BODRUGAN, Sir William (c.1398-1441), of Newham by Truro, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1398, s. and h. of William Bodrugan II. m. by 1426, Philippa, da. of (Sir) John Arundell I of Lanherne,CCR, 1429-35, p. 36. 2s. Kntd. by Mar. 1419.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Cornw. Mar. 1419, Jan. 1436; inquiry May 1424 (idiocy), May 1427 ( John Chenduyt’s* estates), Cornw. and Devon May 1430, July 1432, Aug. 1433, Feb. 1434, Aug. 1435, Nov. 1439, Nov. 1441 (piracy), Cornw. Aug. 1431, Dec. 1432 (wastes at Helston), July 1435 (concealments), Dec. 1439 (riots at Liskeard), Apr. 1440 (ownership of the manor of Bree); to raise a loan, Devon and Cornw. Mar. 1431; of arrest May 1437.

Sheriff, Cornw. 7 Nov. 1427–4 Nov. 1428.

Distributor of a tax allowance, Cornw. Dec. 1433.

[J.p. Cornw. 19 Nov. 1438.]But his appointment was erased from the patent roll by order of the chancellor for undisclosed reasons: CPR, 1436–41, p. 580.

Parlimentarian

BODRUGAN, Sir William (1398), of Newham by Truro, Cornw.

Main residence: Newham by Truro, Cornw.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BODRUGAN, Sir William (c.1398-1441)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image