Commons 1422-1461

Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1447.

Commr. to treat for loans, Kent Sept. 1449; of sewers Feb. 1450; array Apr. 1450, Feb. 1452, July 1454, Aug. 1456, Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459, Jan., Feb. 1460, Canterbury Feb. 1460; inquiry, Suss. Feb. 1451 (piracy), Kent Apr. 1453 (robbery), Feb. 1454 (offences of Robert Colynson), Feb. 1454 (concealments), Nov. 1454 (offences by the escheator), E159/231, recorda, Mich. rot. 46. Dec. 1454 (felonies); to set watches May 1457; assign archers Dec. 1457; take musters May 1460; of arrest, Kent, London, Som. Oct. 1460.

J.p. Kent 24 Dec. 1450 – 10 May 1458, 17 Nov. 1460 – d.

Sheriff, Kent 8 Nov. 1451 – 8 Nov. 1452.

Dep. butler to (Sir) John Wenlock*, Chichester 12 Dec. 1460–d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 637.

Rent collector, Wells Mich. 1432–3; constable of the peace 1434 – 38; auditor 1437 – 38, 1443 – 44, 1460 – 61, 1464 – 65, 1467 – 68; member of the council of 24, 24 Sept. 1444 – d.; jt. supervisor of the new almshouse 2 Nov. 1452 – aft.Feb. 1460; master Mich. 1465–6. Som. Archs., Wells recs., convocation act bks. 1378–1450, pp. 280, 285, 288, 292, 294, 295, 310, 314; 1450–1553, pp. 7, 31, 33, 50, 54, 65.

Bp. of Bath and Wells’s bailiff, Wells by Dec. 1451-bef. 1 Oct. 1458. KB9/105/2/228; CPR, 1446–52, p. 517; Reg. Bekynton, i (Som. Rec. Soc. xlix), 1162.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Bridport 1425, 1429, 1431, 1435.

Cofferer, Bridport Mich. 1422–3, 1429 – 30, 1431–2; Dorset Hist. Centre, Bridport bor. recs., ‘Domesday Bk.’, DC/BTB/M11, ff. 94, 113, 114, 117. bailiff 1430 – 31, 1436 – 37, 1438 – 39, 1443–4; Ibid. ff. 127, 132, 144; Bridport deeds, DC/BTB/S117; CAD, i. C14; ii. C2397; vi. C3879, 4605. constable 1441 – 42, 1444–5. Bridport ‘Domesday Bk.’, ff. 134, 143.

Warden of the fraternity of St. Katherine in St. Mary’s church, Bridport Dec. 1428–9, 1436 – 37, fraternity of the two torches Easter 1431–2. Bridport bor. recs., fraternities, DC/BTB/CD16, 22.

Tax collector, Dorset Jan. 1436, Mar. 1442.

Member of the council of 24, Salisbury by Dec. 1434-Sept. 1467; First General Entry Bk. Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), no. 300; ledger bk. 2, f. 82v. constable 21 Apr. 1441–2; First General Entry Bk. no. 362. mayor 2 Nov. 1443–4; Ibid. 387; C241/229/16, 26; R. Benson and H. Hatcher, Old and New Sarum, 695–6. auditor 30 Oct. 1447, 19 Oct. 1454, 26 Oct. 1459, 10 Sept. 1466, 23 Sept. 1467; First General Entry Bk. no. 414; ledger bk. 2, ff. 9v, 37v, 80, 82v. dep. mayor Mar. 1461. Ledger bk. 2, f. 49v.

Commr. of arrest, Salisbury Dec. 1460 (felons, insurgents).

?Tax collector, Salisbury Nov. 1463. CFR, xx. 112, called Thomas Hore, probably in error: see ledger bk. 2, f. 72.

Constable of the staple, Chichester Mich. 1412 – 14 Oct. 1413, 21 Nov. 1415 – 28 Oct. 1420; mayor 28 Oct. 1420 – Nov. 1425, Sept. 1426–d. Changes to dates given in the earlier biography are based on information in C241/215/4; 221/24; 224/19; 225/89; 228/4, 35; 229/12; 230/16, 113; 231/7; 233/9; C67/24, 25.

Mayor, Chichester Mich. 1422–3, 1427 – 29, 1432 – 33, 1436 – 37, 1439 – 40, 1444 – 45, 1446 – d.

Commr. Suss. June 1431.

?Tax collector, Suss. Apr. 1440, June 1445, July 1446.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Hunts. 1417, Cambs. 1423, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1433.

Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 6 Nov. 1424 – 24 Jan. 1426.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 15 Jan. – 12 Dec. 1426.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambs. 1429, 1435, 1447.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Cambs. May 1437; of inquiry, Cambs., Hunts. Jan. 1439 (forestallers and regrators of corn).

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439.

Attestor, parlty. election, Salop 1423.

Assessor, Shrewsbury Sept. 1410–11; bailiff 1411 – 12, 1418 – 19, 1427 – 28, 1431 – 32; coroner 1412 – 13.

Escheator, Salop and adjacent march 14 Dec. 1415 – 8 Dec. 1416, 16 Nov. 1420 – 13 Nov. 1423.

Steward of Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns, Salop by 19 June 1421 – bef.18 Jan. 1422, of Melverley and Kinnerley, Salop by 24 Oct. 1421-bef. 20 June 1422, These three manors were in royal hands due to the minority of John Arundel, heir male to the earl of Arundel, and our MP was serving as steward in his capacity as escheator: Salop Archs., deeds 6000/7132, 7355. of the lordship of Wigmore, Herefs. by Mich. 1424–? He was probably appointed to the stewardship when the lordship, along with other Mortimer lands, was in royal hands for the discharge of the fine of 10,000 marks imposed on Edmund Mortimer, earl of March (d.1425), by Hen. V for his unlicensed marriage: SC6/1113/1, m. 4.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Salop 1449 (Feb.), 1453.

Bailiff, Bridgnorth Sept. 1444–5, 1450 – 51, 1453 – 54, 1456 – 57, ?1459 – 60, 1462 – 63, 1464 – 66, 1469 – 70, 1473 – 74, 1476–7. These dates are from the list of the borough’s bailiffs in the contemporary ct. leet bk.: Salop Archs., Bridgnorth bor. recs. BB/F//1/1/1, ff. 55–60. This list, however, although generally reliable, is not free from occasional confused dating, and it may be that Horde was bailiff in 1460–1 rather than 1459–60: ibid. f. 5v.

J.p.q. Salop by 25 July 1447-Sept. 1460, He is known to have sat as a j.p. on 25 July 1447, and yet his name does not appear on an enrolled comm. until the following May (the first Salop comm. to be enrolled since July 1445): Salop Archs., Shrewsbury recs., assembly bk. 3365/67, f. 87. 13 July 1461–71, 8 Nov. 1473 – Dec. 1483, 17 Nov. 1485 – Sept. 1496, 24 Dec. 1497 – d.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Bridgnorth Oct. 1447 (q.), Shrewsbury castle and town Feb. 1450, Shrewsbury castle Feb. 1451 (q.), Oct. 1452 (q.), July 1455 (q.), Oct. 1458 (q.), Oct. 1462 (q.), Shrewsbury town Dec. 1466, Stafford castle Oct. 1468, Shrewsbury castle Oct. 1474, Bridgnorth Oct. 1482, Shrewsbury castle Apr. 1485; C66/465, m. 26d; 470, m. 3d; 472, m. 18d; 476, m. 22d; 486, m. 20d; 500, m. 22d; 516, m. 11d; 521, m. 4d; 534, m. 20d; 549, m. 4d; 559, m. 16d. to assess subsidy, Salop Aug. 1450; of inquiry June 1453 (treasons etc.), Mar. 1454 (concealments), Salop, Staffs., Worcs. June 1458 (murders etc.), Salop, Shrewsbury May 1459 (riots and escapes of prisoners), Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Oct. 1459 (treasons etc.), Oct. 1470 (murders etc.), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Sept. 1491 (lands of Margaret, wid. of Richard Walwyn); C142/7/48. to assign archers, Salop Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, Feb. 1474, May, Dec. 1484; oyer and terminer, Wales and the marches Feb., Mar. 1460, N. Wales Aug. 1467, Salop Oct. 1470, Berks., Glos., Herefs., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Feb. 1495; to distribute allowance on tax, Salop June 1468; assess subsidy on aliens Apr., Aug. 1483, Jan. 1488; of arrest July 1484.

Escheator, Salop and the marches 13 Nov. 1452 – 3 Dec. 1453, 5 Nov. 1479–80.

Sheriff, Salop 17 Nov. 1456 – 7 Nov. 1457, 6 Nov. 1470 – 11 Apr. 1471, 6 Nov. 1483 – 5 Nov. 1484, 4 Nov. 1487–8.

Steward of Francis, Viscount Lovell, for the manor of Condover, Salop, by 3 June 1483–? Salop Archs., deeds 6000/9073.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Salop 1413 (May), 1415, 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1437, 1442, 1447.

Bailiff, Bridgnorth Sept. 1413–16, 1417 – 18, 1420 – 21, 1427 – 28, 1432 – 33, 1437 – 39, 1440 – 41, 1442 – 43, 1445 – 46, 1447–9, For his terms as bailiff not cited in the earlier biography: NLW, Pitchford Hall mss, 446, 1403; Salop Archs., Bridgnorth bor. recs., ct. leet bk. BB/F/1/1/1, f. 55. Shrewsbury 1429 – 30, 1435 – 36.

Escheator, Salop and the adjacent marches of Wales 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420.

Commr. Salop Dec. 1419 – June 1440; of gaol delivery, Shrewsbury castle Feb., Oct. 1445. C66/459, m. 11d; 461, m. 36d.

Verderer, Morfe forest bef. May 1451.