CLITHEROE, Richard II (d.c.1463), of New Romney, Kent.

Family and Education

poss. s. of William Clitheroe; nephew of Richard I and bro. of John, bp. of Bangor (1423-35). m. Eleanor, at least 1s. d.v.p. and other ch.

Offices Held

Jurat, Romney 25 Mar. 1414–16, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 29, 1434 – 39, 1445 – 46, 1449 – 50, 1453–5;Ibid. 2, ff. 82–135; 3, ff. 9, 13, 21, 26. bailiff or dep. bailiff prob. 1429 – 33, 1439 – 42, 1446 – 48, 1450 – 53, 1462–3.Ibid. 2, ff. 22, 32d; White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 12–15, 44; Kent AO, NR/JBr/8 nos. 10, 12.

?Coroner, Kent by Oct. 1414.C219/11/4.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1424, 1444.Romney assmt. bk. 2, f. 103; Add. 29615, f. 76d; White and Black Bks. 18.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 23 May 1431–23 Feb. 1435.

Commr. of inquiry, Romney Apr. 1445 (theft of a ship and merchandise).

Parlimentarian

CLITHEROE, Richard (d.c.1463), of New Romney, Kent.

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.

Author

A.P.M.W.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

CLITHEROE, Richard II (d.c.1463)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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