CURWEN, Christopher (d.1450), of Workington, Cumb.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir William Curwen by his 1st w. Ellen. m. Elizabeth (d. aft. 1468), da. of Sir John Huddlestone of Millom castle, 2s. inc. Thomas†. Kntd. by June 1404.J.H. Curwen, Hist. House Curwen, 72-73, 76-78; VCH Cumb. ii. 218-19; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xiv. 419; xviii. 234.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Cumb. 1 Dec. 1415 – 30 Nov. 1416, 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424, 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434, 7 Nov. 1437 – 3 Nov. 1438, 6 Nov.1444–4 Nov. 1445.

Capt. of Danville, Normandy 1417.Gesta Hen. V ed. Williams, 277.

Commr. of inquiry, Cumb. Feb. 1427 (damage to a watercourse at Carlisle); array Oct. 1429, Mar. 1430, July 1437, Nov. 1448.

Envoy for the enforcement of a truce with Scotland 12 July 1429; to correct violations of truce 25 Oct. 1429; renew a truce and correct past infringements 5 Feb. 1436; grant letters of safe conduct 20 Apr. 1437; conserve a truce 31 Mar. 1438; take oaths for the observance of a truce 16 May 1442, 16 May 1444.Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson, etc. ii. 268, 294, 324; Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), v(1), 111; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. nos. 1030, 1111.

J.p. Cumb. 26 May 1435 – Nov. 1439, Apr. 1443-Feb. 1448.

Assessor of a tax, Cumb. Jan. 1436.

Parlimentarian

CURWEN, Sir Christopher (d.1450), of Workington, Cumb.

Main residence: Workington, Cumb.

Culwen

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

CURWEN, Christopher (-d.1450)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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