BARTON, John II (d.1434), of Thornton, Bucks.

Family and Education

yr. bro. of John I. m. prob. by July 1412, Isabel (d. 1456), da. and event. coh. of William Wilcotes of North Leigh, Oxon. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Trillow†, s.p.C139/122/33.

Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Wilts. May 1403 (claim to certain estates made by Henry IV’s sister, Elizabeth, countess of Huntingdon), Northants. Mar. 1404 (descent of manor of Radstone), Oxon. July 1412 (wastes in Queen Joan’s forest of Wychwood), Derbys., Lincs., Notts. May 1414 (rebellions, insurrections and felonies), Northants. Mar. 1416 (estates late of Edmund, earl of Stafford), Mar. 1418 (treasons, insurrections), Oxon. Mar. 1418 (concealments);CIMisc. vii. 543. oyer and terminer, Herts. Nov. 1409; to survey the liberties of the abbey of St. Albans May 1413; of array, Bucks. May 1418; to raise royal loans Nov. 1419, Apr. 1421; assess liability to contribute to a tax Apr. 1431; of arrest June 1431.

Steward of St. Albans abbey by Jan. 1408-aft. 1429.Gesta Abbatum Sancti Albani ed. Riley, iii. 518; J. Trokelowe, Chron. ed. Riley, i. 35, 124, 427.

J.p. Bucks. 18 Feb. 1412 – d., Northants. 9 July 1419-Feb. 1422.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 30 Nov. 1417–4 Nov. 1418.

Parlimentarian

BARTON, John I (d.1434), of Thornton, Bucks.

Main residence: Thornton, Bucks.

Author

J.S.R.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BARTON, John II (-d.1434)