Family and Education
s. of John Bosom of Wotton. m. (1) by 1397, Joan; (2) by 1416, Margaret (d. Dec. 1447), 2da.JUST 1/1506 rot. 10; C139/12/33, 131/19; CFR, xiv. 271.
Offices Held
J.p. Beds. 28 Nov. 1399 – Feb. 1407, 14 May 1408-July 1423.
Collector of an aid on the marriage of Princess Blanche, Beds. Dec. 1401, taxes Aug. 1404, Jan. 1412.
Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 29 Nov. 1402–12 Nov. 1403.
Commr. of array, Beds. Nov. 1403, Mar. 1419; inquiry, Beds., Bucks. Jan. 1406 (concealment of the estates of the earl of Huntingdon), Beds. Jan. 1412 (persons liable to pay a subsidy); oyer and terminer Feb. 1408 (attack on the property of Elstow priory), Aug. 1416 (treasons; attack on Roger Hunt’s property at Chawston); to raise a royal loan Nov. 1419.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Wotton; Roxton, Beds.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
BOSOM, William (-d.1424)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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