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s. and h. of Robert Francis (d. by 1370) of Foremark. m. by Easter 1392, Isabel, wid. of Thomas Brumpton (d.1382) of Longford, Salop and Church Eaton, Staffs., ?2s. inc. Robert, 8da. Kntd. by Oct. 1385.CIPM, xv. nos. 689, 690; CCR, 1381-5, p. 164; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xv. 48; n.s. ii. 153-4; viii. 49. The pedigree of the Francis family given in Genealogist, vii. 134-5, cannot now be fully verified. For details of the marriages of seven of the MP’s eight daughters see S.M. Wright, Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 214. They also had a sister, named Elizabeth, who married William Peyto*, but is not mentioned in any of the surviving family trees (CPR, 1413-16, pp. 324, 388; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiv. 56; n.s. v. 109).
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J.p. Derbys. 14 Apr. 1386 – Dec. 1387, 15 July 1389 – Dec. 1390, 7 Feb. 1408–10; Staffs. I 2 Nov. 1397 – June 1410, 4 Dec. 1417 – d.

Commr. of array, Derbys. June 1388, Mar. 1392, Staffs. Dec. 1399, Aug. 1402, July 1403, Sept. 1403 (bis), Derbys. May 1415, Staffs. May 1418, Mar. 1419; inquiry Nov. 1390, Mar. 1395 (use of defective weights), Cheshire Nov. 1399 (theft of cattle), Derbys. Mar. 1406 (defections from royal army), Notts., Derbys., Staffs., Leics., Warws., Northants., Beds., Bucks., Rutland, Hants Mar. 1410 (concealments), Warws., Staffs. July 1410, Derbys. Nov. 1413 (poaching); oyer and terminer Nov. 1391, Staffs. Oct. 1399 (withdrawal of labour services), Derbys., Warws., Leics., Staffs. June 1402 (treason), Salop Feb. 1403, Staffs. Dec. 1406 (poaching); kiddles, Derbys. June 1398; to arrest traitors, Salop May 1402; arrest Hugh Erdeswyk, Staffs. Feb. 1409.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 15 Nov. 1389 – 7 Nov. 1390, 5 Nov. 1406 – 23 Nov. 1407, Staffs. 11 Nov. 1394 – 9 Nov. 1395, 29 Nov. 1402 – 5 Nov. 1403, 22 Oct. 1404 – 22 Nov. 1405, 15 Nov. 1408–4 Nov. 1409.

Constable of Castle Donnington, Leics. 8 Sept. 1403–d.Somerville, Duchy, i. 573.

Controller of a tax, Staffs. Mar. 1404.

Keeper of Repton priory, Derbys. 14 May 1415-aft. 9 Feb. 1416.

Parlimentarian
FRANCIS, Sir Robert (d.1419/20), of Foremark, Derbys.
Main residence: Foremark, Derbys.
Frauncis, Fraunceys
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C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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FRANCIS, Sir Robert (-d.1419/20)

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