WILLIAM, John (d.c.1477), of Southampton.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Southampton 1453, 1472.

Steward, Southampton Mich. 1440–1, Stewards’ Bks. 1428–34 (Soton. Rec. Soc. 1935), p. vii. sheriff ? 2 May 1447-Mich. 1448; mayor Mich. 1448–9, 1455 – 57, 1469–71; J.S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 174. alderman 1453 – 54, 1473–4. Southampton Terrier 1454 (Soton. Rec. Ser. xv), 523; Remembrance Bk. i (Soton. Rec. Soc. 1927), 47.

Commr. of inquiry, Southampton June 1449 (piracy); gaol delivery Nov. 1455, Feb. 1457, Aug. 1458, June 1466, May 1467, Feb. 1474; C66/481, m. 22d; 482, m. 11d; 485, m. 2d; 515, m. 6d; 518, m. 13d; 532, m. 10d. to deliver the temporalities of the priory of St. Denys by Southampton to the newly-elected prior, Jan. 1457; requisition vessels for the naval force under (Sir) Gervase Clifton* Oct. 1457, for the force to resist Clarence and Warwick Apr. 1470; of array June 1461.