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SOWDELEY, Reynold, of Ellerton, Salop.

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m. Joan, da. and coh. of Richard Horton of Dothill, Salop, ?at least 1s. CP40/877, rots. 34, 35d; VCH Salop, xi. 177.
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Under sheriff, Salop 1465–6. E13/152, rot. 44.

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SOWDELEY, Reynold, of Ellerton, Salop.
Main residence: Ellerton, Salop.
Soudeley, Sudele
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SOUTHWORTH, Geoffrey (d.1460), of Southworth, Lancs.

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m. aft. Apr. 1458, Elizabeth, wid. of Sir John Bold (d.1436) of Bold, Lancs., and Gilbert Scarisbrick of Scarisbrick, Lancs., s.p.
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SOUTHWORTH, Geoffrey (d.1460), of Southworth, Lancs.
Main residence: Southworth, Lancs.
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S.J.P.
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SOUTHWELL, Richard, of Framlingham, Suff. and Wood Rising, Norf. and London.

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s. of Robert Southwell (d. bef. Mar. 1438) of Framlingham ?and Cheshunt, Herts. by Isabel (d.1481), da. of John Boys (d.?1421) of Wellingore, Lincs.; Vis. Norf. ed. Dashwood, 124-5; Trans. E. Herts. Arch. Soc. ix. 147; Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Hyrning, f. 82; CCR, 1435-41, p. 149; R. Loder, Hist. Framlingham, 397; L.E. Moye, ‘Estates and Finances of the Mowbray Fam.’ (Duke Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), 381. ?nephew of John Southwell*. adm. L. Inn Trin. term 1470. L. Inn Adm. i. 18. m. (1) aft. June 1451, Amy (fl.1475), da. and coh. of Edmund Wichingham (d.1472) of Wood Rising by Alice (d.1476), da. and h. of John Fastolf of Fishley, Norf., 2s. 3da; C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: First Phase, 142n; Vis. Norf. 124-5; CP25(1)/91/119/43; F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. iv. 89; Norwich consist ct., Reg. Gelour, f. 115. (2) by Jan. 1493, Katherine, da. of John Williams, wid. of – Sturges, 4da. Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Wolman, f. 133; Vis. Norf. 124-5. W. Rye, Norf. Fams. 820, mistakenly states that Katherine was Southwell’s 1st wife.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Norf. 1472.

Warrener, Meeching, Suss. for John Mowbray, 3rd duke of Norfolk bef. 1447-aft. Mich. 1477. Lambeth Archs., VI/330, f. 16; DL29/454/7312.

Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 4 Nov. 1455 – 3 Nov. 1456, 7 Nov. 1459 – 6 Nov. 1460.

Commr. of inquiry, Cambs., Essex, Herts., London, Mdx., Norf., Suff. Feb., Mar. 1460, London Mar. 1460 (lands and goods of Sir William Oldhall*), Cambs., Herts., Lincs., Norf., Oxon., Suff. July 1463 (lands of William, Viscount Beaumont), Norf. Oct. 1471 (lands of George Neville, Lord Latimer, and others), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Aug. 1474 (lands and goods of outlawed John Dowes, yeoman), Aug. 1474 (illegal exports of wool and other goods), Apr. 1477 (complaint of Prussian merchants), Nov. 1482 (quarrel of William Lumnour with Thomas Brygge and Margaret his wife), Essex, Herts., Norf. Mar. 1493 (lands of Sir William Parker and circumstances of his lunacy); to urge the raising of a fleet against the King’s enemies of France and Scotland, Essex, Herts., Suff. June 1461; take Buckenham castle and other properties into the King’s hands, Norf. July 1461; of arrest Sept. 1469; gaol delivery, East Dereham Oct. 1471, Aug. 1473, Feb., Nov. 1478, Feb. 1481, July 1482, Apr. 1484, Feb. 1486, Norwich castle Oct. 1475, Oct. 1478, Sept. 1479, Sept. 1486, Oct. 1497; C66/528, m. 27d; 531, m. 8d; 536, m. 2d; 541, m. 19d; 543, mm. 28d, 29d; 544, m. 20d; 546, m. 14d; 549, m. 14d; 553, m. 7d. array, Norf. Mar., May 1472, Feb., May 1484, Apr. 1487, Aug. 1490, May 1491; sewers, Norf., Suff. Feb. 1478 (coast between Cromer and Harwich), Norf. July 1478 (parts of Marshland between Marham and Bishop’s Lynn); to assess subsidy Apr. 1483.

Marshal of the Exchequer 6 Feb. 1462-aft. 1481 (jtly. with Thomas Stede from c.1475). PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 154–5; E13/166, rot. 21d.

Treasurer at Framlingham for John Mowbray, 4th duke of Norfolk, by Mich. 1467. Loder, 397.

Collector, customs and subsidies Bishop’s Lynn 3 June 1471-aft. Mich. 1482. CFR, xxi. nos. 8, 10, 12; E122/97/17; Financial Memoranda Edw. V (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, xxxix), 242.

J.p. Norf. 20 June 1471 – May 1479, q. 10 May 1479 – July 1480, 18 July 1480 – Jan. 1486, 12 Mar. 1486–?d.

Steward in Norf. for John Howard*, duke of Norfolk, by Mich. 1483. Add. Roll 16559.

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SOUTHWELL, Richard, of Framlingham, Suff. and Wood Rising, Norf. and London.
Main residences: Framlingham, Suff.; Wood Rising, Norf.; London.
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SOUTHWELL, John, of Lewes, Suss. and Framlingham and Ellough, Suff.

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?uncle of Richard Southwell*. m. (1) Joan, ?da. of William Curzon of Brightwell, Suff., According to W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 242. The will of Southwell’s son Robert gives the names of his parents as John and Joan: PCC 4 Holder (PROB11/18, f. 31). 1s.; (2) poss. by 1451, Alana (d. by June 1470), yr. da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Berry (d.1433) of Horwellbury near Royston, Herts., by Alice (d.1430), da. and h. of Sir Thomas Gerberge† of Marlingford, Norf.; C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam. The First Phase, 117-19; Copinger, vii. 168. wid. of Thomas Bardolf (d.c.1451). CFR, xviii. 177. No post mortem survives.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Suff. 1455, 1467.

Commr. of arrest, Suss. Jan. 1452.

Collector, customs and subsidies, Chichester 23 Aug. 1463–18 Dec. 1464. E356/21, rot. 43. He accounted from 24 Sept. 1463.

Searcher of ships, Chichester 11 Dec. 1464 – 6 Mar. 1465.

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SOUTHWELL, John, of Lewes, Suss. and Framlingham and Ellough, Suff.
Main residences: Lewes, Suss.; Framlingham; Ellough, Suff.
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L.S.C.
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SOTEWELL, Richard (d.1436), of Chute, Wilts.

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poss. s. of Roger Sotewell† of Ludgershall, Wilts., by his w. Alice (d.c.1427). Wilts. Hist. Centre, Marquis of Ailesbury mss, 1300/53. By 1427 Alice was also wid. of Nicholas Merdone. m. Joan (fl.1460), ?2s. 1da. Hants RO, Coventry of Burgate mss, 1M53/1423; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv), 185.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Wilts. 1435.

Verderer, Chute forest bef. Feb. 1436. CCR, 1435–41, p. 28.

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SOTEWELL, Richard (d.1436), of Chute, Wilts.
Main residence: Chute, Wilts.
called Shotewelle on the return (C219/13/4), but otherwise always recorded as Sotewell or Sotwell.
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SOPER, William (d.1458), of Southampton and London.

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s. of Robert Soper of Winchester by his w. Clemency. m. (1) by 1420, Isabel (d. by 1435); (2) by 1438, Joan, prob. da. of John Chamberlain of Southampton and sis. of Thomas Chamberlain*. s.p.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Hants 1421 (May), 1427, 1429, 1432, 1433, 1445, Southampton 1449 (Nov.), 1453.

Steward, Southampton Mich. 1410–11; mayor 1416 – 17, 1419 – 20, 1424 – 25; alderman 1417 – 19, 1425 – 29, 1430 – 33, 1434 – 37.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Southampton 5 Nov. 1413 – 10 May 1437, 29 Sept. 1437–28 Sept. 1446. CFR, xviii. 51; E356/18, rots. 26–30d; 19, rots. 17–20. On 15 Nov. he was rewarded for his service in the year ended Mich. 1446: E403/765, m. 7.

Commr. Berks., Devon, Hants, I.o.W., Oxon., Suss., Wilts. Feb. 1414–51; of gaol delivery, Southampton Nov. 1439, Winchester July 1445. C66/445, m. 19d; 460, m. 25d.

Surveyor of the King’s ships, 6 July 1418–20; clerk or keeper of the same 3 Feb. 1420 – 7 Apr. 1442; controller 1442 – 52.

Dep. butler, Southampton 22 Nov. 1418 – Dec. 1422.

Verderer of the New Forest by 1428 – c.45.

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SOPER, William (d.1458), of Southampton and London.
Main residences: Southampton; London.
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SONEMAN, John (d.1471), of Rochester, Kent.

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2nd s. of Laurence Soneman of Higham, Kent by his w. Agnes. m. bef. 1450, Agnes (fl.1479), wid. of John Poleyn of Clive, Kent, 2s. 1da. CPR, 1446-52, pp. 357-8.
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Clerk of the works, Rochester bridge Mich. 1444–d. Rochester Bridge Trust, wardens’ accts. 1444–72, FO 1/44–69.

Tax collector, Rochester July, Nov. 1463.

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SONEMAN, John (d.1471), of Rochester, Kent.
Main residence: Rochester, Kent.
Sulman
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D.I.G.
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SONBACHE, William, of Uttoxeter, Staffs.

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m. (1) by June 1424, Alice, da. and h. of John Fitzherbert of Roston, Derbys.; CP25(1)/280/155/22. (2) Elizabeth (fl.1443). CHES29/149, rot. 16.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Staffs. 1431.

Forester, ward of Uttoxeter in duchy of Lancaster honour of Tutbury, Staffs. 11 Nov. 1432-aft. 27 Nov. 1439. DL42/18, f. 134.

Jt. hereditary bailiff jure uxoris of the royal hundred of Macclesfield, Cheshire by 13 Dec. 1443–d. CHES29/149, rot. 16.

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SONBACHE, William, of Uttoxeter, Staffs.
Main residence: Uttoxeter, Staffs.
Sandbech, Sandebach, Sondbach
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S.J.P.
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SOMERSET, John (d.1454), of Isleworth, Mdx.

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educ. Oxford university early 1400s, Cambridge university, fellow of Pembroke College by 1410; B.A. and B. in medicine by 1418; Dr. by 1428. m. (1) by May 1441, Agnes; CPR, 1435-41, p. 479. The erroneous assumption that Agnes was the wid. of John le Burser of Colman Street, London (HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 780), is probably the result of a misreading of letters patent of 1448 concerning the endowment of a chantry where prayers were to be said, among others, ‘for the soul of Agnes, late the wife of John [Somerset] and for Roger le Bourser of Colman Street’, who had set up the chantry in 1318, but left no heirs: CPR, 1446-52, pp. 176-9. (2) by Aug. 1446, Alice, da. of Adam Cawood of Cawood, Yorks., wid. of John Cerf*, DURH3/49, m. 2. s.p.
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Master of grammar, Bury St. Edmunds school 28 July 1418–?. Cott. Tiberius B IX, f. 180.

Physician to Hen. VI Easter 1427–d. PPC, iii. 282–3, 287–8.

Commr. of inquiry, London and nationwide Jan. 1440 (evasion of customs on shipments of wool), Mdx. Sept. 1444 (title to lands of Edmund Flambard); This comm. was revoked almost immediately: CPR, 1441–6, p. 296. to assess goods of the alien priories in Eng. Sept. 1440; arrest robbers Oct. 1442; search Spanish and Italian ships for customable merchandise, London, Sandwich, Southampton June 1444; keep the temporalities of the priory of Holy Trinity, London June 1445; treat for loans, Mdx. Sept. 1449.

J.p. Mdx. 28 Nov. 1439 – d.

Chancellor of the Exchequer 18 Dec. 1439–d. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 37; CPR, 1436–41, p. 418.

Warden of the exchange and mint in the Tower of London 18 Dec. 1439–29 May 1447. CPR, 1436–41, p. 418; 1446–52, p. 54.

Jt. custodian of alien priories and their possessions 3 Sept. 1440–24 Feb. 1441. CPR, 1436–41, pp. 454, 471, 493–6.

Surveyor of works at Eton, the Tower and palaces of Sheen and Westminster 23 May 1442. CPR, 1441–6, p. 82. The appointment came to nothing: Hist. King’s Works ed. Brown, Colvin and Taylor, i. 191, n. 8.

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SOMERSET, John (d.1454), of Isleworth, Mdx.
Main residence: Isleworth, Mdx.
Somerseth
Author
C.R.
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SOMER, Henry (d.1450), of London and Tottenham, Mdx. and Grantchester, Cambs.

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m. by Nov. 1402, Katherine, da. and h. of Mark le Faire† of Winchester, Hants, by his 1st w. Joan, and wid. of John Newman of Salisbury, Wilts., 2da. d.v.p. Dist. Cambs. 1430.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Mdx. 1421 (Dec.), 1426, 1427, 1433.

Commr. Berks., Bucks., Essex, Hants, Herts., London, Mdx. Oct. 1397 – Dec. 1438.

Collector of customs, Southampton 31 May 1398 – 5 Oct. 1399, the wool custom, London 18 Nov. 1400 – 6 Oct. 1401, tunnage and poundage 1 Oct. 1405 – 6 Feb. 1406.

Clerk of the receipt of the Exchequer by 1 Dec. 1399–1404; baron of the Exchequer 8 Nov. 1407 – 19 June 1410; under treasurer to Sir John Tiptoft† 20 July 1408 – 29 Sept. 1410, to Sir John Pelham* 17 Dec. 1411 – 2 Mar. 1413; chancellor of the Exchequer 20 June 1410 – 18 Dec. 1439.

Alnager, Hants 31 Jan. 1404-Mich. 1408.

Keeper of the privy wardrobe in the Tower 13 Feb. 1405 – 27 Oct. 1408.

J.p. Mdx. 13 Feb. 1407 – d., Cambridge 28 Jan. 1430 – Feb. 1432, Cambs. 8 July 1442 – Feb. 1446.

Keeper of the royal park at Kempton, Mdx. 29 (sic) Feb. 1409 – d.

Warden of the Exchange and Mint in the Tower of London and at Calais 29 Nov. 1411 – 18 Dec. 1439.

Tax assessor, Cambs., Mdx. Jan. 1436.

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SOMER, Henry (d.1450), of London and Tottenham, Mdx. and Grantchester, Cambs.
Main residences: London; Tottenham, Mdx.; Grantchester, Cambs.
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C.E.M.
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