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HORDE, John, of Shrewsbury.

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s. and h. of William Horde* by his 1st w. m. (1) between Oct. 1457 and Mich. 1460, Ellen; CP40/799, rot. 491d. (2) Elizabeth (d.c.1494). CP40/919, rot. 31d; 931, rot. 57d.
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?Attestor, parlty. election, Salop 1472. The attestor may have been his kinsman of Bridgnorth.

Bailiff, Shrewsbury Sept. 1449–50, 1456 – 57, 1477 – 78, 1482 – 83, 1486 – 87; alderman c. 1462 – d.; auditor 1466 – 67, 1476 – 77, 1480 – 82, 1485 – 86, 1487–8. Salop Archs., Shrewsbury recs., assembly bk. 3365/67, ff. 18v, 20, 22, 25–27, 78, 96, 104v.

Feodary and bailiff of the royal honour of Wallingford 20 June 1461-bef. 6 Feb. 1465. CPR, 1461–7, pp. 18, 387.

Commr. of arrest, honour of Wallingford, Apr. 1462; The patent roll names the commr. as William Horde, bailiff of this honour: C66/499, m. 21d. The grant of the office to John, as ‘of Shrewsbury’, in June 1461 suggests that this is an error: CPR, 1461–7, p. 18. ?sewers, Salop Feb. 1473; This may equally have been his namesake of Bridgnorth; CPR, 1467–77, p. 354. gaol delivery, Shrewsbury castle Apr. 1485. C66/559, m. 16d.

Escheator, Salop and march of Wales 5 Nov. 1467–8.

Steward of the household of John, Lord Strange of Knockin, by Nov. 1467 – ?

Main residence: Shrewsbury.
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HOPWODE, James, of Hopwood, Lancs. and Islingham, Kent and London.

Family and Education
yr. s. of Geoffrey Hopwode (d.c.1421) of Hopwood, Lancs. RO, Hopwood of Hopwood mss, DDHp 14/1b, 17/1. by Joan, sis. of Thomas Langley, bp. of Durham (d.1437). m. (1) bef. Nov. 1421, Joan, da. and h. of John Rickhill*, CP40/778, rot. 338; 783, rot. 658d. div. Nov. 1431; (2) 3s. Hopwood mss, DDHp 14/2d.
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Lt. and commissary general of Thomas, duke of Exeter, admiral of Eng. bef. June 1426, of John, earl of Huntingdon and duke of Exeter, admiral bef. 26 Mar. 1443 – bef.May 1447, of Edmund, duke of Somerset, constable of Eng. by 20 July 1451. CPR, 1422–9, p. 343; 1441–6, p. 162; 1446–52, pp. 63, 388, 466.

Commr. of inquiry, London Aug. 1450 (removal of arms and armour from the Tower); oyer and terminer Mar. 1458; arrest, Derbys., Notts., Yorks. Feb. 1462.

J.p.q. Derbys. 2 Mar. 1463–?d.

Main residences: Hopwood, Lancs.; Islingham, Kent; London.
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HOPTON, Sir Robert (d.1447), of Wortley, Yorks.

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prob. s. and h. of Robert Hopton (?fl.1407) of Wortley. m. 1s. Dist. 1430; Kntd. by Jan. 1433.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Yorks. 1435.

Commr. to distribute a tax allowance, Yorks. Dec. 1433, Feb. 1434; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; of array, W. Riding July 1434.

Main residence: Wortley, Yorks.
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HOPTON, Robert, of Suff.

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yr. s. of Thomas Hopton (d. by 1427) of Ackworth, Yorks. by Margaret, da. and coh. of William Pert of Tiverington, Yorks.; yr. bro. of John Hopton (d.1478) of Swillington, Yorks. and Blythburgh, Suff. C.F. Richmond, John Hopton, pp. xviii, 100. m. by 1464-5, – wid. of Richard Skylman of Southwold, Suff. Ibid. 150-2.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Suff. 1453.

Commr. of arrest, Suff. Nov. 1470; array May 1472.

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HOO, Thomas II (d.1486), of Roffey in Horsham, Suss.

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yr. s. of Sir Thomas Hoo (d.1420) of Luton Hoo, Beds. and Wartling, Suss. by his 2nd w. Elizabeth (d.1465), da. of Sir William Etchingham of Etchingham, Suss. and Alice, da. and coh. of William Battisford of Benenden, Kent; CP, vi. 567; Suss. Arch. Collns. viii. 110; Archaeologia Cantiana, xxviii. 199, 228, 230-1. yr. half-bro. of Thomas Hoo I* and stepson of Sir Thomas Lewknor*. educ. M. Temple. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xviii), i. 120. m. (1) bef. 1447, Alice, da. and h. of Walter Urry*; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 692-3. (2) Alice (fl.1491), s.p. Dist. 1465.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Suss. 1453.

Commr. to hold assize of novel disseisin, Suss. July 1446; C66/462, m. 5d. of inquiry Mar. 1448 (smuggling), Apr. 1451 (capture of a Portuguese vessel and theft of its cargo at Winchelsea), May 1451 (treasons and felonies), Kent Jan. 1454 (assisted escape of a prisoner), Suss. Dec. 1456 (smuggling), Feb. 1457 (escapes from bp. of Chichester’s prison), July 1457 (admiralty jurisdiction in estates of bp. of Chichester), May 1458 (homicide), Surr., Suss. Sept. 1462 (lands of John, 3rd duke of Norfolk), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); to assess tax allowances, Suss. Aug. 1449; treat for loans Sept. 1449, Surr., Suss. Dec. 1452, May 1455; PPC, vi. 240. assess tax on incomes from land, Suss. Aug. 1450; find contributors for cost of an army to relieve Calais, Surr., Suss. Jan. 1452; of arrest, Kent, Surr., Suss. Dec. 1452, Suss. Aug. 1453; gaol delivery, Maidstone July 1453 (q.), Guildford Dec. 1453 (q.), May 1456 (q.), Aug. 1470, Guildford castle Feb. 1474 (q.), July 1481 (q.), Apr. 1482 (q.), Dec. 1484 (q.); C66/477, m. 36d; 478, m. 21d; 481, m. 13d; 526, m. 6d; 532, m. 12d; 548, m. 6d; 549, m. 23d; 558, m. 21d. array, Suss. May 1454, Aug. 1456, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459, Jan. 1460, Feb. 1470, Mar. 1472, May, Dec. 1484; sewers May, Sept. 1455, May 1456, Nov. 1457; to assign archers Dec. 1457, watches for coastal defence Feb. 1458; levy money for coastal defence July 1462.

J.p. Suss. 7 Aug. 1448 (q.)-Oct. 1450, 14 Oct. 1450 – Nov. 1451, 16 Nov. 1451 (q.)-Nov. 1458, 16 Feb. 1468 (q.)-Nov. 1470, 20 June 1471 (q.)-Nov. 1474, 24 Nov. 1474–5, 23 June 1477 (q.)-Nov. 1478, 22 Nov. 1478 – May 1479, 26 May 1479 (q.)-Sept. 1485, 2 Oct. 1486 – d.

Steward of the estates of Sir John Pelham in Suss. by Sept. 1447-aft. 1455; Suss. Arch. Collns. lvi. 123; Ct. Rolls Rape of Hastings (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), pp. xxxviii, xxxix. jt. (with John Goring†) of the estates of Bp. Kemp of London in Surr. and Suss. 12 May 1460-aft. Dec. 1478. SC6/1140/25–27.

Steward for the 3rd and 4th dukes of Norfolk at Bosham, Suss. by Mich. 1453-aft. 1481, barony of Lewes by Mich. 1457-aft. 1481, Bramber and Lewes, Suss. and in Surr. by 1472-aft. 1479; W. Suss. RO, Bosham Acc. 939/II/A19–21; L.E. Moye, ‘Estates and Finances of the Mowbray Fam.’ (Duke Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), 437, 439, 441; KB145/7/21; Arundel Castle mss, A1871; Recs. Rape of Lewes (Suss. Rec. Soc. xliv), 67. constable of Framlingham castle, Suff., and treasurer of the household of the 4th duke prob. by Sept. 1462-aft. June 1466; R. Loder, Hist. Framlingham, 397; Howard Household Bks. ed. Crawford, i. 149, 151, 165–6, 452; Moye, 424; C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: Endings, 135n; Norf. RO, Phillips mss, Phi/606/1–8. master forester of St. Leonard’s forest, Grinstead by 1472 – 26 June 1475, jt. with Sir Henry Roos† 26 June 1475-aft. 1479; Moye, 440; DL29/454/7312, 7313; VCH Suss. vi (3), 25. bailiff for the 4th duke, Surr., Suss. at Easter 1474, of rape of Lewes Easter 1475. E368/247, rot. 2d; KB27/855, fines rot. 1d.

Main residence: Roffey in Horsham, Suss.
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HOO, Thomas I (d.1455), of Luton Hoo, Beds. and Wartling, Suss. and Ockley, Surr. and Mulbarton, Norf.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Thomas Hoo (d.1420) of Luton Hoo and Wartling by his 1st w. Eleanor (fl.1415), yr. da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Felton, KG, of Litcham, Norf., and wid. of Sir Robert Ufford of Wrentham, Suff.; er. half-bro. of Thomas II*. m. (1) bef. July 1428, Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Wychingham of Witchingham, Norf., C139/156/11. 1da.; (2) bef. Nov. 1445, Eleanor (d.c.1475), da. of Leo, Lord Welles, CP25(1)/293/71/308. by his 1st w., CP, xii (2), 444-5. 3da. Kntd. by Jan. 1436; KG nom. 11 July, inst. 16 Aug. 1445; cr. Lord Hoo and Hastings 2 June 1448; CPR, 1446-52, p. 165. summ. 2 Jan. 1449 – 20 Jan. 1453.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Norf. 1432.

Commr. of array, Surr., Suss. Apr. 1418, Suss. June 1421; to treat for loans, Norf., Suff. Mar. 1431; take musters May 1442 (force under the earl of Shrewsbury).

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 10 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430.

Steward of the estates of William de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, Costessey, Norf. by Mich. 1431-aft. Mich. 1432. C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: First Phase, 239 (citing Staffs. RO, Stafford fam. mss, D641/3, pkt. 5).

J.p. Norf. 12 Oct. 1431 – Nov. 1432.

Lt. Gisors c. Jan. – Oct. 1436; capt. 18 Oct. 1436–10 Nov. 1437. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of the English ed. Stevenson, ii. 282–5.

Capt. and bailli, Mantes 13 Jan. 1438-c. Sept. 1441, 22 Dec. 1442–26 Aug. 1449, Ibid. i. 460; ii (2), [621]; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, pièces originales 1533/Hoo 2; Add. Chs. 581, 1189, 1478, 3892, 3989, 11975, 12163, 12283, 12291. Verneuil, 29 Sept. 1441-aft. June 1446, Add. Chs. 1203, 12141, 12285. ?Chateau Gaillard 1449. Wars of the English, ii (2), [629].

Master of the household of Richard, duke of York, as lt.-general and governor of France and Normandy by 20 Jan.-aft. July 1442. Add. Chs. 463, 467.

Ambassador to treat for peace with France 9 Sept. 1442, 22 Feb. – 27 June 1444, regarding Hen. VI’s marriage 22 Aug. 1444–11 Apr. 1445. Foedera ed. Rymer (Orig. edn.), xi. 13–14; E364/77, m. N; E404/62/204.

Chancellor in France and Normandy by 19 Dec. 1444 Wars of the English, ii. 360; Add. Ch. 3989. The precise date of his appointment is hard to determine. F. Duchesne, Hist. des Chanceliers et Gardes des Sceaux de France, 448–9, lists him as keeper of the seals 1 Oct. 1435 and chancellor of France 5 Dec. 1436–7 Oct. 1449, but in E403/727, m. 7 (July 1437) the abp. of Rouen is named as chancellor, and Suss. Arch. Collns. viii. 112 shows the abp. still in office 9 Sept. 1442.-1 Oct. 1449. DKR, xlviii. 368, 373; Wars of the English, i. 198–201; Add. Chs. 12283, 12291, 12660.

Main residences: Luton Hoo, Beds.; Wartling, Suss.; Ockley, Surr.; Mulbarton, Norf.
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