WHITHORNE, John, of Wilton, Wilts. | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. Bowcombe, I.o.W. m. (1) bef. Dec. 1412, Olive, da. of John Stone of Wilton; Wilts. Hist. Centre, Salisbury city recs., Domesday bk. 1, G23/213, ff. 113v-114. (2) Margery, ?1s. Richard*.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1421 (Dec.), 1429, 1431, 1432, 1435, 1437.

Mayor, Wilton Mich. 1420–1, 1429 – 30.

Under sheriff, Wilts. 1422 – 23, 1428–9. JUST1/1536, rot. 7d; 1540, rot. 19d.

Coroner, Wilts. bef. Feb. 1424-aft. Apr. 1432. CCR, 1422–9, pp. 96, 362; KB9/227/2/3d, 5d.

Bp. of Winchester’s bailiff of Downton, Wilts. 12 July 1431–5, Knoyle 1433–4; Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls 11M59/B1/174, 177, 178 (formerly 159449, 159432, 159433). of the bp.’s liberties in Wilts. by Mich. 1435-aft. Mich. 1439. E159/212, rot. 3d; E368/208, rot. 9d; 212, rots. 3d, 7. He was no longer in office at Easter 1440.

Receiver of the estates of John, duke of Bedford, in Dorset, Hants, Som. and Wilts. bef. 1434-aft. Mich. 1437. SC6/1062/2, 3, 4; E199/48/13.

Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 7 Nov. 1435 – 22 Nov. 1436.

Parlimentarian

WHITHORNE, John, of Wilton, Wilts.

Main residence: Wilton, Wilts.

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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