Submitted by legacy on
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b. c.1330, 3rd s. and event. h. of Sir John Brocas of Clewer and Windsor, Berks. by his 1st w. Margaret. m. (1) by 1349, Agnes, da. and h. of Mauger Vavasour of Denton, Yorks., 1s. div. bef. May 1360; (2) between Nov. 1358 and Feb. 1361, Mary (b.c.1331), da. and h. of John Roches†, wid. of Sir John Boarhunt of Boarhunt, Hants, 1s. 1da.; (3) between Dec. 1380 and May 1382, Katherine (6 Jan. 1341-19 Oct. 1398), er. da. and coh. of William de la Plaunk of Haversham, Bucks. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Roger Hillary, c.j.c.p., of Bescot, Staffs., wid. of William Birmingham and Sir Hugh Tyrell. Kntd. by 1355.
Offices Held

Master of the King’s buckhounds 1361 – d.

Commr. of array, Hants Feb. 1367, Nov. 1370, May 1375, Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Hants, Wilts. July 1381, Hants Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; arrest, Surr., Suss., Hants, Wilts., Berks., Som., Dorset June 1370 (criminals in his retinue), Nov. 1382 (mutineers), June 1387; to collect a parochial subsidy, Hants June 1371; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1375, Surr. Sept. 1383, Wilts. Apr. 1387; inquiry, Hants Nov. 1375 (possessions of John Sandys), July 1376 (extortions of Richard Lyons†), Sept. 1377 (confederations of bondmen), Oct. 1379 (trespasses of soldiers going overseas), Oct. 1380, Feb. 1381 (disseisin), Wilts. Mar. 1387 (threats to a royal clerk); weirs, river Thames May 1377; to take musters, Calais May 1378, May 1388;Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, i. 175; ii. 125, 158. survey the fortification of Southampton Mar. 1380; put down rebellions, Hants, Wilts. July 1381, Hants Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; take possession of escheated lands, Suss. Aug. 1384; of gaol delivery, Winchester Mar. 1386; to supervise repairs to Odiham castle Sept. 1386; determine appeals from the constable’s ct. Nov. 1387; administer the oath in support of the Appellants, Hants Mar. 1388.

Keeper of Corfe castle 9 Sept. 1376 – 14 May 1377, Odiham castle May 1377 – d.

Capt. of Calais 12 July 1377-c. Feb. 1379; controller 17 Feb.-c. May 1379; capt. of Sangatte, Pas de Calais 11 Jan. 1384-c.1385.Ibid. ii. 124, 128, 145.

Chief parker of the estates of Bp. Wykeham of Winchester 5 Dec. 1377–d.Reg. Wykeham (Hants Rec. Soc. 1896–9), ii. 280.

Ambassador to Flanders Jan. 1379, to treat with the count of St. Pol July 1379.Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), iv. 53; (orig. edn.), vii. 224.

J.p. Hants 26 May 1380 – d., Wilts. 4 July 1391–4.

Tax surveyor, Hants Dec. 1380.

Sheriff, Wilts. 24 Nov. 1382–12 Oct. 1383.

Chamberlain to Queen Anne c. 1387 – 94.

Parlimentarian
BROCAS, Sir Bernard (c.1330-1395), of Beaurepaire in Sherborne St. John and Roche Court, Hants.
Main residences: Beaurepaire in Sherborne St. John; Roche Court, Hants.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

BROCAS, Sir Bernard (c.1330-1395)

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Oxford 1644
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