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yr. s. of William Wenlock alias Wyvell† of Luton and Houghton Conquest, Beds., and Much Wenlock, Salop, by Margaret, sis. and h. of John Briton (d.1390) of Britens in Houghton Conquest and Upper Stondon, Beds.; bro. of Sir Thomas*. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 806-7. m. (1) by 1435, VCH Oxon. vii. 19. Elizabeth (c.1412-aft. 1 July 1463), CIPM, xx. 784-5; CP25(1)/294/74/19. da. and coh. of Sir John Drayton† (d.1417) of Nuneham, Oxon., wid. of Christopher Preston of Slapton, Northants., s.p.; The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 797; VCH Oxon. vii. 19. (2) aft. 15 July 1467, CP, xii (2), 484. Agnes (d. 12 June 1478), da. of John Danvers*, sis. of Robert*, Richard*, Thomas* and William Danvers†, wid. of Thomas Baldington (d.1435), of Aldbury, Herts., and Sir John Fray† (d.1461), of London and Munden Furnival, Herts., s.p. C140/67/45; The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 126. Dist. 1439; Kntd. by Oct. 1447; CPR, 1447-54, p. 20. KG c. Sept. 1460; Following Reg. Order of the Garter ed. Anstis, i. 166-8 the election is traditionally dated 8 Feb. 1461. However, the titles by which several candidates were nominated, as well as the presence of Leo, Lord Welles, who had joined Queen Margaret’s forces by this date, suggests that the chapter predated the battle of Wakefield and was held in the autumn of 1460: Orders of Knighthood ed. Nicolas, i. 87-88; J.D. Milner, ‘Order of the Garter’ (Manchester Univ. MA thesis, 1972), 70. cr. Lord Wenlock 26 July 1461. summ. 1461 – 69.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Beds. 1429, 1432.

Constable, Vernon-sur-Seine by Aug. 1422. DKR, xlii. 452.

Contrôleur, Gisors 1431. R.A. Massey, ‘Land Settlement in Lancastrian Normandy’, in Property and Politics ed. Pollard, 80.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Beds. Dec. 1433, May 1437, Apr. 1440, Aug. 1449; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; assess subsidy Jan. 1436, Aug. 1450; treat for loans Sept. 1449; of gaol delivery, Dunstable Oct. 1449, Apr. 1457, Dec. 1460, Jan. 1461, Bedford Apr. 1458, Oct. 1462, Berkhampstead July 1461, somewhere Dec. 1461, No gaol given. Hertford, Mar., Sept. 1462, Mar. 1463, Apr. 1465, Bedford castle Nov. 1463, Berkhampstead castle Jan. 1465; C66/482, m. 9d; 485, m. 10d; 490, mm. 12d, 13d; 492, m. 7d; 495, m. 10d; 499, mm. 5d, 21d; 500, m. 23d; 505, m. 18d; 506, m. 15d; 509, m. 20d; 512, mm. 11d, 15d. arrest, Herts. July 1451, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs., Warws. Jan. 1461; inquiry, Mdx. Sept. 1451, Calais Oct. 1461, C76/146, m. 7. July 1463, Surr., Suss. Sept. 1462, Picardy Feb. 1469 (lands pertaining to Crown); Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), v (ii), 169. to take an assize of novel disseisin, Herts. Mar. 1456; C66/481, m. 17d. of array, Beds. Sept. 1457, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Herts., Oxon. May 1464; to assign archers, Beds. Dec. 1457; apprehend participants in unlawful gatherings, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Herts., Hunts., Northants. Jan. 1461; summon gentry to siege of Thorpe Waterville castle, Northants. Apr. 1461; of oyer and terminer, York May 1461, Eng. Nov. 1462, London, Mdx. June 1463, Calais July 1463, C76/147, m. 3. Berks., Bristol, Glos., Leics., Oxon., Som., Warws., Wilts., Worcs. Jan. 1464, Berks., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Kent, Som., Surr., Suss., Wilts., Bristol Feb. 1464, Cambs. Feb. 1464, Kent Mar. 1464, Oxon., Berks. Apr. 1464; to settle wages of garrison at Calais and Guînes July 1466; C76/150, m. 6. survey Calais July 1468. SC1/57/104.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 6 Nov. 1438 – 4 Nov. 1439.

Ambassador to treat with dukes of Brittany and Alençon, June 1441, for peace with France Sept. 1442, Sept. 1443, Feb. 1444, with representatives of Burgundy at Calais about breaches of truce May 1458, with duke of Burgundy Aug. 1461, with John, earl of Ross, Feb. 1462, with Scotland June 1462, with Burgundy about truces and trade Sept. 1462, with France and Burgundy at St. Omer June 1463, for continuation of truce with France and friendship with Burgundy Mar. 1464, with Brittany, France and Burgundy May 1465, with France and Burgundy Mar., June 1466, May 1467, to escort Margaret of York to Burgundy June 1468, treat with Burgundy about trade June 1468, May 1469.

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 6 Nov. 1444 – 3 Nov. 1445.

Usher of the queen’s chamber by 30 May 1445; R.A. Griffiths, Hen. VI, 273, 361. chamberlain of her household by 7 Jan. 1448–?1454. MSS of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor ed. Dalton, 200; John Vale’s Bk. ed. Kekewich et. al., 173; DL28/5/8, f. 12.

Constable of Cardiff castle and master forester of Glamorgan and Morgannock 13 June 1446–?3 Jan. 1449. CPR, 1441–6, p. 437.

J.p. Beds. 26 June 1448 – d., Bucks. 16 June 1462 – d., Berks. 28 Feb. 1463 – d., Herts. 3 Oct. 1464 – d.

Steward to Queen Margaret of the hundreds of Milton and Marden, Kent bef. Mich. 1451–20 May 1452, SC6/893/17; DL29/75/1495. castle and ldship. of Berkhampstead, Herts. 2 Nov. 1461–?d., CPR, 1461–7, p. 54. Langley Marish, Wyrardisbury and Bledlow, Bucks. 16 Dec. 1461 (with the addition of Ruislip, Mdx. from 27 Feb. 1462)-?d. CPR, 1461–7, pp. 88–89, 142.

Speaker 1455.

Chief butler of England 14 Nov. 1460–d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 644; 1461–7, p. 8; 1467–77, p. 262. J.S. Roskell, Parl. and Politics, ii. 262, mistakenly states that Wenlock had been relieved of the office by the spring of 1469, but he still held it in Feb. 1470 (CPR, 1467–77, p. 183) and is likely to have continued to do so until his death.

Steward, duchy of Lancaster in Essex, Herts., Mdx. 15 Jan. 1461–?d., Beds., Bucks. 15 Jan. 1462. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 605; DL37/30/43.

Chamberlain, duchy of Lancaster 4 Mar. 1461–d. Somerville, 417–18.

Constable, Hertford castle 11 Dec. 1461–?d. Ibid. 604.

Jt. treasurer of Ire. (with Sir Roland Fitzeustace) 21 Dec. 1461-aft. Mar. 1466. CPR, 1461–7, pp. 84, 517.

Steward of Anne, duchess of Buckingham, in Beds., Bucks., Hunts. 20 Feb. 1462–?d. K.B. McFarlane, Eng. in the 15th Cent. 253n.

Trier of petitions, English 1463; parlty. cttee. investigating corruption at the Mint May 1468. PROME, xiii. 387.

Master forester, Enfield Chase, Herts. for Queen Elizabeth 1466–7. Somerville, 612.

Lt. of Calais 26 May-11 June 1470. C76/154, m. 11; C.D. Ross, Edw. IV, 149.

Parlimentarian
WENLOCK, John (d.1471), of Someries, Beds.
Main residence: Someries, Beds.
Wenlok, Wenloke
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