FROST, William (d.c.1408), of York.

Family and Education

m. by Oct. 1390, Isabel, da. and coh. of John Gisburn (d.c.1390) of York, merchant, by his w. Ellen (d.1407/8), s.p.Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, i. ff. 15v-16; iii. ff. 283v-4; Plumpton Corresp. (Cam. Soc. iv), p. xxix; Surtees Soc. clxxxvi. 72-73.

Offices Held

Escheator, Yorks. 30 Nov. 1388–12 Dec. 1390.

Commr. of inquiry, Yorks. May 1389 (lands of John Lokton), Nov. 1389 (petition of Michael de la Pole for the restitution of his father’s estates), Nov. 1391 (lands of John Lokton), York Dec. 1391, Nov. 1399 (abuses at St. Leonard’s hospital), May 1400 (goods of Simon Quixley), Oct. 1401 (sluices), July 1405 (goods of a murderer), June 1406 (concealments); gaol delivery, Beverley Feb., Sept. 1392;C66/334 mm. 7v, 24v. oyer and terminer, Yorks. Feb. 1397 (weirs in river Ouse), York Feb. 1403 (appeal of murder); to collect and deliver royal loans July 1400; take the city of York into the King’s hands June 1405; raise royal loans June 1406.

Mayor, York 3 Feb. 1396 – 98, 1400 – 04, 3 June 1406–3 Feb. 1407.Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. xxix. 217; l. 207; lix. 11; cxi. 187–8; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xvii. 118; Surtees Soc. xcvi. 95–96, 98, 103–9.

Dep. keeper of the civic liberties, York 3 June – 25 Aug. 1405; jt. keeper 25 Aug. 1405–3 June 1406.

Collecto. of taxes, Yorks. (E. Riding) Dec. 1407, (W. Riding) Jan. 1408.

Parlimentarian

FROST, William (d.c.1408), of York.

Main residence: York.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

FROST, William (-d. c.1408)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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