RAMSEY, Ralph (d.1419), of Great Yarmouth and West Somerton, Norf. and Kenton, Suff.

Family and Education

m. (1) 2s.; (2) bef. June 1393, Alice (d.1411/12), prob. da. and h. of Sir Robert Kenton of Kenton and wid. of Sir Roger Welsham (d.1383), of Willisham, Suff., 2da.A. Suckling, Suff. i. 64; J. Copinger, Suff. Manors, iv. 295. Copinger makes Ramsey’s wife Alice the da. and h. of Sir Roger Welsham by Alice, da. and h. of Sir Robert Kenton (d.1382) and his w. Alice, but the number of Alices and generations renders this account implausible.

Offices Held

Chief serjeant of Meath, Ire. 16 Feb. 1378-aft. Oct. 1380.

Dep. to Sir Simon Burley as constable of Windsor castle bef. Aug. 1380 – ?88.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Great Yarmouth 29 May – 10 Nov. 1384; collector of tunnage and poundage 28 Nov. 1386 – June 1392, customs on wool 12 June – 11 July 1388, 8 Dec. 1391-June 1392.

Bailiff, Great Yarmouth Mich. 1385–6, 1389 – 90, 1393 – 94, 1396 – 97, 1398 – 99; jurat 1386–7.Norf. Official Lists ed. Le Strange, 154; H. Swinden, Yarmouth, 135, 927.

Commr. to fortify Great Yarmouth against invasion Aug. 1386; of arrest, Norf. Dec. 1387; sewers Mar. 1403.

Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 5 Nov. 1403 – 12 Nov. 1404, 10 Dec. 1408–4 Nov. 1409.

Controller of the accounts of William Loveney, treasurer to Henry IV’s younger daughter, Philippa, 22 July 1406–1 May 1408.

J.p. Yarmouth 26 Nov. 1408 – Feb. 1415.

Parlimentarian

RAMSEY, Ralph (d.1419), of Great Yarmouth and West Somerton, Norf. and Kenton, Suff.

Main residences: Great Yarmouth; West Somerton, Norf.; Kenton, Suff.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

RAMSEY, Ralph (-d.1419)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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