SYLTON, John (d.c.1496), of Winchelsea, Suss.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff to Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1455, 1471. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 34, 63; E. Suss. RO, Rye mss, 60/2, f. 48.

Mayor, Winchelsea Easter 1462 – 64, 1468 – 69, 1475 – 76, 1480 – 82, 1484–6; White and Black Bks. 44, 47, 49, 57, 58, 68, 69, 80, 82, 90, 91, 93; Add. Chs. 20209, 24869, 30924. dep. mayor 21 July 1467, 8 Apr., 23 Oct. 1483, 28 Apr. 1489. White and Black Bks. 56, 86, 88, 102.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Chichester 21 July 1475–26 May 1476; As ‘Sylkton’: CPR, 1467–77, p. 553. It is not clear that he ever acted: the accts. for this period named Vincent Fynch† as controller: E356/22, rots. 13, 13d. collector 30 Oct. 1481 – 22 Aug. 1485, 21 Feb. 1489–17 Aug. 1496. E326/22, rots. 12, 12d, 14d; 23, rots. 11–12d.

Yeoman of the Crown by May 1481-c. Sept. 1485.

King’s bailiff, Rye 3 May 1481 – 24 Sept. 1485.

Commr. of inquiry May 1484 (piracy).