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HARLESTON, John I (d.c.1428), of Wilton, Wilts.

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Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1419, 1420.

Steward of the guild merchant, Wilton Mich. 1410–11; mayor 1415–16. Viz. on 24 Sept. 1416: Dorset Hist. Centre, Weld of Lulworth Castle mss, D/WLC/T328. He was not mayor in June 1415: T327.

Alnager, Wilts. 8 Nov. 1415–21.

Main residence: Wilton, Wilts.
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HAREWELL, Roger (d.c.1435), of Wootton Wawen, Warws.

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s. and h. of John Harewell† (d.1428/9) of Wootton Wawen by his 3rd w. Margery, da. and coh. of Thomas Beaupyne† of Bristol. m. Agnes (d. 3 Nov. 1453), C139/153/23. da. and event. coh. of Sir William Clopton (d.1419) of Moor Hall, Warws., by Joan (fl.1432), da. and coh. of Alexander Besford† (d.c.1400) of Besford, Worcs., at least 2s. A ped. of 1569 assigns him 3s. and 2da., but this cannot be confirmed from surviving sources: Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 74.
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Main residence: Wootton Wawen, Warws.
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HARDYNG, William, of Beadnell and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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s. of Sampson Hardyng† (d.c.1427) of Beadnell by his 2nd w. Joan. m. by May 1428, Agnes, at least 1s. Arch. Aeliana, ser. 4, xi. 80; Feudal Aids, iv. 83.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Northumb. 1426, 1435, 1437, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1442, 1447, 1449 (Nov.).

Commr. of inquiry, Cumb., Northumb, Westmld., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York, bpric. of Durham Mar. 1432 (concealments), Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aug. 1434 (piracy), Nov. 1446 (complaint of master of Prussian ship), Dec. 1446 (concealments), Northumb. Sept. 1447 (murder of Henry Hall), Lincs., Norf., Northumb., Suff., Yorks., Bristol, Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sept. 1450 (vessels trading with Denmark without licence); gaol delivery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne June, Aug. 1443, July 1448 (q.), Oct. 1449 (q.), Jan., June 1452 (q.), July, Dec. 1454 (q.); C66/456, m. 25d; 466, m. 38d; 470, m. 10d; 474, m. 16d; 478, m. 13d; 479, m. 10d. weirs July 1454.

Sheriff, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mich. 1440–1; mayor 1441 – 42, 1444 – 45, 1446 – 48, 1449 – 50, 1452 – 53; alderman 1442–3. R. Welford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, i. 303, 305, 311, 314–15, 321, 328; Early Newcastle Deeds (Surtees Soc. cxxxvii), 162; C66/466, m. 38d; 470, m. 10d; JUST3/54/27.

Sheriff, Northumb. 4 Nov. 1445–6.

Main residences: Beadnell; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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HARDGILL, Thomas, of Stourton, Wilts. and Shaftesbury, Dorset.

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m. Philippa, 1da.
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Controller, customs and subsidies, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 24 Mar. – 11 June 1455.

Commr. of arrest, Dorset Apr. 1461.

Main residences: Stourton, Wilts.; Shaftesbury, Dorset.
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HARDENE, Richard (d.c.1434), of Harden and Great Bedwyn, Wilts.

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? s. of Robert Hardene (fl.1412) of Great Bedwyn.
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Clerk of the peace, Wilts. 1417–20. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties, 178.

Tax collector, Wilts. Dec. 1429.

Main residences: Harden; Great Bedwyn, Wilts.
Harden, Hardone
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HARDEGRAVE, Thomas, of ‘Hargrove’ in Stalbridge, Dorset and Church Speen, Berks. and Nursling, Hants.

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m. bef. 1462, Christine, da. and ?coh. of Edmund Forster of Southampton and Nursling, Genealogist, n.s. xxv. 162. 3da.
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Officer of the otter-hunt 18 Feb. 1445 – 8 Dec. 1484; jt. Dec. 1484–24 Sept. 1485. CPR, 1441–6, p. 321; 1461–7, p. 127; 1476–85, pp. 501–2; 1485–94, p. 23.

Main residences: ‘Hargrove’ in Stalbridge, Dorset; Church Speen, Berks.; Nursling, Hants.
Hardgrove, Hardegrove
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HARCOURT, Sir Robert (1410-70), of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon and Ellenhall, Staffs.

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b. Ellenhall 20 Sept. 1410, C139/56/52. s. and h. of Sir Thomas Harcourt (c.1377-1420) of Stanton Harcourt by Joan (fl.1460), CAD, vi. C6831-2, as Joan, wid. of Sir Robert Strelley (d.1438), her 2nd husband. Her 3rd husband, whom she m. bef. 1444, was a member of the Skeffington fam. of Leics.: CP40/732, rot. 473. da. of Sir Robert Francis† of Foremark, Derbys.; Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 214. er. bro. of Richard* and Sir William†; h. of his uncle Richard Harcourt (d.1453) of Saredon, Staffs. m. c. Oct. 1440, CPR, 1436-41, p. 470; C140/38/53. Margaret (d. 25 May 1486), da. of Sir John Byron*, wid. of John Barton of Middleton, Lancs. and Sir William Atherton (d.1440) of Atherton in Leigh, Lancs., 4s. All his sons died without male issue bef. 1505: CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 178. 2da.; 1s. illegit. This bastard son was called John, like Sir Robert’s legitimate heir. He was pardoned as ‘of Stanton Harcourt, Whitney and Swinbrook’ in 1482: CPR, 1476-85, p. 260. Kntd. by June 1437; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. iii. 136-7. KG by 22 Apr. 1463.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1432, Oxon. 1453.

Commr. to take assizes of novel disseisin, Oxon. May 1444, Berks. Apr. 1451, Oxon. July 1451, C66/458, m. 23d; 472, mm. 5d, 9d. of gaol delivery, Oxford castle, Wallingford castle, Reading Oct. 1450, Oxford castle Jan. 1451, Apr. 1452, Feb. 1455, Sept. 1460, Apr., Sept. 1461, Sept. 1464, Mar. 1467, Nov. 1468; C66/472, m. 18d; 474, m. 3d; 479, m. 10d; 492, m. 18d; 494, m. 25d; 508, m. 15d; 522, m. 13d. kiddles, river Thames from Abingdon to Windsor Apr. 1452; inquiry, Oxon. Sept. 1452 (escapes of prisoners), Apr. 1463 (breaches of statutes regarding the sale and purchase of wool); array, Berks., Oxon. Sept. 1457, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Herts., Oxon. May 1464; to assign archers, Oxon. Dec. 1457; of arrest, Derbys., Staffs. May 1461 (rebels), Berks. Apr., May 1463; to take into Edw. IV’s possession castles of Eccleshall and Stafford and seize goods of Hen. VI, Queen Margaret and Prince Edward May 1461; of oyer and terminer, Berks., Oxon. Apr. 1464.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 6 Nov. 1444 – 4 Nov. 1445; Oxon. and Berks. 4 Nov. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456.

J.p. Oxon. 8 Apr. 1446-Mar. 1452, The appointment of Sir Richard Harcourt on 17 Mar. 1447 (C66/463, m. 22d) would appear to have been a scribal error, for Richard was not knighted until much later. 1 May 1452 – Nov. 1458, 17 Aug. 1460 – d., Berks. 13 Feb. 1448 – June 1449, 1 May 1452 – Jan. 1454, 5 Mar. 1456 – Nov. 1458, 28 Feb. 1463 – d.

Steward, estates of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, in Oxon. by Mich. 1451, Oxon. RO, Dillon mss, II/b/10; HMC Var. i. 47–49. of Oxford university 11 Oct. 1466–d., Registrum Cancellarii Oxoniensis, ii (Oxf. Historical Soc. xciv), 210. duchy of Lancaster manors of Ascot and Deddington, Oxon. 8 Dec. 1468–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 631.

Constable of Wallingford castle c. Aug. 1460 – Aug. 1461.

Envoy to Louis XI of France 6 May-1 July 1467. C76/151, m. 17.

Main residences: Stanton Harcourt, Oxon; Ellenhall, Staffs.
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HARCOURT, Richard (aft. 1410-86), of Minster Lovell, Oxon and Wytham, Berks. and Ingham, Norf.

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b. aft. 1410, 2nd. s. of Sir Thomas Harcourt (c.1377-1420) of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. and Ellenhall, Staffs.; bro. of Sir Robert* and Sir William†. m. (1) by Mar. 1439, CIMisc. vii. 116. Edith (c.1425-aft.1462), 3rd. da. and coh. of Thomas St. Cler (1402-35) of Chalgrove, Oxon. by Margaret, sis. of Sir Thomas Hoo of Luton-Hoo, Beds. and aunt of Thomas Hoo I* and Thomas Hoo II*; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 205. wid. of John, s. of John Aston of Somerton, Oxon., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) inc. William†, In Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1914, p. 186, William is said to have been the s. of Richard’s 2nd w. Katherine, possibly on the basis of information given at an inquest of 1504: CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 1106. However, Katherine’s heirs in 1488 were her two das. by her former husband, Stapleton (ibid. i. 397), and William was b.c.1463, before Stapleton’s death. 2da.; (2) bef. Jan. 1468, Katherine (c.1416-14 Oct. 1488), CIPM Hen. VII, i. 397, 518, 1096-7. da. of Sir Thomas de la Pole (d.1420) of Grafton Regis, Northants. (a yr. s. of Michael, 1st earl of Suffolk), According to CP, vii. 64-65 he was the s. of the 2nd earl of Suffolk, but see G. Baker, Northants. ii. 161. Katherine’s mother was prob. Sir Thomas’s last wife, Anne. sis. and h. of Thomas de la Pole (d.1430), wid. of (Sir) Miles Stapleton*, CP, v. 397. 1da. Dist. Oxon. 1457/8, 1465; Kntd. 23 May 1465. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English ed. Stevenson, ii. [784]; Coronation Eliz. Wydevile ed. G. Smith, 7.
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Commr. to distribute tax allowances, Oxon. Aug. 1445, July 1446; of gaol delivery, Wallingford Nov. 1450, Oxford castle Jan. 1451, Sept. 1460, Dec. 1461, Wallingford castle Nov. 1456, June 1465, May 1485, Norwich castle Dec. 1471, Oxford castle Aug. 1478, Oct. 1481, May, Oct. 1484; C66/472, m. 20d; 490, m. 21d; 494, m. 11d; 513, m. 23d; 528, m. 20d; 543, m. 26d; 548, m. 2d; 555, m. 11d; 558, m. 8d; 559, m. 11d. to assign archers, Oxon. Dec. 1457; of arrest, Berks. Apr. 1463, Nov. 1466, Norf., Suff. Sept. 1469, Norf. Apr. 1472, Berks., Oxon. Nov. 1483; oyer and terminer Apr. 1464, Oxon. Apr. 1481, Berks., Essex, Herts., Kent, London, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss. Aug. 1483; inquiry, Oxon. Dec. 1464 (Hungerford estates), Norf. Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Oxon. May 1476 (Baynton estates), Berks., Oxon. Mar. 1478 (possessions of George, late duke of Clarence), Oxon. Dec. 1483 (treasons, insurrections), Bucks., Oxon. Mar. 1486 (riots); sewers, river Thames in Bucks., Oxon. July 1468; array, Oxon. Apr. 1471, Norf. Mar. 1472, Oxon. May, Dec. 1484; to survey the Thames and enforce statutes relating to weirs Dec. 1476, June 1478; assess alien subsidies, Oxon. Apr. 1483; seize possessions of the rebels Dec. 1483.

Steward of Swindon, Wilts. for the earls of Shrewsbury by 27 Apr. 1452–?Oct. 1483, KB9/267/88, 89. of Bampton, Oxon. and Shrivenham, Berks. for the same bef. Oct. 1473, for the Crown during minority 28 Oct. 1473–?d., of Broughton and Bloxham, Oxon. during the minority of his gds. Richard, Lord Saye, 30 May 1477–d.

J.p. Oxon. 5 July 1455-May 1459, The earlier listing of a Sir Richard Harcourt as a j.p. on 17 Mar. 1447 was probably a mistake for Sir Robert, as Richard was not knighted until much later: C66/463, m. 22d. 17 Aug. 1460 – Feb. 1468, 14 Nov. 1468 – May 1469, 3 Dec. 1473 – Sept. 1485, 12 Dec. 1485 – d., Norf. 12 Feb. 1469 – Dec. 1470, 20 June 1471 – Nov. 1475, Oxford 26 Aug. 1483 – ?85.

Parker, Cornbury park, Oxon. 14 Nov. 1460 – 8 Mar. 1475; jt. (with his s. William) 8 Mar. 1475 – 20 Sept. 1485.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 18 Nov. 1460 – 18 Dec. 1461, 5 Nov. 1466–7.

Bailiff of the liberties of Bp. Waynflete of Winchester, Oxon. and Berks. c.Mich. 1464-aft. Easter 1485. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/197, 200, 203, 206, 207 (formerly 155832, 155835, 15838, 155841–2); E368/238, rot. 6d; 258, rot. 4d.

Main residences: Minster Lovell, Oxon; Wytham, Berks.; Ingham, Norf.
Harcourte, Harecourt
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HANSARD, Sir Richard (c.1377-1428), of Walworth, Co. Dur and South Kelsey, Lincs.

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b. c. 1377, s. and h. of Sir Robert Hansard (d.1391) of Walworth and South Kelsey by his w. ?Margaret, da. of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe, Yorks. Test. Ebor. i (Surtees Soc. iv), 132n. m. by 1397, Joan (fl.1446), da. of John Aske (d.1397) of Ousethorpe, Yorks., 5s. 4da. Kntd. by Aug. 1402.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincs. 1416 (Mar.), 1427.

Commr. Lindsey Dec. 1399 – Mar. 1427.

J.p. Lindsey 5 Feb. 1406 – July 1420, 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 20 July 1424 – d.

Escheator, Lincs. 14 Dec. 1415 – 8 Dec. 1416.

Sheriff, Lincs. 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420.

Main residences: Walworth, Co. Dur; South Kelsey, Lincs.
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HANMERE, John, of Lewes, Suss.

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?Porter, Lewes castle by Nov. 1417 – ?

Bailiff, Lewes by Nov. 1447 – aft.Oct. 1448, by Nov. 1459. CAD, i. C493; Add. Chs. 30565, 30567.

Main residence: Lewes, Suss.
Hammere, Hanmer
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