Family and Education
b. c.1346. m. by Dec. 1384, Constance (d. June 1401), e. da. and coh. of Thomas, 3rd Lord Sutton of Holderness (d.c.1384) by his w. Agnes (d. Mar. 1395), da. of Sir John Hothom of Scorborough; wid. of Peter, 4th Lord Mauley (c.1331-Mar. 1383), 2s. 3da. Kntd. by Dec. 1384.Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 171-2; ii. 389-90; CP, ii. 416; viii. 567-8; xii (1), 575; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lix. 14-15; CPR, 1381-5, p. 493.
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 16 Feb. 1386 – d.
Escheator, Yorks. 30 Nov. 1387–8.
Commr. to restore clergy of Beverley, Yorks. to their livings Mar. 1388; suppress the writings of John Wycliffe, Yorks. Apr. 1388; make arrests Oct. 1389, Feb. 1392; of inquiry, Yorks. (E. Riding) Feb. 1389 (assault), Feb. 1389 (extortions and oppressions), May 1389 (lands of John Lokton), Aug. 1389 (wastes on the same), Nov. 1389 (claims of Michael de la Pole to inherit his late father’s estates), May 1390 (trespasses), Yorks., Northumb., Westmld., Cumb. Dec. 1390 (extortion); oyer and terminer, Yorks. Mar., Dec. 1390 (enforce Statute of Weirs); array (E. Riding) Mar. 1392.
Sheriff, Yorks. 1 Dec. 1388–15 Nov. 1389.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Bransholme, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
GODARD, Sir John (c.1346-1392)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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