VERNON, William, of Haddon, Derbys.

Family and Education

3rd. s. and event. h. of Sir Richard Vernon* ; yr. bro. of Richard* and Fulk*. m. (1) Anne; (2) by 1435, Margaret (fl.1472), J. Nichols, Leics. iii (2), 985*. da. and h. of William Swinfen alias Pipe (d.1419) by Joyce, da. and coh. of William Spernore alias Durvassall† (d.1401) of Spernall, Warws., by his 1st w., at least 4s. 4da. Kntd. ?5 Jan. 1453.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Derbys. 1467.

Jt. surveyor of duchy of Lancaster chase of Needwood, Staffs. 23 June 1436 – ?

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Derbys. Mar. 1442, June 1468; As an MP in the Parl. which granted the tax, he was automatically named on the comm., even though he was dead when it was issued: CFR, xx. 240. of inquiry, Notts., Derbys. July 1445 (lands alienated without licence); He sat as a commr. at Belper on 4 July 1446: CIPM, xxvi. 399. arrest, Derbys., Staffs. Mar. 1449, Staffs. July 1449 (rioters against the abbot of Burton-upon-Trent), July 1457 (collectors of fifteenth and tenth); E159/233, commissiones Trin. oyer and terminer, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Oct. 1459 (treasons etc.); array, Derbys. Dec. 1459; to assess subsidy July 1463.

Escheator, Staffs. 4 Nov. 1447 – 6 Nov. 1448.

J.p. Derbys. 19 Feb. 1455 – Apr. 1456, 28 May 1457 – Nov. 1458, Staffs. 18 Mar. 1460 – July 1461.

Jt. steward of Bretby, Derbys., for John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, ?-bef. Nov. 1465. S.M. Wright, Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 139.

Parlimentarian

VERNON, William, of Haddon, Derbys.

Main residence: Haddon, Derbys.

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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