BEDFORD, John II (d.1451), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Family and Education

m. (1) by Mar. 1413, Elizabeth, 4s. 1da.; (2) by June 1429, Agnes (d.1459), e. da. of Robert Hebburn, wid. of Richard Dalton (d.c.1422) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and John Strother (d.1424) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallington.CPL, vi. 345; Arch. Aeliana (ser. 3), v. 48; Surtees Soc. xxx. 234n; lvii. 11; Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills ii, f. 220; iii, ff. 371-2v.

Offices Held

Dep. butler, Grimsby, Kingston-upon-Hull, Scarborough and Whitby 12 June 1410 – 28 Oct. 1435, Hartlepool 28 Mar. 1413–28 Oct. 1435.

Collector of customs, Kingston-upon-Hull 28 Feb. 1416 – 16 Feb. 1429, 14 Sept. 1431–28 Nov. 1440.

Bailiff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1417–18; mayor 1418 – 20, 1425 – 26; alderman of White Friars Ward 1443–d.E368/190 m. 104, 192 m. 120v; Cal. Hull Deeds ed. Stanewell, D249–53, 256, 271; J. Tickell, Kingston-upon-Hull, 101.

Commr. of array, Yorks. (E. Riding) July 1434; inquiry, Yorks., Lincs. Feb. 1435 (seizure of ships by men of Hull and Grimsby), Yorks. Nov. 1436, Feb. 1438 (evasions); to arrest ships to transport soldiers to France, Hull Mar. 1436, May 1439; raise royal loans Aug. 1442.

Parlimentarian

BEDFORD, John II (d.1451), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BEDFORD, John II (-d.1451)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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