HALLE, John II (d.1434), of Pebsham and Hellingly, Suss.

Commr. of inquiry, Suss. Dec. 1404 (Tregoz estates), June 1409, July 1411 (eviction), Feb. 1421 (theft of wine); to hold an assize of novel disseisin , Dorset, Hants Feb. 1405; of sewers, Suss. June 1408, Kent, Suss. Feb. 1418, June 1421, Suss. Feb., Oct. 1422, May 1423, Kent, Suss. Mar. 1432, Suss. Nov. 1433; array May 1415; oyer and terminer Feb. 1420; arrest May 1425; to assess contributions to a parlty. grant Apr. 1431.It is uncertain which of the Halle brothers was appointed to commissions of inquiry, Suss. May 1392, Oct. 1398, Nov. 1409; of sewers, Kent, Surr. Apr. 1399; and to raise royal loans, Suss. Nov. 1419. The elder John was j.p. Suss. Feb. 1407-Apr. 1416, and sheriff Surr. and Suss. from 16 Nov. 1420 until his death in Dec. 1421; PCC 52 Marche; CFR, xiv. 421. Through marriage to Amice (d. 1430), da. and h. of Richard Ore, he acquired the Ore estates in Sussex which together with his own lands gave him an annual income of £44 13s. 4d., as assessed in 1412: Reg. Chichele, ii. 455; VCH Suss. ix. 19, 87, 89; Feudal Aids, vi. 526.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. ? 9 Dec. 1408 – 7 Nov. 1409, 13 Nov. 1423–26 Feb. 1424.

Jt. dep. butler in ports from Wittering, Suss. to Romney, Kent 28 Apr. 1410–3 Dec. 1411.

Tax collector, Suss. Dec. 1414, Nov. 1415.

Abp. Chichele’s bailiff of Stoneham, Suss. from 10 Mar. 1421.Reg. Chichele, iv. 212.

J.p. Suss. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1424.