Family and Education
s. of Ralph Moule of East Dereham, Norf.C67/30 mm. 6, 28. m. (1) ?bef. Nov. 1424, Agnes;If he is to be identified with Thomas Derham ‘of Sall’, Norf. who held lands there in 1424: CP25(1)169/186/10. (2) bef. Oct. 1427, Alice; (3) Elizabeth, da. and h. of Baldwin de Vere of Denver, Norf.F. Blomefield, Norf. vii. 324-5.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Norf., Suff., Cambs. Feb. 1401, Apr. 1402, June 1406 (concealments of royal rights), Dec. 1401 (trespasses against the townspeople of Lynn by the bishop of Norwich), May 1407 (attacks on foreign merchants), Norf. Nov. 1408 (insurrections at Thetford), Feb. 1410 (a complaint by the prior of Wymondham), Norf., Suff. Apr. 1410 (the regrating of corn), Norf. July 1410 (misprisions), Dec. 1415 (unrest in Lynn), Jan. 1423 (the claim of Joan, Lady Cobham, to the manor of Burnham), Dec. 1433 (misgovernance at Norwich), Bucks. Mar. 1439 (escapes of felons); oyer and terminer, Suff. July 1402, Norf. Mar. 1411; to raise loans, Norf., Suff. June 1406; of sewers, Norf. June 1407, Cambs., Hunts., Northants., Lincs., Norf. May 1418, Norf. Nov. 1424, Mar. 1430 (q.), Cambs. Dec. 1435; array, Norf. 18 Mar. 1419; gaol delivery, Norwich castle Feb.1428, Nov. 1428 (q.);Norwich Recs. ed. Hudson and Tingey, i. 303–4. to assess a parliamentary tax, Norf. Apr. 1431.

J.p. Norf. 20 Mar. 1406 – Feb. 1407, 12 Dec. 1414 – Nov. 1423, 20 July 1424 – Nov. 1430, Lynn 26 Feb. 1407 – Nov. 1412, 16 Aug. 1414 – Apr. 1429, 28 Feb. 1437 – July 1444, Suff. 20 Feb. 1410-Dec. 1417.

King’s attorney, ct. c.p. 13 July-7 Aug. 1408.

Steward of Bacton, Suff. by appointment of Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, Mich. 1410–11, of Gaywood, Norf. for Bp. Wakering of Norwich by Mich. 1420.SC6/996/20; Recs. King’s Lynn ed. Harrod, 105.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 12 Nov. 1414–14 Dec. 1415.

Main residence: Crimplesham, Norf.
Author
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

DERHAM, Thomas (-d.1444/5)

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Oxford 1644
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