, Suss.; Baynards, Surr.

Sedeneye, Sydenay, Sydene, Sydeneye

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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