WORSOP, William, of Ipswich, Suff.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Suff. 1450, 1459, 1461, 1467.

Coroner, Suff. by 1449–1464 or later. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xviii), ii. 1702.

Clerk of the peace, Ipswich Sept. 1473–83; Ibid. coroner 1480–3; N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswiche ed. Richardson, 144–6. portman by 1480; justice 1480–1. Ibid. 144. It is assumed that Worsop was a portman by 1480, given that it was from the ranks of the portmen that the justices other than the bailiffs were selected.