Family and Education
yr. s. of Sir Henry Vavasour (d.1413) of Hazlewood, Yorks. by Margaret (d.1415) da. of Sir William Skipwith† (d. by 1389) of South Ormsby, Lincs. and Skipwith, Yorks., j.c.p., c.j. KB Ire. He is commonly said to have been Sir Henry’s gds., that is, the son of Henry Vavasour (d.1452): Genealogist, n.s. xix. 113-14; Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, i. 194. This, however, gives an impossible chronology. The yr. Henry was born in 1402 and our MP was of age by 1426: CIPM, xxii. 362. ?; educ. Staple Inn. m. Isabel, da. of Thomas de la Haye (d.v.p. 1426) by Joan, da. of Sir William Babthorpe of Babthorpe, Yorks.; gdda. and coh. of Peter de la Haye (d.c.1431) of Spaldington, Test. Ebor. ii (Surtees Soc. xxx), 11-12. 4s. inc. John†, 2da.
Offices Held
Clerk of estreats, ct. of c.p. Hil. or Easter term 1437-Easter term 1453.
Commr. of sewers, E. Riding Feb. 1452, parts of Marshland, Yorks. June 1455, Nov. 1461, E. Riding July 1465, parts of Marshland Mar. 1466, E. Riding Feb. 1471, parts of Marshland Nov. 1473, E. Riding Nov. 1479, Mar. 1482; inquiry, Yorks. Oct. 1455 (lands late of Henry, earl of Northumberland), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), E. Riding June 1477 (marauding Scots); gaol delivery, abbey of St. Mary, York, Feb. 1456, July 1473 (q.); to assign archers, Yorks. Dec. 1457; of arrest Feb. 1462 (Richard Gaitford).
J.p.q. E. Riding 8 Feb. 1455 – Dec. 1459, 28 May 1461 – d.
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Main residence: Spaldington, Yorks.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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