ELKYNGTON, Simon, of Grimsby, Lincs.
Bailiff, Grimsby Oct. 1414–15; mayor’s councillor 1423 – 25, 1434 – 35, 1441 – 42; auditor 1423 – 24, 1431 – 32, 1434 – 35, 1442 – 43; mayor 1429 – 30, 1440 – 41; coroner 1434 – 35, 1441–2.
Bailiff, Grimsby Oct. 1414–15; mayor’s councillor 1423 – 25, 1434 – 35, 1441 – 42; auditor 1423 – 24, 1431 – 32, 1434 – 35, 1442 – 43; mayor 1429 – 30, 1440 – 41; coroner 1434 – 35, 1441–2.
Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1431, 1453, Gloucester 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1455.
Bailiff, Gloucester Mich. 1441–2, 1448 – 49, 1453 – 54, 1455–6.
Commr. of inquiry, ?Winchelsea Feb. 1451 (plunder of Dutch ships contrary to truce), Kingston-upon-Hull May 1453 (piracy), Feb. 1463 (goods of John Routhe), Yorks. Feb. 1473 (petition of Sir William Ryther), Yorks (E. Riding) Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), June 1477 (incursions of the Scots), Yorks. Mar., Apr. 1478 (lands late of George, duke of Clarence); sewers, Kingston-upon-Hull Nov. 1454, Yorks (E. Riding) Nov. 1458, Aug. 1464, Feb. 1473, June 1486; to assign archers, Yorks. Dec. 1457; of gaol delivery, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1459 (q.), June 1461 (q.), Feb. 1466 (q.), June 1468 (q.), Feb. 1478 (q.), Beverley June 1461 (q.), July 1472, Dec. 1473, York castle Mar. 1482 (q.);
Governor, L. Inn Mich. 1452–3.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Kingston-upon-Hull 6 Apr. 1453–31 Dec. 1458.
J.p.q. Yorks (E. Riding) 11 July 1454 – 24 Nov. 1458, 1 June 1459 – d., Beverley and Ripon July 1458, July 1461.
Steward of Beverley for William Booth, abp. of York by Sept. 1457; for George Neville, abp. of York 28 Sept. 1465–?1476.
Sheriff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1458–9; recorder by 27 Sept. 1459 – d.; alderman by 5 May 1461–?d.
Parlty. cttee. investigating corruption at the Mint May 1468.
Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1437.
Sheriff, Staffs. 5 Nov. 1432–3.
Commr. of inquiry, Salop July 1431, Salop, Staffs. Nov. 1431 (lands of Richard Peshale); to distribute allowance on tax, Staffs. Mar. 1442; of arrest, Cheshire Oct. 1445.
Attestor, parlty. elections, ?Wilts. 1429, 1442, Glos. 1433, 1435, 1442.
J.p.q. Glos. 28 May 1435 – Nov. 1439, 8 Feb. 1441 – d.
Steward for duchy of Lancaster of estates in Wilts., Dorset and Glos. that once belonged to earldoms of Hereford, Essex and Northampton 18 Mar. 1437–?d.;
Commr. of gaol delivery, Gloucester castle Aug., Oct. 1438 (q.), Gloucester Nov. 1441, Gloucester castle Mar. 1442, Mar. 1446 (q.), July 1449 (q.), Gloucester and castle Oct. 1450 (q.), Gloucester castle Mar. 1451 (q.), Feb. 1453 (q.), Cheltenham, Slaughter, Glos. June 1454 (q.), July 1456 (q.);
Steward, Arlingham, Glos. for daughters and coheirs of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, and their husbands by 1446.
Bailiff, Northampton Sept. 1447–8.
Attestor, parlty. elections, Grimsby 1459, 1463, [1483 (June)], 1484, 1485, 1487.
Chamberlain, Grimsby Oct. 1445–6; bailiff 1447 – 48; auditor 1449 – 50, 1453 – 54, 1464 – 66, 1468 – 69, 1478 – 79, 1480 – 81; tax assessor Oct. 1453; mayor Oct. 1454–5, 1461 – 63, 1471 – 73; coroner Oct. 1457–61, 1464 – 65, 1467 – 69, 1473 – 74, 1476 – 77, 1479 – 84, 1485 – 86, 1487 – 88, 1491 – 92; mayor’s councillor 1464 – 65, 1468 – 69, Dec. 1475-Oct. 1476.
Searcher of ships, Kingston-upon-Hull 10 Aug.-16 Nov. 1461;
Bp. of Bath and Wells’s bailiff, Wells 1 Oct. 1458-aft. 1467; bailiff of the bp.’s liberty in Som. 3 Nov. 1464–d.
Bailiff of the abbot of Glastonbury’s liberty in Som. and Dorset, c.1469–70.
Member of the council of 24, Wells, Sept. 1467 – d.; constable of the peace Mich. 1467–8; auditor 1467 – 68, 1475 – 76, 1478–9.