BELNE, Thomas, of Worcester.

Alderman, Worcester Mich. 1394–5; bailiff 1404 – 05, 1407 – 08, 1415–16.Worcester Chs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1909), 46, 77, 193; Collectanea (ibid. 1912), 30; T.R. Nash, Worcs. ii. app. 114, 139; V. Green, Hist. Worcester, ii. 32.

J.p. Worcs. 28 Nov. 1399 – July 1401, 8 May 1404–6, 16 Feb. 1410-Jan. 1414.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Worcs. Feb. 1401, Aug. 1405, Oct. 1411; inquiry July 1401 (forcible entry into the abbot of Westminster’s enclosures), Worcs., Glos. Feb. 1414 (evasion of subsidy on wine); to hold an assize of novel disseisin, Herefs. July 1402; raise royal loans, Worcs. Sept. 1405; of gaol delivery, Worcester July 1416.

Escheator, Worcs. 2 Nov. 1407–9 Dec. 1408.

Controller of a royal grant of murage, Worcester 5 Nov. 1411–15.