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ESTHOPE, Edward (d.c.1480), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

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s. of Richard Esthope of Easthope, Salop. m. c.1465, Alice, da. and h. of Richard Forster of Shrewsbury, wid. of John Knight (d.1464/5) of Shrewsbury. CP40/820, rot. 67. Knight died between Apr. 1464, when he was still master of the drapers’s guild in Shrewsbury, and Mich. 1466, when his son Roger was elected bailiff: D.R. Walker, ‘Shrewsbury in the 15th Cent.’ (Univ. of Wales, Swansea Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 310; Salop Archs., Shrewsbury recs., assembly bk. 3365/67, f. 22.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Shrewsbury 1478.

King’s serjeant by 28 Jan. 1446 – bef.24 Nov. 1451; serjeant of the buttery by 24 Nov. 1451 – ?60.

Commr. of arrest, Salop Feb. 1457 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth). E159/233, commissiones Hil.

Auditor to hear the accts. of the bailiffs, Shrewsbury Mich. 1460–1; coroner 1463 – 64; bailiff 1466 – 67; alderman c.1468–d. Assembly bk. 3365/67, ff. 21–22, 68v-69.

Master of drapers’ guild, Shrewsbury by Easter 1479–d. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. liv. 90–91.

Main residence: Shrewsbury, Salop.
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ESTFIELD, William (d.1446), of London and Hunsdon, Herts.

Family and Education
yr. s. of William Estfield of Tickhill, Yorks. educ. app. mercer, London c.1401/2. Mercers’ Co. London, Biog. Index Cards. m. (1) Juliana (d.1438), Corp. London RO, jnl. 3, f. 178v. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) by Feb. 1439, Alice. Kntd. Kennington 24 May 1439. Historical Collns. Citizen London (Cam. Soc. ser. 2, xvii), 182.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, London 1423, 1426, 1427, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1437.

Warden, Mercers’ Co. London July 1417–18; master 1424 – 25, 1428 – 29, 1433 – 34, 1440–1. A.F. Sutton, Mercery, 536.

Collector of tunnage and poundage, London 28 Sept. 1420–12 Oct. 1429; CFR, xiv. 352, 380; xv. 27, 107, 174, 199, 279. of customs on wool 15 Nov. 1426–24 May 1427. CFR, xv. 151, 179.

Sheriff of London and Mdx. 21 Sept. 1422–3; alderman, Cripplegate Ward 6 Oct. 1423 – d.; auditor of London 21 Sept. 1427–9; mayor 13 Oct. 1429–30, 1437–8. Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 273; K, 1, 63, 79, 103, 219; jnl. 2, f. 9v; 3, f. 190v.

Commr. to hear an appeal from the ct. of the staple at Calais Feb. 1427, from the ct. of admiralty Oct. 1433, Oct. 1437, Jan. 1442, from the constable’s ct. May 1441; of kiddles, river Lea in Essex, Herts., Mdx. Dec. 1433, Apr. 1434; sewers, Essex Feb. 1439; to treat for loans, Herts. Mar., May, Aug. 1442; take musters, Dover July 1442.

Mayor of the staple of Westminster 7 July 1430–d. C267/8/36–41, 43; C241/232/22.

Envoy to Brittany Mar. 1433, Holland and Zeeland July 1441. Foedera ed. Rymer (orig. edn), x. 546, 848.

J.p. Herts. 16 May 1435 – July 1445.

Tax collector, London Jan. 1436.

Main residences: London; Hunsdon, Herts.
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ESTBURY, John, of Oxford.

Family and Education
m. c.1432, Agnes (fl.1461), niece of Richard Metford, bp. of Salisbury, and Walter Metford, dean of Wells, wid. of John Shawe† (d.1431) of Oxford, 1s. Surv. Oxf. i. (Oxf. Historical Soc. n.s. xiv), 35; Registrum Cancellarii Oxoniensis, i. (ibid. xciii), 130-1, 226; ii. (ibid. xciv), 363; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 349-50; Liber Albus Oxoniensis ed. Ellis, no. 208.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Oxford 1433.

Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1432–3. C219/14/4; CCR, 1429–35, p. 237.

Parlimentarian
Main residence: Oxford.
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ESSHING, Thomas, of Arundel, Suss.

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? s. of John Esshing† of Arundel.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Suss. 1450, Arundel 1459, 1460.

Mayor, Arundel Oct. 1454 – 55, 1468 – 69, 1475–6. Bodl. Chs. Suss. a. 2, no. 72; W. Suss. RO, Diocesan recs. Cap. I/15/1; Arundel Castle mss, ct. roll of honour of Arundel, M25.

Main residence: Arundel, Suss.
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ESSEX, William (d.1480), of London and Kensington, Mdx.

Family and Education
m. (1) by July 1454, Edith, C140/77/80. ?sis. of William Marowe*, 1s. 2da.; (2) prob. bef. May 1472, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Mille*. CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 743.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Mdx. 1478.

Jt. alnager (with John Hampton II*) Northants. and Rutland 19 July 1444 – 6 May 1452, 17 Nov. – 30 Dec. 1454, 4 Feb. 1456 – July 1461.

Clerk of the Exchequer by Feb. 1445 – Nov. 1450; King’s remembrancer Nov. 1450 – d.; under treasurer to Henry, earl of Essex, 27 Apr. 1478–d. PRO List, ‘Exchequer Offs.’, 44, 199.

Attorney for the duchy of Lancaster in the Exchequer 13 Feb. 1445–24 May 1451, R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 458; DL37/12, m. 1d; 13, m. 2d; E159/228, recorda Trin. rot. 2. for Queen Margaret 18 Nov. 1445-aft. Mich. 1453. E159/222, brevia Hil. rot. 2; A.R. Myers, Crown, Household and Parl. 194.

Master of the artillery, Calais 5 July 1445–17 Jan. 1451. E159/222, recorda Hil. rot. 2d; DKR, xlviii. 385.

Tronager and pesager, Poole 23 July 1448 – ?July 1449.

Controller of petty custom, London 30 Nov. 1448 – 1 Oct. 1449.

Commr. of inquiry, Kent Mar. 1452 (cost of works at Langley), Mdx. Oct. 1470 (felonies), Mar. 1478 (estates and goods of George, late duke of Clarence); to assign archers Dec. 1457; of gaol delivery, Guildford castle June 1474 (q.), Nov. 1477 (q.), Sept. 1479; C66/534, m. 23d; 541, m. 24d; 544, m. 18d. sewers, the Thames from the Tower to Stratford-le-Bow Oct. 1474; to survey the Thames and enforce statutes Dec. 1476, June 1478.

J.p.q. Mdx. 13 July 1454 – d., Surr. 15 Aug. 1479 – d.

Main residences: London; Kensington, Mdx.
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ERNELEY, William (d.1475), of Arundel, Suss.

Family and Education
prob. s. of William Erneley (d.c.1448), of Earnley in Sidlesham, Suss. and yr. bro. of John*. m. Margaret (d. 3 May 1473), 1s. C140/60/2, 3.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Suss. 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.).

Collector, customs and subsidies, Bristol 17 Oct. 1456–17 Mar. 1457. CFR, xix. 168. He accounted from 2 Nov.: E356/20, rot. 32.

Commr. of sewers, Suss. Feb. 1467; to take musters of the force under John Audley*, Lord Audley, Weymouth June 1475.

Main residence: Arundel, Suss.
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ERNELEY, John (d.c.1453), of Earnley in Sidlesham, Suss. and Yatesbury, Wilts.

Family and Education
s. and h. of William Erneley (d.c.1448), of Earnley by Isabel (d.?1426), da. and h. of Thomas Worfton of Broad Hinton, Wilts.; CP40/688, rot. 473. Isabel was a niece of William Worfton† (d.1408): The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 899-90. prob. bro. of William*. m. by 1442, Joan (fl.1465), ? da. and h. of Simon Best of Winterbourne Bassett by Agnes, da. of John Malwyn of Etchilhampton, Wilts., Wilts. Arch. Mag. ii. 270-1; Harl. 1443, f. 29v; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 657. 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1431, 1435.

Main residences: Earnley in Sidlesham, Suss.; Yatesbury, Wilts.
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ERLE, Robert (d.1451), of Burbage and Wolf Hall in Great Bedwyn, Wilts.

Family and Education
nephew of Sir William Sturmy*. Wilts. Hist. Centre, Marquis of Ailesbury mss, 1300/34 A and B. The names of his parents are not known, although he may have been related to John Erle, who possessed land in Rowden and Chippenham in 1402: Feudal Aids, v. 220. m. by Apr. 1414, Joan (d.?1465), Wilts. Hist. Centre, Savernake Estate mss, 9/6/56, 57; CFR, xx. 144. wid. of — Shipward alias Barstaple of Bristol, at least 1s. John*. Bristol Wills (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. 1886), 141-2; CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 523. Dist. Wilts. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1413 (May), 1414 (Nov.), 1422, 1432, 1433, 1435.

Commr. to levy a subsidy, Wilts. Apr. 1428.

Main residences: Burbage; Wolf Hall in Great Bedwyn, Wilts.
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ERLE, John (d.c.1452), of Burbage, Wilts.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Robert Erle*. m. by 1439, Margaret, da. of William Ludlow II*, 1s. Richard†, 1da.
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? Coroner, abbot of Reading’s liberty, Reading, Berks. by Jan.-14 Nov. 1441. CPR, 1436–41, p. 495; CCR, 1441–7, pp. 1–2.

Main residence: Burbage, Wilts.
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