BRAMPTON, William II (d.1440), of Burford and Oxford.

Family and Education

s. of Richard Brampton (?of Burford) by his w. Beatrice.Reg. Chichele, ii. 608. Richard Brampton, butcher of Oxford, who died in 1362, was perhaps the MP’s gdfa.: Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxiv. 198-9. m. bef. 1404, Margaret.R.H. Gretton, Burford Recs. 665.

Offices Held

Tax collector, Oxford Mar. 1401, Oxon. Dec. 1429, Aug. 1430.

Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1404–6; alderman 1415 – 20, 1423 – 25, 1426 – 30, 1432 – 36, 1437 – 38; mayor 1420 – 23, 1425 – 26, 1430 – 32, 1436 – 37, 1438–9.Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii. 19–22; lxiv. no. 358; lxvi. no. 548; lxviii. no. 771; lxxxix. no. 238; xc. no. 812; Queen’s Coll. deed 2297. Both Brampton and Thomas Coventre I* are given in the records as mayor for 1430–1; possibly Brampton deputized for Coventre while the latter was serving in Parliament: C219/14/2.

J.p. Oxford 17 Apr. 1422 – May 1436, Mar. 1437 – d.

Parlimentarian

BRAMPTON, William (d.1440), of Burford and Oxford.

Main residences: Burford; Oxford.

Author

C.K.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BRAMPTON, William II (-d.1440)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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