VAMPAGE, John (d.1452), of Pershore, Worcs.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Vampage (d.1398) of Pershore. educ. ?M or I. Temple. m. (1) Elizabeth, A visitation ped. identifies her as da. of Thomas Walter: Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 68-69. If the most prominent contemporary of that name is intended, he was a lawyer from Carmarthen and a servant of Hen. V as prince of Wales: R.A. Griffiths, Principality of Wales, i. 129. This Walter, however, left two coheiresses, neither of whom was married to our MP: K.B. McFarlane, Eng. in the 15th Cent. 159-60. A more reliable clue to her identity is provided by a lawsuit of 1431 where she is described as the executrix of a chaplain, Henry Bydford: CP40/681, rot. 340d. at least 1s. 2da.; (2) 1448, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Vernon*, at least 1s. Summ. as attorney-general 1445, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Worcs. 1431.

J.p.q. Worcs. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 5 Dec. 1431 – d.

Escheator, Worcs. 22 May 1422 – 1 Nov. 1423.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Worcester July 1424, May 1427 (q.), Mar. 1431, Nov. 1435, Worcester castle Feb. (q.), July 1433 (q.), Feb., Mar. 1437, July 1438, June 1439, Feb. 1446, May 1448 (q.), Feb. (q.), Dec. 1450, Gloucester castle Aug. (q.), Oct. 1438, Feb. 1452; C66/414, m. 10d; 420, m. 15d; 429, m. 11d; 433, mm. 5d, 9d; 440, m. 43d; 441, m. 11d; 442, mm. 15d, 20d; 443, mm. 10d, 39d; 461, m. 29d; 466, m. 38d; 471, m. 20d; 472, m. 18d. inquiry, Bristol Feb. 1432 (treasons), Berks., Glos., Herefs., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. July 1434, Herefs. Dec. 1435 (q.) (concealments and trespasses), Warws. Mar. 1437 (oppressions against Alcester abbey), Bristol Nov. 1438 (breaking of seals on forfeited goods), Yorks. Feb. 1439 (petition of William, Lord Fitzhugh), Glos. May 1440, June 1441, Worcs. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Herefs. July 1449 (Beauchamp lands), Glos. Dec. 1449 (felonies), Worcs. Dec. 1450 (escapes); to assess subsidy, Worcs. Jan. 1436, Aug. 1450; treat for loans Aug. 1442; take assize of novel disseisin Feb. 1451 (q.). C66/472, m. 10d.

Dep. sheriff, Worcs. Sept. 1428–9 (by appointment of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick), Sept. 1444-Nov. 1445 (by appointment of the guardians of Henry Beauchamp, duke of Warwick). PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 158.

King’s attorney-general 15 Oct. 1429 – d.

Parlty. proxy for abbot of Evesham 1435, 1442, 1447. SC10/49/2427; 50/2460, 2473.

Apprentice-at-law retained by duchy of Lancaster Feb. 1444 – d.

Justice itinerant, duchy of Lancaster lordships in S. Wales 16 July 1444. DL37/11/149.

Steward, lands of Westminster Abbey by 28 Sept. 1444–?d. V.H. Galbraith, ‘A Visitation of Westminster’, EHR, xxxvii. 87; Glos. Archs. Petre estate pprs. D1099/M31/61.

Parlimentarian

VAMPAGE, John (d.1452), of Pershore, Worcs.

Main residence: Pershore, Worcs.

Fampage, Vaumpage, Wampage

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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