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SKELTON, Sir John (d.1439), of Whitrigg, Cumb.

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?s. and h. of Nicholas Skelton (d. aft. June 1401), of Whitrigg. m. (1) at least 3s. (1 d.v.p.) inc. John II*; (2) by Feb. 1401, Alice, da. and h. of Sir John Ireby† (d.1397) of High Ireby and Embleton, Cumb., and wid. of Geoffrey Tilliol† (d.c.1400) of Torpenhow, Cumb., 1da. Kntd. by Feb. 1401.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1413 (May), 1416 (Mar.), 1417, 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426.

Collector of customs, Cumb. 4 June 1397 – 16 Mar. 1401.

Dep. warden of the west march towards Scotland for Edward, duke of Aûmale, by 6 Nov. 1398.

Commr. Cumb., Westmld., Yorks. Jan. 1399 – Apr. 1431; of gaol delivery, Carlisle Feb. 1419, Carlisle, Appleby Nov. 1427, Sept. 1428. C66/401, m. 12d; 422, m. 23d; 424, m. 27d.

Controller of the castle of Bordeaux by 6 Dec. 1399–30 May 1401. C47/25/6/8.

Sheriff, Cumb. 22 Oct. 1404–5, 15 Nov. 1408 – 4 Nov. 1409, 26 Nov. 1431 – 5 Nov. 1432.

J.p. Cumb. 3 Dec. 1420 – July 1437.

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424.

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SKELTON, Sir John (d.1439), of Whitrigg, Cumb.
Main residence: Whitrigg, Cumb.
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S.J.P.
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SKELTON, John III (d.1473), of London and Lambeth, Surr.

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m. (1) by May 1454, Susan, illegit. da. of John Pury*, 1s.; C1/60/115. However, the son, another John Skelton, may have been the child of an earlier undocumented marriage. (2) by June 1468, Agnes, da. and h. of Thomas Trussbut of Shouldham and Runcton Holme, Norf. C1/33/6, 330.
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?Serjeant of the catery of the Household by July 1445. E403/757, m. 8.

Spigurnel in Chancery c.1452-aft. Mich. 1456, 4 Mar. 1461–?d. E361/6, rots. 50, 53, 54d, 56d; CPR, 1461–7, p. 39; C1/43/290.

Constable of Hadleigh castle, Essex 9 Aug. 1461-aft. July 1465. CPR, 1461–7, pp. 39, 138.

Surveyor of the search in the port of London 16 Oct. 1461-Easter 1467. CPR, 1461–7, p. 52; E122/186/4.

Dep. butler, Boston 6 July 1471-June 1473. CPR, 1467–77, pp. 263, 393.

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SKELTON, John III (d.1473), of London and Lambeth, Surr.
Main residences: London; Lambeth, Surr.
Schelton, Skeleton, Skellton
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SKELTON, John II (c.1390-1458), of Armathwaite, Cumb.

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b. c.1390, When John was a juror in the proof of age of his kinsman, John Skelton of Branthwaite, in 1441, he was said to be 50 years old; in the following year he was said to be 48 ‘and more’ when a juror in the proof of age of his father’s godson, John Denton of Carlisle: CIPM, xxv. 614-15. Such estimates are not generally to be relied upon, but, in this case, a birthdate in the early 1390s is consistent with all else known of his career. 2nd s. and event. h. of Sir John Skelton* by his 1st w. m. Margaret (fl.1460), ?2s. ? inc. Robert†. This is the Christian name of his wife at the time of his death: C139/167/11. She is sometimes said to have been the da. and coh. of William Bewley† (d.1433/4) of Thistlethwaite, Cumb., but in Bewley’s inq. post mortem her husband is identified as Robert Skelton: CIPM, xxiv. 141. This identification is supported by the writs of diem clausit extremum issued to the Cumb. escheator in 1439 in respect of Robert and his wife, Margaret: CFR, xvii. 104. Unfortunately no inqs. survive.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1425, 1432, 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1453, 1455.

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 23 Nov. 1437 – 6 Nov. 1438.

Sheriff, Cumb. 4 Nov. 1440–1, 1445 – 46, 3 Dec. 1450 – 3 Nov. 1451.

Commr. to make proclamation, Cumb. June 1444 (for appearance of William Stapleton* before King and council); assign archers Dec. 1457.

Conservator of the truce with Scotland Nov. 1449, Aug. 1451, May 1453, June 1457. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 340, 353, 366, 383.

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SKELTON, John II (c.1390-1458), of Armathwaite, Cumb.
Main residence: Armathwaite, Cumb.
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S.J.P.
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SKARGILL, Thomas (d.1475), of Havering atte Bower and Hornchurch, Essex.

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bro. and h. of Robert Skargill (d.1453). KB27/770, rot. 50. m. Elizabeth, ?da. of (Sir) John Tyrell*; wid. of – Rookwood, Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 113. 1da.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Essex 1449 (Feb.), Suff. 1459.

Yeoman of the chamber 23 Apr. 1435 – ?Oct. 1460; usher by June 1450-Nov. 1454. PPC, vi. 223.

Keeper of Havering park 10 July 1437 – 27 July 1461.

Jt. rider of Waltham forest, Essex 3 June 1439–?13 Oct. 1461.

Troner and pesager of Ipswich 8 June 1440 – 3 Nov. 1456, 3 Nov. 1457 – ?May 1462.

Escheator, Essex and Herts. 4 Nov. 1445–6.

Commr. of arrest, Essex Mar. 1451, Nov. 1456; sewers, Stratford-le-Bow to Wigborough Feb. 1456; He later claimed he had never received this comm., and was excused at the Exchequer: E159/234, brevia Mich. rot. 22. array, Essex Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459; inquiry Oct. 1470 (felonies).

J.p. Essex 26 Nov. 1454–8.

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SKARGILL, Thomas (d.1475), of Havering atte Bower and Hornchurch, Essex.
Main residences: Havering atte Bower; Hornchurch, Essex.
Scargell, Scargill, Scargyll, Skargoyll
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L.S.C.
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SIRLA, John, of Weymouth and Wyke Regis, Dorset.

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m. by 1438, Alice, wid. of John Bassingbourne*. CP40/708, rot. 379d.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Weymouth 1437.

Bailiff, Weymouth Mich. 1434–5. CAD, vi. 6110.

Tax collector, Dorset June 1445.

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SIRLA, John, of Weymouth and Wyke Regis, Dorset.
Main residences: Weymouth; Wyke Regis, Dorset.
Cerla, Serla, Shirla
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L.S.C.
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SINGLETON, Thomas (d.1458), of Great Chart, Kent and Hartwell, Bucks.

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?s. of John Singleton of Great Chart. Feudal Aids, vi. 473. m. by Jan. 1429, CCR, 1429-35, p. 32. Agnes (d. 21 Oct. 1479), ?da. or gdda. and event. h. of John Stokes of Stoke Goldington by Eleanor (d. aft. 1431), da. and event. h. of Sir Robert Luton† of Hartwell, 1da. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 296; iii. 280-1, 654-5; VCH Bucks. ii. 298. According to VCH Bucks. ii. 296 (relying on the findings of a 16th-cent. heraldic visitation to Bucks.), Agnes was the da. of Eleanor Luton by her last husband, Thomas Stokes, but this is impossible, since Eleanor married Stokes in, or just before 1431, that is after Agnes married Singleton. It is not unlikely that Agnes was in fact the gdda. of Eleanor, whose first husband, John Stokes, died before 1398, by which date she was married to her second, John Bosenho†, who died in the mid or late 1420s. Dist. 1458.
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Chief forester, abpric. of York 1428–?d. J.A. Nigota, ‘John Kempe’ (Emory Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1973), 263n.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 5 Nov. 1433 – 2 Nov. 1434, 29 Nov. 1451 – 12 Nov. 1452.

Commr. of arrest, Kent, Suss. July 1435; to assess subsidy, Bucks. Aug. 1450; of sewers, Kent, Surr. (East Greenwich to Wandsworth); array, Bucks. Sept. 1457.

J.p. Bucks. 8 July 1437 – d.

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 4 Nov. 1443 – 5 Nov. 1444, 24 Nov. 1454 – 10 Dec. 1455.

Bailiff for Cardinal Kemp at Croydon, Surr. 1 Nov. 1452–? M.L. Witchell, ‘John Kemp’ (Univ. of Wales, Swansea M.A. thesis, 1979), 237.

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SINGLETON, Thomas (d.1458), of Great Chart, Kent and Hartwell, Bucks.
Main residences: Great Chart, Kent; Hartwell, Bucks.
Sengelton, Sengylton, Shingelton, Shynggelton, Shyngilton, Singylton, Syngilton, Syngylton
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C.E.M.
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SHOTESBROOKE, Sir Robert (d.?1467), of West Woodhay, Berks. and Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.

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yr. s. of Gilbert Shotesbrooke† of Ordeston in Ashbury, Berks. by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Vivian Standon of Standon, Staffs.; yr. bro. of John Shotesbrooke† (fl.1443). The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 373-4; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 421. m. (1) by Apr. 1421, C138/46/47. Edith (d. 13 June 1441), CP, ii. 45, which fails to give a source for this date. Writs de diem clausit extremum were issued on 16 June, but no post mortem survives: CFR, xvii. 166. da. of John Stourton of Stourton, Wilts., sis. of William† and John Stourton I*, aunt of John II* (afterwards Lord Stourton), wid. of Sir John Beauchamp (d.1412), CIPM, xix. 1017-22. of Bletsoe, Beds., 1da.; (2) by July 1448, Isabel (d.1456), da. and event. coh. of William Wilcotes† (d.1411) of North Leigh, Oxon. by Elizabeth (d.1445), da. and h. of Sir John Trillow† of Chastleton, Oxon.; wid. of John Barton I*. Kntd. Caen 23 Apr. 1418. St. Albans Chron. ed. Galbraith, 118.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Leics. 1453.

Commr. of inquiry, Berks. Nov. 1406 (possessions of Simon Haselton of Newbury, hanged for clipping coin), June 1439 (farm of the manor of Bradfield), E159/216, brevia Mich. rot. 16. Oxon. Nov. 1464 (estates forfeited by Robert, Lord Hungerford and Moleyns); oyer and terminer, Beds. July 1416 (complaint of Eleanor, Lady St. Amand), Wilts. Oct. 1426 (complaint of Robert Long* of assaults by Sir Walter Beauchamp†), Oxon. May 1450 (attack by the Staffords on Stanton Harcourt); to take musters, Barham Downs June 1429 (Sir John Radcliffe*’s force), Apr. 1430 (royal army); treat for loans, Berks., Oxon. Mar. 1430, Berks. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Berks., Oxon. June 1446, Berks. Sept. 1449, May 1455; PPC, vi. 240. of array (royal army about to set out for France) Apr. 1430, DKR, xlviii. 273. Berks. Jan. 1436, Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458; to distribute tax allowances Dec. 1433, Apr. 1440; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; of gaol delivery, Wallingford castle Nov. 1434, Sept. 1458, C66/486, m. 20d. Sept. 1460; kiddles, Berks., Bucks., Oxon. May 1438, R. Thames from Burscot to Dorchester July 1443; to treat for payment of subsidies, Berks. Feb. 1441; assess a tax Aug. 1450; take assizes of novel disseisin, Oxon. Apr., July 1451; C66/472, mm. 5d, 9d. of arrest, London, Northants. July 1456; to assign archers, Berks. Dec. 1457.

Sheriff, Wilts. 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424.

Envoy to treat with Denmark and the Hanse 9 Sept. 1432–8 May 1433, E364/66, rot. Gd. to Burgundy to negotiate trade agreement between Calais and Flanders 14 Feb. 1435, DKR, xlviii. 303. to the Congress of Arras 15 July-23 Sept. 1435, E364/69 rot. G. to Prussia and the Hanse 6 Sept. 1448–24 May 1449, E364/83 rot. B. to the king of Denmark 11 May 1449.

J.p. Berks. 1 Dec. 1432 – June 1449, 22 Mar. 1452 – Nov. 1458.

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SHOTESBROOKE, Sir Robert (d.?1467), of West Woodhay, Berks. and Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.
Main residences: West Woodhay, Berks.; Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.
Shotesbrok, Shotesbrook, Shotysbroke
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L.S.C.
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