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PENNINGTON, Sir John (c.1393-1470), of Muncaster, Cumb.

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b. c.1393, s. and h. of Sir Alan Pennington† (d.1415) of Muncaster by his 1st w. Katherine (fl.1407), Cumbria RO, Whitehaven, Pennington-Ramsden mss, D/Pen 32/17. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 48, erroneously assigns Sir Alan a 2nd w. Margaret, an error derived from J. Nicolson and R. Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 211. da. and event. coh. of Sir Richard Preston (d. by 1393) of Preston Richard, Westmld. m. 1412, Katherine (fl.1450), She was alive at least as late as 23 May 1450, when she and our MP had a papal indult for a portable altar: CPL, x. 487. da. of Sir Thomas Tunstall (d.1415) of Thurland in Lonsdale, Lancs., by Isabel, da. of Sir Nicholas Haryngton† of Farleton in Lonsdale, Lancs. and Farleton in Kendal, Westmld., at least 2s. inc. John* (d.v.p.). Kntd. by 8 May 1420. Recs. Kendale ed. Farrer and Curwen, ii. 207.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1442, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1467.

Sheriff, Cumb. 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, 3 Nov. 1434 – 7 Nov. 1435, 7 Nov. 1459–60.

Commr. of array, Cumb. Mar. 1427, Oct. 1429, Mar. 1430, July 1434, Dec. 1459; inquiry Sept. 1429 (disputed parlty. election); to take assize of novel disseisin July 1432; C66/433, m. 28d. of oyer and terminer, Westmld. July 1441 (offence against Thomas Baty), Cumb. May 1449 (treasons etc.); to assign archers Dec. 1457.

Tax collector, Lancs. Feb. 1438.

J.p. Cumb. 18 July 1437-Nov. 1439, His removal came at a time of general changes to the Cumb. bench for which there is no known explanation: CPR, 1436–41, p. 580. 4 Apr. 1443 – Nov. 1461.

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PENNINGTON, Sir John (c.1393-1470), of Muncaster, Cumb.
Main residence: Muncaster, Cumb.
Penington, Penyngton
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PENNINGTON, John (b.1419), of Muncaster, Cumb.

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b. ?28 Oct. 1419, On 17 May 1441 his father, giving testimony at a proof of age, claimed that he had had a son on this date: CIPM, xxv. 521. Such reminiscences in proofs are often no more than fictions. 1st s. of Sir John Pennington*. m. Elizabeth (fl.1482), da. of Sir Nicholas Radcliffe*, His wife’s Christian name is certain and her family is identified as Radcliffe in a 16th-century visitation: J. Foster, Ped. of Sir Josslyn Pennington, 32, 37. Significantly, Sir Nicholas Radcliffe was one of the feoffees who made a settlement on the marriage of the couple’s eldest son in 1452: Cumbria RO, Whitehaven, Pennington-Ramsden mss, D/Pen 32/18. at least 2s. The s. of his yr. s. William inherited the family patrimony in 1522: Foster, 49-50.
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Capt. of Pont Audemer 6 Nov. 1441–22 Nov. 1443. A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii. p. cviii.

Steward of Wexford, Ire., for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, 27 Aug. 1450 – ?

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PENNINGTON, John (b.1419), of Muncaster, Cumb.
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PENNE, John, of Portland, Dorset.

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Attestor, parlty. elections, Weymouth 1420, Dorset 1420, 1422.

Messor and collector of the ct. at Wyke Regis, Dorset Mich. 1396–7.

Commr. to share out ransom money, Dorset May 1404.

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PENNE, John, of Portland, Dorset.
Main residence: Portland, Dorset.
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PENFOUN, William (c.1393-c.1462), of Penfoun in Poundstock, Cornw.

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b. c.1393, C139/89/67. ?s. of Richard Penfoun (fl.1432). m. by 1427, Joan, JUST1/1540, rot. 82. ?1s.
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Commr. of array, Cornw. June 1461; inquiry July 1461 (piracy).

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PENFOUN, William (c.1393-c.1462), of Penfoun in Poundstock, Cornw.
Main residence: Penfoun in Poundstock, Cornw.
Penfon, Penfovne, Penson (probably a copyist’s error)
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PENARTH, Thomas, of Pennarth in Morval, Cornw.

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m. by Hil. 1450, Juliana, KB27/755, rot. 3. 1s. C1/344/29.
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Lt. of John Trevelyan*, constable of Trematon castle, by Apr. 1455-Mar. 1461. C67/41, m. 7; SC6/821/11, m. 8d.

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PENARTH, Thomas, of Pennarth in Morval, Cornw.
Main residence: Pennarth in Morval, Cornw.
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PEMBERTON, John (d.1478), of Southwark, Surr.

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Chancery clerk by Aug. 1429-c. Mar. 1450; master in Chancery by Apr. 1450 – d.

Parlty. proxy for the abbot of St. Benet of Hulme 1439. SC10/49/2443.

Prebendary of Crowhurst in the King’s chapel of St. Mary in Hastings castle 13 May 1451–?, CPR, 1446–52, p. 454. Shalford in the diocese of Bath and Wells 6 Nov. 1462–d., Reg. Bekynton, i (Som. Rec. Soc. xlix), 1463, 1480; Reg. Stillington (ibid. lii), 656. Bishopstone in the diocese of Salisbury 28 Sept. 1468 – 11 June 1472, Caddington Major in St. Paul’s, London June 1472-bef. 29 Nov. 1475. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, iii. 34; v. 24.

Rector of the church of St. Bartholomew the Less, London 21 May 1451–1466/7. Later known as St. Bartholomew by the Exchange: G. Hennessy, Novum Repertorium, 280; Cal. Wills Ct. Husting London ed. Sharpe, ii. 549.

Receiver of petitions, Gascon 1460, 1461. PROME, xii. 512; xiii. 9.

Warden of the hospital of St. Mary Ospringe, Kent 12 Nov. 1470–2 Dec. 1472. CPR, 1467–77, pp. 228, 274, 363.

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PEMBERTON, John (d.1478), of Southwark, Surr.
Main residence: Southwark, Surr.
Pembyrton, Penberton
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