Commons 1422-1461

Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1417, 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1423, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1435.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1409–10; sheriff Mich. 1412–13; member of the council of 12 prob. by Mar. 1415 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1421–2, The earlier biography wrongly dates the mayoralty to 1420–1, but see York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxcii), 209; York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 76. 1430 – 31.

Commr. York 1421 – 31; of gaol delivery, Nov. 1420, June 1431, Feb. 1432, Feb. 1434. C66/403, m. 10d; 430, m. 9d; 431, m. 8d; 435, m. 19d.

Mayor of the staple of Calais by 5 Jan. 1425-bef. 6 June 1426, by 28 June 1427-c. Sept. 1429. English Miscellanies (Surtees Soc. lxxxv), 3; York Memoranda Bk. ii (Surtees Soc. cxxv), 157, 159; Historical Collns. Citizen London (Cam. Soc. ser. 2, xvii), 164.

Attestor, parlty. election, Dorset 1460.

Commr. to take musters of the force under Lords Audley* and Duras, Weymouth June 1475; of inquiry, Dorset Nov. 1501 (lordship of the manor of Swyre).

Steward of the estates of Richard, duke of York, at Winstone, Glos. ?1448 – 49, Fasterne, Wilts. 1449 – 50, bef. Dec. 1459, c. Aug. 1460–d. P.A. Johnson, Duke Richard of York, 105, 238; CPR, 1452–61, p. 574; 1467–77, p. 152.

Commr. to hold an assize of novel disseisin, Wilts. Feb. 1451; C66/472, m. 11d. of inquiry Sept. 1461 (lands of Edward Stradling); to assess a tax July 1463.

Warden of Braydon forest, Wilts. by appointment of the duke of York 1455 – 56, bef. Dec. 1459, c. Aug. 1460–d. VCH Wilts. iv. 435 (which provides no source for the statement that he held the posts in 1455–6); CPR, 1452–61, p. 574; 1467–77, p. 152.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1407, 1425, 1429, Salop 1429.

Apprentice-at-law, duchy of Lancaster 1403-aft. 1422. He probably continued to be retained after 1422, for there is no further record of the duchy’s apprentices until 1437: R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 453. His rank of apprentice proves a formal legal education, but there is no evidence to support the statement of the earlier biography that he was a member of Lincoln’s Inn.

J.p.q. Herefs. 20 Feb. 1407 – Dec. 1427, 19 Mar. 1428 – d., Glos. 21 Mar. 1413 – Nov. 1416.

Parlty. proxy, abbot of Gloucester 1410, 1411, 1417. SC10/44/2153, 2175; 46/2268.

Commr. Salop., duchy of Lancaster lands s. of Trent, Glos., Herefs., Worcs., S. Wales Feb. 1410–36; of inquiry, Herefs. Dec. 1418 (suspected adherents of Sir John Oldcastle†); EHR, lv. 432–8. to raise troops or subsidy, duchy of Lancaster ldships., Herefs., Wales, Jan. 1420; muster and produce troops Feb. 1420; DL42/17, ff. 238–9. take assize of novel disseisin, Herefs. June 1423; C66/410, m. 17d. of gaol delivery, Hereford May 1429 (q.), June 1435 (q.), Worcester castle Mar. 1437. C66/424, m. 6d; 437, m. 8d; 440, m. 43d.

Justice itinerant, duchy of Lancaster ldships. in S. Wales Apr. 1410, Aug. 1413, Nov. 1416, Feb. 1417 (q.), Feb. 1418 (q.); DL42/17, ff. 202, 204v. Humphrey, earl of Stafford’s ldship. of Newport, Mon. 1432.

Escheator, Herefs. and adjacent march 9 Mar. – 10 Dec. 1411, 14 Dec. 1415 – 8 Dec. 1416, 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420, 5 Nov. 1432–3.

Sheriff, Herefs. 10 Nov. 1417 – 14 Nov. 1418.

Steward, James, Lord Berkeley’s manor of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. by Nov. 1422–?, 1426 – ?Sept. 1432 DL30/77/990. Anne Stafford, countess of March’s ldship. of Usk, Mon. by July.

Speaker 1423, 1432.

Bailiff, Northampton, Sept. 1434–5; mayor 1439 – 40, 1447 – 48, 1455–6; Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 550, 557. mayor’s councillor by 16 July 1442.

Jt. alnager, Northants. and Rutland 1 Nov. 1434 – 9 Sept. 1444.

Master, fraternity of St. Mary, Northampton by 14 Sept. 1439. CIMisc. viii. 128 (p.75).

Commr. of gaol delivery, Northampton Jan. 1451, June 1456, July 1461; C66/472, m. 18d; 481, m. 17d; 492, m. 7d. arrest, Northants. May 1456.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Chichester 1453, 1460, 1472.

Warden of the guild of St. George, Chichester by Apr. 1447. W. Suss. RO, Chichester archs. CHICTY/AY/70.

Reeve, Chichester Mich. 1447–8. W. Suss. RO, Diocesan recs., Cap. I/15/8.

Ranger, of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick’s chace of Sutton Coldfield c. 1401 – c.32.

Commr. to treat for loans, Staffs. Jan. 1420.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 10 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430.

Attestor, parlty. election, Beds. 1450.

Commr. of arrest, Bucks. Mar. 1457, June 1471; array May 1471.

Collector of customs, London 7 July 1463–10 Dec. 1464. CFR, xx. 95, 97; E122/73/37.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 4 Nov. 1463–4.

J.p. Bucks. 12 June 1471 – d.

Clerk in Chancery by Mar. 1442. CCR, 1441–7, pp. 65–66.