Family and Education
b. 1474 /76, o. s. of Osbert Monford of Feltwell by Elizabeth, da. of Francis Heath of Mildenhall, Suff. educ. 1. Temple. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Thomas Thoresby of Lynn, Norf. 3s.; (2) Gertrude, da. of Robert Hoting of London, ?wid. of Edmund Smewen or Smethwyn of London, 3s.; 5da. suc. fa. 26 Dec. 1479 or 1 Jan. 1480.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C140/74/19. Blomefield, Norf. ii. 193; PCC 40 Hogen; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 200 (where he is incorrectly given as the son of Adam Monford), 226.
Offices Held
Autumn reader, I. Temple 1519, Lent 1527, treasurer 1527, gov. 1535 – d.
J.p. Norf. 1514 – d.; commr. subsidy 1523, 1524; other commissions 1510 – 30; steward of sheriff’s ct. Norwich 1520 – 31, recorder 31 July 1531 – d.; filacer, c.p. in 1524.
Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Feltwell, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
MONFORD, Francis (1474/76-1536)
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Oxford 1644
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