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1st s. of John Yelverton (d.1408) of Rackheath, Norf. by his 2nd w. Elizabeth (d. aft. Aug. 1434), da. of John Read of Rougham. Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Harsyk, ff. 243-4; Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 6582, 7139, 7205; F. Blomefield, Norf. x. 30; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. Soc.), i. 265; ii. 270, 293. educ. G. Inn. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xviii), ii. 1732. m. (1) Jane, da. of Oliver Groos† of Sloley, Norf., 1s. John*; d.v.p., 1da.; CCR, 1461-8, p. 86; Blomefield, x. 31; Vis. Norf. i. 265-6; Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Aleyn, f. 186. (2) by Nov. 1436, Ela (d. aft. Feb. 1460), 1s. 3da.; Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 6476, 7054, 7221; Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Brosyard, ff. 23-24; Blomefield, x. 31. Blomefield states that Ela was the da. of Thomas Brewes. Brewes did have a daughter of that name, but she was still unmarried when her father died in 1482: Norf. RO, institutions bk., 1472-86, DN/REG7 bk. 12, ff. 242-3. (3) Agnes (d.1489), da. of – Campe, wid. of John Randes of Barking, Essex, 1s. 3da. PCC 29 Milles (PROB11/8, f. 237). It is commonly but mistakenly assumed that Yelverton’s 2nd and 3rd wives, Ela and Agnes, were one and the same person: e.g. Blomefield, x. 31; Vis. Norf. i. 266. Summ. as j.KB 1445-70; Kntd. 27 June 1461. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 133.
Offices Held

Commr. of gaol delivery, Norwich castle July 1426, Oct. 1428, Sept. 1432, Oct. 1434, July 1436, Feb. 1442, Feb. 1445 (q.), Mar. 1446 (q.), Nov. 1447 (q.), Mar., May (q.) 1449, Feb. (q.), Nov. 1450 (q.), Mar. (q.), July 1451 (q.), Feb. 1454 (q.), May 1456 (q.), Dec. 1457, Dec. 1460, May, Oct. 1462 (q.), Mar. 1463, Sept. 1464 (q.), Nov. 1465 (q.), Apr. 1466, Sept. 1467, Sept. 1470, Dec. 1471 (q.), Jan. (q.), Oct. 1473 (q.), Oct. 1475 (q.), Norwich Nov. 1428, July 1429, Feb. 1430, May 1439 (q.), Oct. 1440 (q.), July 1441 (q.), Oct. 1447 (q.), Jan. 1451 (q.), Feb. 1455 (q.), Jan., May 1462 (q.), East Dereham July 1433, Feb. 1440 (q.), June 1451 (q.), May 1453 (q.), July, Nov. 1457 (q.), July 1461 (q.), July 1463 (q.), July 1465 (q.), Aug. 1473 (q.), Ipswich Mar. 1439 (q.), July (q.), Oct. 1450 (q.), Feb. 1452 (q.), Feb 1454 (q.), May (q.), Oct. 1456 (q.), Sept. 1458 (q.), Ely Feb. 1440 (q.), Gloucester castle, Hereford castle, Oxford castle, Stafford castle June 1440, June 1445, June 1447, Feb. 1448, June 1449, Oct. 1450, July 1451, Jan., July 1452, Jan. 1453, Feb. 1454, Feb. 1455, Feb. 1456, Feb. 1457, Oxford castle Feb. 1455 (q.), Gloucester castle July 1449 (q.), Hereford castle Mar. 1451 (q.), July 1454, Shrewsbury castle Feb. (q.), Oct. 1445 (q.), Hereford Nov. 1441, Dorchester, Exeter castle, Ilchester, Winchester castle June 1442, Bishop’s Lynn Feb. 1443 (q.), Nov 1446 (q.), Nov. 1449 (q.), Dec. 1453 (q.), Mar. 1455 (q.), Mar. (q.), Nov. 1456 (q.), Worcester May 1443, Aug. 1455, Stafford Nov. 1443, Colchester May 1444, Jan. 1451 (q.), Feb. (q.), Nov. 1453 (q.), June 1468, Worcester castle June 1445, Feb. 1446, June 1447, June 1449, July 1451, Jan., July 1452, Jan. 1453, Feb. 1454, Feb. 1455, Feb. 1457, Bury St. Edmunds Apr. (q.), Nov. 1445, Apr., May 1446, Nov. 1450 (q.), Feb. 1451 (q.), Apr. 1462 (q.), Newgate Nov. 1445, Jan., Feb. 1448, Oct. 1450, Oct., Nov. 1451, Mar. 1453, Dec. 1455, Nov. 1456, Nov. 1457, Nov. 1458, Nov. 1460, Nov. 1461, Oct. 1462, Nov. 1464, Nov. 1465, Nov. 1466, Dec. 1468, Nov. 1469, Jan. 1471, Great Yarmouth June 1448 (q.), Colchester castle Dec. 1450 (q.), Jan. 1451 (q.), Nov. 1454 (q.), June 1463 (q.), Aug. 1465 (q.), July 1466, Feb., June 1467, June 1469, Feb., July 1470, Berks., Hants, Oxon., Wilts. June 1460 (q.), Hertford Apr. 1464, Feb., Sept. 1465, July 1466, June 1467, Feb., June 1468, Feb., June 1469, Feb., July 1470, Canterbury castle July 1465, July 1466, June 1467, June 1469, Guildford Apr., July 1465, June 1466, June 1467, Feb., June, Nov. (q.) 1468, Feb., June 1470, Maidstone Feb., June 1468, June 1470, Canterbury June 1469, Hertford castle Feb. 1471; C66/419–536. sewers, Norf. Feb. 1431, Cambs. Dec. 1435, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Norf., Northants. Aug. 1439, Jan. 1441, Berks. July 1443, Norf. Nov. 1443, May 1452, Cambs., Norf. May 1469, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Norf. Aug. 1469; to assess tax, Norf. Apr. 1431; take an assize of novel disseisin June 1432, Nov. 1437, June 1440, June, Dec. 1442, July, Nov., Dec. (q.) 1452, Feb. 1453, Cornw. Oct. 1439 (q.), Oxon. May 1444 (q.), Herts. Dec. 1445 (q.), Glos. Feb. 1448 (q.), Aug. 1451 (q.), Suff. Apr. 1448, Mar. 1453 (q.), Berks. Nov. 1450 (q.), Worcs. Feb. 1451 (q.), Cambs. June 1451 (q.), Kent Oct. 1453 (q.), Apr. 1464, Essex Oct. 1453 (q.), Nov. 1457 (q.); C66/431, m. 10d; 445, m. 21d; 447, m. 15d; 451, m. 24d; 455, m. 18d; 458, m. 23d; 461, m. 16d; 465, m. 11d; 466, m. 38d; 472, mm. 5d, 10d, 16d; 473, m. 18d; 474, m. 13d; 476, mm. 10d, 16d, 21d; 478, m. 21d; 484, m. 10d; 509, m. 7d. of inquiry, Essex, Norf., Suff. Aug. 1433 (smuggling), Norwich Nov. 1433 (concealments), Norf. Feb. 1434 (smuggling, escapes, possessions of alien priories), Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. July 1434 (non-payment of customs and concealments), Norf., Suff. May, July, Nov. 1437 (illegal exports), Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. July 1439 (breaches of trading regulations), Devon Feb. 1440 (piracy), Norf., Suff. June 1440 (non-payment of taxes), Norwich July 1440 (concealments), Glos., Herefs., Salop Feb. 1441 (escapes of felons, concealments), Norf., Suff. Aug. 1442 (concealments), Norf. June 1444 (complaint of Ralph Garneys), Norf., Suff. Sept. 1447 (lands of Sir John Clifton), Glos. June 1449, Kent Feb. 1450 (treasons), London Apr. 1450, June 1452, July, Nov. 1455, Feb. 1461 (procedural and judicial errors in city cts.), Suff., Ipswich Feb. 1451 (offences of William Dalton), Essex Feb. 1451 (heretics and lollards), Norf. May 1453 (identity of foreign merchants arrested at Bishop’s Lynn), Norf. Mar. 1455 (concealments), Oct. 1457 (treasonable offences of John Wode), Aug. 1461 (felonies), May 1462 (insurrections), Herts. Aug. 1464, Mar. 1466 (claims to land at Little Hadham); array, Norf. Jan. 1436, June 1450, Dec. 1457; oyer and terminer, Suff. May 1438, Devon Sept. 1439, Northants. Sept. 1444, Norf., Suff. Sept., Dec. 1444, Lincs. May, July 1448, Suff. Sept. 1448, Surr. Apr. 1450, Oxon. May 1450, London July 1450, Kent Aug. 1450, Norf., Suff. Aug. 1450, Wilts. Oct. 1450, Norwich Nov. 1450, London Mar., Apr. 1451, Suff. May 1451, Glos. June 1451, Colchester July 1451, London Oct. 1451, Wilts. Mar. 1452, Kent May 1452, s.-w. Eng., Wales, marches, Midlands July 1452, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Cambs., Essex, Herts., Hunts., Kent, Lincs., Norf., Northants., Oxon., Rutland, Suff. Sept. 1452, Jan. 1453, Newcastle-upon-Tyne June 1454, Devon, Dorset, Som. Mar. 1456, London Apr. 1456, Kent, Suss. June 1456, Devon, Dorset, Som. July 1456, Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Mar. 1457, Essex, Kent, Suff. Sept. 1458, Cornw. June 1459, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Feb. 1460, Wales and marches Mar. 1460, Kent Mar. 1460, Berks., Cornw., Devon, Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. June 1460, Cumb., Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Northumb., Notts., Warws., Westmld., Yorks., Hull, Lincoln, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, York Dec. 1460, Glos. Herefs., Som., Staffs., Worcs., Bristol Sept. 1461, Eng. Feb. 1462, Hants Mar. 1462, London, Mdx. June 1463, Cambs. Aug. 1463, s.-w. Eng., Midlands Jan. 1464, s.-w. and s. Eng. Feb. 1464, Kent Mar. 1464, Berks., Oxon. Apr. 1464, London, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1465, London, Mdx. Nov. 1465, Berks., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol, Southampton July 1466, Yorks. Feb. 1467, Derbys., Herefs., Notts., Salop, Staffs., Warws., Worcs. Feb. 1468, London June 1468, Essex, Mdx., Surr. July 1468, Devon, Glos. Aug. 1468, Essex Nov. 1468, Devon, Hants, Wilts. Dec. 1468, Eng. May 1469, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks. May 1469, Lincs. July 1470, York Aug. 1470, Glos. Jan. 1471; to prepare coastal watches, Norf. Mar. 1450, May 1462; of arrest, Norf., Suff. May 1459, Norf. July 1463.

Steward, Norf. and lt. Castle Rising for Ralph, Lord Cromwell, by Mich. 1430, for prior of West Acre, Norf. ?1440s, for Walter Lyhert, bp. of Norwich ?1450s. Norf. Rec. Soc. mss, 14195; Paston Letters ed. Davis, ii. 525–7; Paston Letters ed. Gairdner, iii. 263. But is possible that the bp. for whom he was steward was Brown’s predecessor, William Alnwick, rather than Lyhert.

J.p.q. Norf. 11 Nov. 1430 – d., Gt. Yarmouth 14 Feb. 1438 – aft.July 1443, Norwich 14 July 1439 – aft.Aug. 1446, Dorset 17 Nov. 1439 – July 1443, Cornw. 28 Nov. 1439 – June 1443, Som. 25 Mar. 1440 – June 1443, Glos. 2 Apr. 1440 – Mar. 1458, Devon 6 May 1440 – Mar. 1443, Salop 23 June 1440 – Nov. 1457, Oxford 8 Oct. 1440 – aft.Oct. 1449, Wilts. 14 Oct. 1440 – May 1443, Hants 24 Nov. 1440 – Jan. 1442, Herefs. 28 Jan. 1441 – Nov. 1457, Staffs. 12 Nov. 1442 – Feb. 1459, Worcs. 10 Feb. 1443 – July 1458, Oxon. 12 Nov. 1443 – Apr. 1446, 22 Mar. 1452–8, Bishop’s Lynn 4 July 1444 – aft.Nov. 1460, Berks. 13 Feb. 1448 – Nov. 1458, Suff. 10 July 1454–71, Essex 14 July 1461–72, Herts. 14 July 1461–71, Kent 20 Nov. 1467 – June 1471, Surr. 15 Feb. 1468 – May 1472, Suss. 16 Feb. 1468 – June 1471, Mdx. 17 Jan. 1471 – Sept. 1472.

Feodary of duchy of Lancaster, Norf. 1 Dec. 1433–30 Sept. 1435. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 598. According to Blomefield, x. 31, Yelverton was the duchy’s steward in Norf. bef. 1444, but Somerville does not record his holding such an office. It is nevertheless worth noting that in the 1430s Edward, Lord Hastings, accused him of ‘pretending’ to be an under steward of the duchy, in a bill in which the peer complained about the MP’s treatment of the tenants and servants of his son, John Hastings: C1/44/182–3.

Recorder, Norwich 3 May 1437–53. Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., assembly bk. 1434–91, NCR 16d, ff. 3v, 18v.

Serjeant-at-law July 1438–43; Order of Serjts. at Law (Selden Soc. supp. ser. v), 162. justice of assize, s.-w. circuit by 1439, western circuit by 1442, home circuit by 1461; Readings and Moots, i (Selden Soc. lxxi), p. lix; KB27/728, rot. 79. King’s serj. by Mich. 1442; Law Offs. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. vii), 10. j.KB 1 July 1443-June 1471. CPR, 1441–6, p. 179; Order of Serjts at Law, 162, 546; Norf. Archaeology, xxvi. 42.

Trier of petitions, English 1447, 1455, 1461, 1463.

Commr. of gaol delivery, East Dereham, for bp. of Ely May 1453, July 1457. Cambridge Univ. Lib., Ely Diocesan recs., G1/4 (Reg. Bourgchier), f. 38v; G1/5 (Reg. Gray), ff. 24, 25v.

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YELVERTON, William (d.1477), of Rougham, Norf.
Main residence: Rougham, Norf.
Yeluerton, Yelwyrton, Zelverton, Zelwyrton
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Commons 1422-1461
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