Commons 1422-1461

Attestor, parlty. elections, Som. 1407, Oxon. 1419.

Constable of the duchy of Lancaster castle of Knaresborough, Yorks. and master forester there bef. Feb. 1399.

Constable of Wallingford castle, Berks. 16 Oct. 1399 – 18 June 1434; jt. constable (with William de la Pole, earl of Suffolk) June 1434 – d.

Steward of the honours of Wallingford and St. Valery and of the four-and-a-half hundreds of Chiltern 26 Oct. 1399 – 18 June 1434; jt. steward (with the earl of Suffolk) June 1434 – d.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 24 Nov. 1400 – 8 Nov. 1401, 5 Nov. 1403 – 29 Oct. 1404, Hants 6 Nov. 1413–14.

Commr. Oxon., Berks., W. Midlands, Herts., Som., Bucks., Calais May 1402 – July 1434; of gaol delivery, Oxford castle May 1419. C66/402, m. 31d.

Chief butler 5 Nov. 1402 – 13 May 1407, 3 Dec. 1407 – 16 Mar. 1418, c. Nov. 1421 – d.

J.p. Oxon. May 1403 – Apr. 1418, Jan. 1420 – d.

Keeper of the temporalities of the see of Winchester 10 Oct. 1404 – 14 Mar. 1405.

Farmer of the earl of March’s forests of Neroche, Exmoor and Mendip and keeper of Petherton park, Som. 23 Nov. 1405 – d.

Constable of Taunton castle, Som. for Bp. Beaufort of Winchester 20 June 1406 – d.

Escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 9 Dec. 1406 – 30 Nov. 1407.

Speaker 1407, 1410, 1411, 1414 (Nov.), 1421 (May).

Constable of Banbury castle and steward of Banbury, Oxon. for Bp. Repingdon of Lincoln 1412 – c.19.

Keeper of the forests of Woolmer and Alice Holt, Hants 3 Sept. 1413 – d.

Envoy to treat with William, duke of Holland c. Mar. 1414, with John, duke of Burgundy, and the duke of Holland 4 June – Oct. 1414, for peace with France 1 Oct. 1417, for recognition of the treaty of Troyes by John, duke of Brittany, and his lieutenant July – Aug. 1420.

Havener, Cornw. and Plymouth 4 Dec. 1415-Mich. 1425.

Member of Henry VI’s council 25 Jan. 1424 – aft.Mar. 1427.

Yeoman of the Crown by 20 Apr. 1447-aft. 6 July 1459; King’s serjeant by 20 Apr. 1447 – ?

Commr. of inquiry, Yorks. June 1439 (property of hospital of St. Nicholas near Richmond), Derbys. Feb. 1444 (insurrections of Ralph Basset of Blore and Thomas Okeover† against Nicholas Fitzherbert*), Leics., Notts., Derbys., Staffs. May 1450 (concealments of chattels of suicides and deodands); of gaol delivery, Northampton castle, Lincoln castle, Warwick, Nottingham, Leicester June 1441, Nottingham Mar. 1449 (q.), Northampton castle, Lincoln castle, Warwick, Nottingham, Leicester June 1450, July 1451, Warwick, Coventry Feb. 1453, Northampton castle Feb. 1454, Northampton castle, Warwick May 1454, Northampton castle, Lincoln castle, Warwick, Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Coventry June 1454, Warwick, Coventry, Leicester Feb. 1455, Coventry, Nottingham July 1455, Northampton castle June 1457. C66/449, m. 7d; 467, m. 26d; 471, m. 13d; 473, m. 17d; 476, m. 10d; 478, mm. 11d, 12d, 21d; 479, m. 10d; 480, m. 13d; 483, m. 17d.

Associate justice of assize, Midland circuit 20 June 1441–d. C66/450, m. 9d; 485, m. 7d.

Filacer, ct. of c.p. for Notts., Derbys., Warws., Leics. Trin. 1445-Easter 1457.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Hunts. 1415, 1450, Huntingdon 1427, 1437, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1453.

Bailiff, Toseland hundred, Hunts. 1416. E13/133, rot. 11.

Bailiff, Huntingdon Mich. 1427–9, 1430 – 31, 1433 – 34, 1439 – 40, 1448–9; JUST3/25/4; 219/3, 5; 220/1, 3; Add. Chs. 33537, 33546–8, 33550; E368/221, rot. 129. coroner by Mar. 1434–1435. Add. Chs. 33540–2; JUST3/220/1. John Chiksond* had taken over as coroner by Feb. 1436.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Mdx. 1411, 1414 (Nov.), 1415, 1417, 1419, 1421 (Dec.), 1423, 1426, [ 1429, 1432], The Thomas Charlton who headed the Mdx. attestors in these two years and found sureties for the elected knights in 1429 was not styled a knight, but in view of the young age of Sir Thomas’s synonymous son at this date it is nevertheless likely that it was the father who did so: C219/14/1, 3. 1435, 1437, 1442.

Commr. Essex, Herts., Mdx. May 1418 – Oct. 1436.

J.p. Mdx. 14 Nov. 1418 – Feb. 1433.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Mdx. 1449 (Feb.), 1450. The Thomas Charlton who headed the Mdx. attestors in 1429 and 1432 and found sureties for the elected knights on the former occasion was not styled a knight, but on account of the younger Thomas’s probable age at this date it is likely that this was the result of a clerical oversight: C219/14/1/54, 3/49.

Commr. to distribute tax allowances, Mdx. Mar. 1442, June 1453; treat for loans Sept. 1449; of arrest Feb. 1453, Sept. 1464; oyer and terminer Nov. 1455, London, Mdx. July 1460; KB9/75/1; PROME, xiv. 44–45. array, Mdx. Sept. 1457, Dec. 1459; to assign archers Dec. 1457.

J.p. Mdx. 30 June 1449 – d.

Speaker, 16 Feb. – 17 Apr. 1454.

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 11 Dec. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456.

Controller of the Household c. Aug. 1460-Feb. 1461. Westminster Abbey mun. 6625, m. 7; PROME, xiii. 350–1.

Attestor, parlty. election, Leicester 1435.

Bailiff, Leicester Mich. 1432–3; mayor 1441 – 42, 1453 – 54; steward of the fair 1450 – 51, 1453–4 (as mayor). Leicester Bor. Records. ed. Bateson, ii. 448, 450, 453.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Norwich 1423, 1429, 1432, 1433.

Auditor, Norwich Mich. 1422–3; constable May 1423; Norf. RO, Norwich city recs., assembly roll, 1420–6, NCR 8d. sheriff Mich. 1425–6; jt. keeper of city’s treasury 1430; Norwich view of treasurers’ acct., 1429–30, NCR 7d. alderman; It is not known when Chaplain became an alderman although, as B.R. McRee, ‘Peace Making and its Limits in Late Med. Norwich’, EHR, cix. 858n, assumes, he was almost certainly of that rank in 1434. mayor June 1436–7. B. Cozens-Hardy and E.A. Kent, Mayors of Norwich, 23.

Tax collector, Norwich Dec. 1429, Aug.1430.

Mayor, Devizes 1423–4. Wilts. Hist. Centre, Wilts. deeds, 212B/2278.

Tax collector, Wilts. Aug. 1430.