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WHATTON, John, of Long Whatton, Leics.

Family and Education
?s. and h. of John Whatton (fl.1436) of Long Whatton or of Thomas Whatton (fl.1456) of Mountsorel, Leics. m. at least 2s.
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Escheator, Warws. and Leics. 7 Nov. 1459–60.

Main residence: Long Whatton, Leics.
Watton
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Commons 1422-1461
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WHARTON, Thomas, of Wharton, Westmld.

Family and Education
prob. s. and h. of Henry Wharton (d.c.1444) of Wharton by ?Elizabeth, sis. of Sir Richard Musgrave*; P. Musgrave, Ancient Fam. of Musgrave, 49. ?er. bro. of Roland Wharton*. m., A ped. of 1585 identifies his w. as a da. of Sir Robert Lowther† of Lowther, Westmld., but there is no contemporary indication of such a match: J. Nicolson and R. Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 558; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. iii. ped. facing p. 262. at least 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Westmld. ?1426, 1447, 1449(Nov.), 1453, ?1455. The Christian name is illegible but Thomas is the most likely candidate: C219/16/3.

Commr. of array, Westmld. Nov. 1448, June 1463.

Main residence: Wharton, Westmld.
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WHARTON, Roland, of ?Penrith, Cumb.

Family and Education
poss. yr. s. of Henry Wharton (d.c.1444) of Wharton, Westmld., by ?Elizabeth, sis. of Sir Richard Musgrave*; P. Musgrave, Ancient Fam. of Musgrave, 49. ?yr. bro. of Thomas Wharton*.
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Main residence: ?Penrith, Cumb.
Quarton, Wherton
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WHAPLODE, William (d.1447), of Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.

Family and Education
s. and h. of William Whaplode (d.1398) of Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks. by Elizabeth, wid. of William Restwold (d.1374) of High Head castle, Cumb. m. (1) Margaret; (2) bef. Feb. 1429, Wilts. Feet of Fines (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xlix), 440; VCH Hants. iv. 185. An earlier date than realised in the previous biography. Joan (?d.1447), sis. of Robert Forster of Westminster, wid. of Nicholas Baynton (d.1422) of Faulstone, Wilts. and Edward Cowdray*, s.p. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Bucks. 1425.

Feodary of the duchy of Lancaster, Beds. and Bucks. 12 Feb. 1408 – 8 Oct. 1440.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 16 Nov. 1420 – 20 May 1422, 12 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430, 23 Nov. 1437 – 6 Nov. 1438, 1445 – 46.

J.p. Bucks. 20 July 1424 – Aug. 1431, 2 Aug. 1431 (q.)-Dec. 1440, 1 Feb. – Dec. 1441, 5 Dec. 1441 (q.)-d.

Commr. Bucks., Mdx. Apr. 1431 – Mar. 1442; to treat for loans, Bucks. May, Aug. 1442.

Bailiff of Henry Beaufort, bp. of Winchester, at Wargrave, Berks. by Mich. 1416–d., West Wycombe, Bucks. 1421 – 25, Ivinghoe, Bucks. 1429 – 42; steward of the episcopal estates 1429–?1447. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/163, 167, 170, 173, 178, 182, 184, 185 (formerly 159419, 159423, 159426, 159429, 159433, 159437–9.

Main residence: Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.
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WETHERBY, Thomas (d.1445), of Norwich and Intwood, Norf.

Family and Education
m. bef. Aug. 1421, Margaret (d.1458), da. of Robert Pulham of Norwich, 3da. (1d.v.p.). Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., ct. roll 1413-21, NCR 1/17, m. 20; Norwich consist. ct., Regs. Brosyard, ff. 83-84, Wylbey, ff. 30v-32. Dist. Norf. Feb. 1430, Norwich Mar. 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Norf. 1413 (May), 1420, 1421 (May), 1422, 1433, Norwich 1427, 1432, 1433.

Tax collector, Norf. Dec. 1421, Oct. 1422.

Receiver in Norf. for Ralph, Lord Cromwell, by Mich. 1423. Norf. RO, Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. Colln., acct. of Wetherby as Cromwell’s receiver 1423–4, NNAS G1/1/9.

Sheriff, Norwich Mich. 1425–6; supervisor 1426 – 28, 1429–33; Norwich chamberlains’ accts., 1384–1448, NCR 18a, ff. 82v, 84, 89v, 91, 92v. alderman ?by 1427; mayor June 1427–8, 1432–3; Norwich ‘Old Free bk.’, NCR 17c, f. 46d; C49/49/9. clerk of the staple by 26 May 1434-aft. 31 Oct. 1442. C241/228/5; 230/20.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Norwich Nov. 1428, Recs. Norwich ed. Hudson and Tingey, i. 304. Norwich castle July 1430, Norwich Feb. 1439; C66/426, m. 7d; 427, m. 34d. to assess taxation Apr. 1431; of array Jan. 1436; to commandeer ships, Great Yarmouth Mar. 1436, May 1439 (for passage of armies to France); distribute tax allowance, Norwich May 1437; purvey corn for the King, Great Yarmouth Nov. 1438.

Collector, customs and subsidies, Great Yarmouth 26 Oct. 1435–18 Dec. 1439. CFR, xvi. 247, 248, 329; xvii. 12, 15–16, 59–61, 111; CPR, 1436–41, p. 343; E356/19, rots. 30, 30d.

Main residences: Norwich; Intwood, Norf.
Wederby, Wedurby, Wethirby, Wodyrby
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WESTON, William I, of Ockham, Surr.

Family and Education
yr. s. of William Weston† (d.c.1419) of West Clandon, Surr., by his 1st w. Joan, da. and h. of John Legge† (d.1381) of Catteshall and Artington, Surr.; His stepmother (who is not mentioned in his father’s biography in The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 816-17) was Agnes (d.1434), da. and h. of John Clipsham* and later w. of John Founteyns*. She held as jointure with William’s fa. the manor of Clapham, Surr., which passed on her death to their son Robert Weston (b.c.1412) – our MP’s half-bro.: CIPM, xxiv. 299. yr. bro. of John I*. m. Margaret, da. and h. of John Skinner of Ockham, 1s. John III*.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1419, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1453.

Commr. of inquiry, Surr. Aug. 1431 (concealments).

Coroner, Surr. bef. 8 Nov. 1436. Dismissed as insufficiently qualified: CCR, 1435–41, p. 74.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 29 Nov. 1451 – 3 Dec. 1453.

Main residence: Ockham, Surr.
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WESTON, John III (d.1483), of Ockham, Surr.

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s. and h. of William Weston I* by Margaret, da. and h. of John Skinner of Ockham; nephew of John I*. m. ? (1) bef. Easter 1457, Joan; CP25(1)/232/74/27. (2) ?1464, Margaret (d. 30 Jan. 1476), da. of John Medford*, 1s. 1da.
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Main residence: Ockham, Surr.
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WESTON, John II (d.c.1455), of Hindhall in Buxted, Suss.

Family and Education
s. and h. of William Weston† (d.c.1419), of Dedswell in Send, Surr. and Hindhall, by Joan (b.c.1393), sis. and coh. of Thomas Wintershall (d.1420) of Bramley, Surr. m. ?(1) Alice, da. of Robert Loxley of Polstead, Surr.; CP40/822, rot. 284. (2) 1s. 3da. PCC 24 Logge (PROB11/7, f. 188v); CIPM Hen. VII, i. 162.
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Main residence: Hindhall in Buxted, Suss.
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WESTON, John I (d.1440), of Papworth in Send and Weston, Surr.

Family and Education
s. and h. of William Weston† (d.c.1419), of West Clandon, Surr., by his 1st. w. Joan, da. and h. of John Legge† (d.1381) of Catteshall and Artington, Surr.; His stepmother (not mentioned in his father’s biography in The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 816-17), was Agnes (d.1434), da. and h. of John Clipsham* and later w. of John Founteyns*: CIPM, xxiv. 299. er. bro. of William Weston I* and uncle of John III*. m. (1) by Feb. 1392, Milicent, ?da. of William Carthorpe of Westwood, Surr. According to the ped. in Surr. Arch. Collns. xii. addenda., 1s. d.v.p., 3da.; (2) Alice (fl.1463). CP40/808, rot. 143d. A John Weston and Alice his wife, living in the diocese of Winchester, received a papal licence for a portable altar in 1427, but whether this was John I is uncertain: CPL, vii. 549. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1414 (Nov.), 1415, 1417, 1419, 1421 (May), 1423, 1425, 1426, 1429, 1432, 1433.

Commr. of inquiry, Surr. Feb. 1422 (falsifiers and counterfeiters of weights); to distribute tax allowance Jan. 1436.

Main residences: Papworth in Send; Weston, Surr.
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