Family and Education
s. and h. of Walter Tourges of Melcombe Bingham. JUST1/1540, rot. 26. m. by Mich. 1430, Edith, sis. of William Carent*, J. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 111-12; Dorset Feet of Fines (Dorset Recs. x), 342-3. 1s. Richard†, 1da.; (2) aft. June 1452, Alice (fl.1473), da. of John Burton by Isabel, da. and h. of John Twyford; wid. of John Basket*. C67/45, m. 40.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Som. 1423, 1425, Dorset 1423, 1425, 1430, 1432, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450.
Collector, customs and subsidies, Melcombe Regis 24 Nov. 1427 – Apr. 1431, Melcombe and Poole 20 Apr. 1431–9 May 1439.
Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Dorset Jan. 1436, June 1445, July 1446; of array Jan. 1436; to requisition vessels for the duke of York’s expedition, Poole Mar. 1436, for the earl of Huntingdon, Melcombe, Poole May 1439.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Melcombe Bingham, Dorset.
Tourges, Turgens, Turgeys, Turgis, Turgys
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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