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b. c.1336,C47/6/1 m. 12. s. of Henry Elmham of Westhorpe by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir William Hackford of Fring. m. (1) bef. Mich. 1371, Anne, prob. da. of Sir Robert Marney, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) bef. Feb. 1382, Elizabeth (d.1419/20), da. of Sir Hugh Hastings (d.1369) of Elsing, Norf. by his w. Margaret (?Everingham), wid. of Thomas Caterton,Norf. and Norwich RO, Reg. Hyrning, ff. 56-57. It would be interesting to know whether this was the same Thomas Caterton who surrendered the fortress of St. Sauveur in Normandy in 1375 and was as a consequence accused of treachery in the Good Parliament of 1376. Sir John Annesley* killed him in a trial by combat in 1379: G.A. Holmes, Good Parl. 38, 131-2. s.p. Kntd. bef. Dec. 1365.
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Capt. of Bayonne by June – aft.Aug. 1374; gov. of Bayonne and seneschal of Les Landes 28 Feb. 1375-c. June 1377.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, i. 161.

Envoy to treat with the King of Navarre and the count of Foix Mar. 1375, 18 Dec. 1376, with the count of Flanders 1 June 1383, with envoys from France 14 Oct. 1383, with the King of Portugal Jan. 1387, with the French regarding violation of the truce in Aquitaine 3 Sept. 1390, with the count of Armagnac 17 Jan. 1391, with the French in Aquitaine 11 June 1393, to France, Aragon and Navarre 5 Mar. – 9 Sept. 1395, France 28 Apr. – 27 Sept. 1396, Scotland 14 Aug. – 31 Oct. 1397, 5 Feb. 1398.

Conservator of the truce in Aquitaine 28 July 1376.C61/89 m. 6.

Commr. of inquiry, Norf. Apr. 1378 (liberties of Great Yarmouth), Hants Oct. 1379 (offences committed by the soldiers of John, Lord Arundel), Norf. Apr. 1380 (resistance to the arrest of ships for royal service), Suff. Mar. 1383 (concealments), May 1392 (wastes on estates of the countess of Oxford), Norf. Dec. 1392 (homicide), Apr. 1400 (wastes on Hastings estates), oyer and terminer, Norf., Suff. Dec. 1380, Norf. Feb. 1393; to compel insurgents to restore goods looted from Stratford abbey, Essex Aug. 1381; make proclamation of the sale of forfeited goods, Norf., Suff. Aug. 1381; put down rebellion Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of array, Suff. June 1386, Dec. 1399, Norwich Aug. 1402.

Adm. of the northern fleet 8 Apr. 1380–26 Oct. 1382.C76/64 m. 9.

J.p. Norf. 20 Dec. 1382 – Jan. 1388.

Parlimentarian
ELMHAM, Sir William (c.1336-1403), of Westhorpe, Suff. and Fring, Norf.
Main residence: Westhorpe, Suff. and Fring, Norf.
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L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

ELMHAM, Sir William (c.1336-1403)

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