Commons 1422-1461

Attestor, parlty. election, Herefs. 1433.

Steward, Richard, duke of York’s Welsh lordships 7 Apr. 1435–?d.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Herefs. Jan. 1436, Apr. 1440; of gaol delivery, Hereford Sept. 1438; C66/443, m. 39d. to treat for premature payment of taxes, Herefs. Feb. 1441; of inquiry (month unknown) 1445 (lands of John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope), Feb. 1448 (wastes on the estates of Reading abbey at Leominster), Apr. 1451 (value of the lordship of Pembroke etc.), Feb. 1453 (liability of the prior of Brechin and others to the clerical tenth), E159/229, commissiones Hil. Dec. 1453 (escapes of prisoners), CIMisc. viii. 230. Glos. Feb. 1455 (concealments and deceptions committed by John Cassy*); to treat for loans, Herefs. June 1446; distrain the collectors of a fifteenth and tenth and produce them in the Exchequer Apr. 1452; E159/228, commissiones Easter. of array Sept. 1457; to assign archers Dec. 1457.

J.p. Herefs. 28 Jan. 1441-bef. Feb. 1451, No comm. of the peace was enrolled for Herefs. between Feb. 1443 and Feb. 1451, and there can be no doubt that one or more has escaped enrolment. Devereux was probably removed during his absence in France in the mid 1440s. 19 Feb. 1455 – Nov. 1456, 15 Nov. – Dec. 1457, Glos. 14 Aug. 1455 – d.

Capt. of Arques 18 Aug. 1442 – 17 Sept. 1443, 6 Jan. 1445 – 1 Jan. 1447; Vernon, c. 1445; bailli of Caux by 22 Sept. 1445–? A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), app. pp. xlvii, cxlviii; Longleat House, Wilts. Devereux pprs. DE/I/7; C1/22/172.

Sheriff, Herefs. 9 Nov. 1447–8, Glos. 4 Nov. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456.

Jt. warden (with John Norris*), estates of Reading abbey at Leominster, Herefs. 12 Feb. 1448 – ?; warden, bp. of Hereford’s chace at Malvern, Worcs. 17 May 1458–?d.

Constable and porter, Richard, duke of York’s castle at Wigmore, Herefs. by d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 586.

Steward of the household of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, c. 1430, treasurer by July 1437 – ?39.

Dep. sheriff, Worcs. by appointment of the earl of Warwick Mich. 1434–5. PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 158.

Commr. of array, Suss. Feb. 1437, Mar. 1443, Mar. 1452, Apr., May 1454, Aug. 1456, Aug. 1457, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459, Mar. 1472; to distribute tax allowances May 1437; of sewers Dec. 1443, Sept. 1455; to take musters, Winchelsea June 1449; assess tax, Suss. Aug. 1450, July 1463; of inquiry May 1451 (treasons and felonies), May 1458 (homicide), Oct. 1470 (felonies), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); to assess contributors for an army to relieve Calais, Surr., Suss. Feb. 1452; assign archers, Suss. Dec. 1457; set coastal watches Feb. 1458; of arrest July 1460; to levy money to pay for coastal defence July 1462; of oyer and terminer, Surr., Suss. June 1465, Suss. Oct. 1470.

J.p. Suss. 20 Mar. 1439 – July 1440, 12 Feb. 1441 – Nov. 1458, 1 Sept. 1460 – July 1461, 14 May 1462 – Nov. 1470, 20 June 1471 – d.

Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 5 Nov. 1453 – 4 Nov. 1454.

Attestor, parlty. election, Westmld. 1429.

Forester, upper ward of Inglewood forest, Cumb. 22 Feb. 1438 – Nov. 1459.

Porter, duchy of Lancaster castle of Pontefract, Yorks. by 9 Feb. 1440–? DL42/18, f. 135v; DL37/26/15.

King’s serjeant-at-arms, 25 May 1447 – Nov. 1459, ? Mar. 1461 – d.

Commr. to rescue a ship and its merchandise driven on to the Norf. coast Jan. 1455.

Bailiff, Northampton Sept. 1433–4; mayor 1444–5. Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 550, 556.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Devon 1453, 1455.

Commr. of array, Devon June 1454; to requisition ships and conscript men, east Devon July 1461.

Sheriff, Devon 5 Nov. 1466–7.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Suff. 1414 (Nov.), 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1423, 1427, 1433, 1449 (Feb.), 1453, 1459, Ipswich 1449 (Nov.), 1461. KB145/7/1.

J.p. Ipswich 16 Feb. 1428 – aft.Nov. 1440.

Portman, Ipswich by 1429; N. R. Amor, Late Med. Ipswich, 246. treasurer Sept. 1431–2; bailiff 1433 – 34, 1439 – 40, 1442 – 43, 1445 – 46, 1449 – 50, 1454 – 55, 1457 – 58, 1460 – 61, 1463 – d.; claviger 1433 – 34; justice 1448 – 53, 1454 – 63; escheator 1449 – 50, 1454 – 55, 1460 – 61, 1463–d. N. Bacon, Annalles of Ipswiche ed. Richardson, 95–96, 100–1, 103, 106–9, 112–13, 115–21.

Attorney for Ipswich by 1446–?d. Suff. RO (Ipswich), Ipswich recs., chamberlains’ acct., 1446–7, C/3/3/1/1.

Under sheriff, Suff. 1447–8. KB27/746, rot. 80.

Commr. of inquiry, Suff. Aug. 1449 (uncustomed merchandise), Suff., Ipswich, Feb. 1451 (treasons and felonies of William Dalton).

Attestor, parlty. elections, Devon 1467, 1472.

Hereditary bailiff in fee of the hundred of Lesnewth, Cornw. Mich. 1422–d. SC6/814/22; 816/4, 6, 8; 820/11–14; 821/3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11; 822/1–3; SC6/HenVII/1079, 1080; Cornw. RO, Arundell mss, AR2/719, rot. 7d.

Commr. of inquiry, Devon Dec. 1456 (concealments), E159/233, commissiones Mich. rot. 1. Oxon., Berks., Som., Dorset, Hants, Wilts., Mdx., Devon June 1459, Devon, Som. Aug. 1463, Som. Mar., Dec. 1464 (Hungerford estates), Berks., Som., Cornw., Devon Aug. 1467 (Ormond estates), Cornw. Nov. 1467 (lands of John Arundell of Trerice), Cornw., Devon Mar. 1468 (Wynard estates), Apr. 1468 (piracy), Devon Oct. 1468 (highway at Wolcombe), Oct. 1470 (felonies), Cornw., Devon July 1473 (concealments), Devon Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Cornw., Devon Mar., Apr. 1478 (estates of the duke of Clarence), Cornw., Devon, Som., Dorset Sept. 1479 (estates of Lord Fitzwaryn), Devon, Som. June 1483 (piracy), Devon, Mar. 1485 (concealments), [Cornw., Devon May 1485 (concealments)]; Vacated. gaol delivery, Exeter castle May 1457; C66/483, m. 19d. oyer and terminer, Cornw., Devon, Som. June 1460, Devon July 1484 (treason of James Newenham), C81/1392/13. Cornw., Devon Oct. 1484 (treason of Richard Edgcombe), C81/1392/16. Feb. 1487; to take assizes of novel disseisin, Cornw. July 1463 (q.); C66/505, m. 5d. of arrest, Cornw., Devon Nov. 1464, Nov. 1473 (abbot and monks of Buckland); array, Devon Apr., [Oct.] 1470 Vacated., Mar. 1472, May 1484; to remove the occupants of Buckland abbey, Devon July 1473; assess a tax Apr., Aug. 1483, May 1484, Jan. 1488.

?Jt. auditor of the estates of Henry Courtenay of Tiverton by 1464–5. M. Cherry, ‘Crown and Political Community, Devon’ (Univ. of Wales, Swansea Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 378.

J.p. Devon 16 Oct. 1464-Sept. 1474 (q.), 10 Nov. 1475-June 1482, 18 June 1482-Dec. 1483 (q.), 8 Jan. 1484–d. (q.). KB9/388/72.

?Steward of Womberlegh, Devon, for Thomas Beaumont by Jan. 1480. KB9/351/63–64. The record gives the steward’s first name as Thomas, but in the light of John Denys’s close connexions with the Beaumonts it seems probable that this was a clerical error.

?Recorder, Plymouth 1482. HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 269.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Great Yarmouth 1425, 1427, 1429, 1435.

Bailiff, Great Yarmouth Mich. 1418–19, 1424 – 25, 1428 – 29.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Great Yarmouth 28 Nov. 1420 – 5 Apr. 1425, 27 Oct. 1433–31 Oct. 1435; E356/18, rots. 35, 35d, 37d, 38. tunnage and poundage 22 July – 16 Aug. 1425.

J.p. Great Yarmouth 16 July 1429 – Feb. 1438.

Auditor, Grimsby Oct. 1442–3, 1462 – 63; mayor 1445 – 46, 1447 – 48, 1452 – 53; mayor’s councillor 1446 – 47, 1454 – 55, 1464 – 65, 1468 – 69; coroner 1449 – 52, 1453 – 54, 1459–63. N.E. Lincs. Archs., Grimsby bor. recs., ct. rolls 1/101, 21, 24–26, 28, 30, 32–33, 38 Hen. VI; 1, 1–2, 2, 4, 8 Edw. IV.