BOOTH, John I (d.1422), of Barton in Eccles, Lancs.

Family and Education

2nd s. and h. of Thomas Booth (d.1368) of Eccles by his w. Ellen; bro. of Henry. m. Joan, da. of Sir Henry Trafford (d.1375) of Trafford, Lancs., at least 6s. 5da.; 1s. illegit.Harl. 2112, ff. 169, 176; VCH Lancs. iv. 33, 36; Trans. Lancs. and Cheshire Antiq. Soc. liii. 32-57; CFR, xiv. 130. Although Booth is said by various authorities to have married as his second wife Maud, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton, Cheshire, the match cannot have taken place on chronological grounds.

Offices Held

Collector of a tax, Lancs. Mar. 1396.Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 119.

Commr. of array, Lancs. Aug. 1402,DKR, xl. 531. May 1405; to prevent the spread of treasonous rumours May 1402.

Receiver of Lancs., Cheshire and Bowland for the duchy of Lancaster 27 Feb. 1405–10 Apr. 1413.Somerville, Duchy, i. 493.

J.p. Lancs. 17 Dec. 1411.DKR, xxxvii(1), 174.

Parlimentarian

BOOTH, John I (d.1422), of Barton in Eccles, Lancs.

Main residence: Barton in Eccles, Lancs.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BOOTH, John I (-d.1422)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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