GOLAFRE, John (d.1442), of Fyfield, Berks.

Family and Education

s. of Thomas Golafre (d.1378) of Radley, Oxon. by Margaret (d.1396), da. of Thomas Foxley; nephew of William.G. Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 394-5. m. (1) c.1401, Elizabeth (14 July 1362-14 Dec. 1403), da. of Sir Edmund de la Pole by his 1st w. Elizabeth, wid. of Sir Ingram Bruyn (d.1400) of South Ockendon, Essex; (2) by Oct. 1404, Nicola (b.c.1361), sis. and h. of Thomas Devenish (d.1382) of Greatham, Hants, wid. of John Englefield of Englefield, Berks.; (3) aft. July 1434, Margaret (d. 1472/3), da. of Sir John Heveningham, wid. of Sir Walter de la Pole of Dernford in Sawston, Cambs., s.p.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 3 Nov. 1397–9, 29 Nov. 1404 – 22 Nov. 1405, 10 Nov. 1414 – 1 Dec. 1415, 6 Nov. 1424–15 Jan. 1426.

J.p. Oxon. 12 Nov. 1397–9, 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, Berks. 12 July 1404 – Nov. 1417, 12 Feb. 1422 – d.

Parlty. cttee. to complete the business of Parliament Jan. 1398.RP, iii. 360, 368, 383.

Verderer, Woodstock park, Oxon. 18 Apr. 1398 – d.

Commr. of weirs, Oxon. June 1398; array Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, Normandy June, July 1418, Mar. 1419,DKR, xli. 713–16, 751; xlii. 314. Oxon., Berks. Jan. 1436; to suppress sedition, Oxon. May 1402; of inquiry Oct. 1408 (Bardolf estates), Oxon., Berks. Jan. 1414 (lollards), Berks. Feb. 1414, May 1417 (treasons), Feb. 1428 (flooding), Oxon., Berks. July 1428 (treasons and felonies), Oxon., Berks., Bucks. Feb., May 1438 (valuation of lands pertaining to the honours of Wallingford and St. Valery); oyer and terminer, Oxon. Apr. 1410, Berks. Feb. 1430, Bucks. Mar., July 1430, Berks. Aug. 1432; arrest, Caen June 1418; to raise royal loans, Oxon., Berks. Apr. 1421, July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Feb. 1434, Berks. Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440; assess liability for a tax Apr. 1431, Jan. 1436; treat for payment of a subsidy Feb. 1441.

Tax controller, Oxon. Mar. 1404.

Escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 7 Nov. 1409–29 Nov. 1410.

Controller and surveyor of Woodstock 5 Sept. 1413 – 18 Feb. 1438, jt. (with Edmund Hampden) Feb. 1438 – d.

Receiver-general duchy of Normandy 20 May 1418–1 May 1419.DKR, xli. 712.

Surveyor of royal deer at Becklay, Oxon. 13 Jan. 1437 – 18 Feb. 1438, jt. (with Edmund Hampden) Feb. 1438 – d.

Jt. keeper (with the earl and countess of Suffolk) of Cornbury park, Oxon. 16 July 1439 – d.

Parlimentarian

GOLAFRE, John (d.1442), of Fyfield, Berks.

Main residence: Fyfield, Berks.

Author

J.S.R.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

GOLAFRE, John (d.1442)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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