CUMBERWORTH, Robert (d.1404/5), of Somerby and Stain, Lincs.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Lincs. July 1378 (felonies in Lincoln), Nov. 1385 (attack on the prior of Drax’s property at Roxby); to suppress the rebels of 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of sewers (Lindsey) Mar. 1383, Dec. 1384, Mar. 1397; array Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; inquiry Nov. 1389 (petition for the restitution of lands to Michael de la Pole), Feb. 1391 (alleged extortions by the abbot of Louth), Feb. 1392 (counterfeits and treasons at Lincoln), July 1393 (use of excessive weights by wool-merchants), Jan. 1394 (assault on the clergy of Lincoln cathedral), Dec. 1397 (disorders at Lincoln), Dec. 1402 (theft of victuals intended for the royal army); gaol delivery, Grimsby Mar., Oct. 1397, Lincoln Apr. 1398;C66/346 m. 37v, 347 m. 4v, 351 m. 12v. to enforce the statutes regarding weirs and kiddles, Lincs. June 1398.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 27 July 1397–d.Cumberworth was allegedly appointed to the bench on 2 Dec. 1387, but the commission was never delivered to him (CCR, 1392–6, pp. 103–4).

Controller of a tax, Lincs. (Lindsey) Mar. 1404.