Commons 1422-1461

Attestor parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1459.

Alderman of Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull 23 May 1440-d; sheriff 29 Sept. 1441–2; mayor 1454 – 55; coroner 1455 – 56; auditor of accts. 1456 – 57, 1458 – 60, 1461–3. J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), ii. 27, 34; Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3, BRE 2, f. 9v; bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 5v, 32v, 44, 55, 62, 65v.

Commr. of sewers, Kingston-upon-Hull Nov. 1454.

Jt. keeper of Berkswell park, Warws. 15 June 1446 – Jan. 1449.

Commr. of inquiry Feb. 1451 (complaints of soldiers against Thomas Hoo I*, Lord Hoo and Hastings), Kent Jan. 1454 (escape of a prisoner), I.o.W. Sept. 1458 (wastes on royal lordships), Dorset, Som. July 1461 (felonies and insurrections), Bucks., Cornw., Dorset, Hants, Mdx., Oxon., Som., Wilts. June 1462 (Hungerford estates), Som. Sept. 1462 (Luttrell estates), Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. July 1466 (collection of customs revenues), Cinque Ports July 1471 (insurrections), Dorset, Wilts. Dec. 1475 (treasons, heresies), Dorset May 1480 (concealments on lordship of Cranborne), Feb. 1481 (estates late of James, earl of Wiltshire), Hants Dec. 1481 (escapes of felons), Essex Mar. 1485 (Bruyn estates); arrest, Kent Feb. 1452 (rebels), Kent, Surr., Suss. Dec. 1452, Suss. Aug. 1453, Som. Sept. 1459, Suss. June 1461, Hants Nov. 1461 (servants of the dukes of Exeter and Somerset and the earl of Wiltshire), Som., Dorset, Wilts. Jan 1462 (adherents of Hen. VI); to treat for loans, Surr., Suss. Dec. 1452, Suss. Apr. 1454, May 1455; PPC, vi. 240. distribute tax allowances June 1453; to hold assize of novel disseisin, Kent Feb. 1454; CP40/779, rot. 515. of array, Suss. May 1454, hundreds of Redbridge, Thorngate and Somborne, Hants Sept. 1457, June 1461, Dorset, Herefs., Som., Wilts. Aug. 1461, Hants May 1463, Apr. 1466, Feb. 1468, Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som., Surr., Wilts. Oct. 1469, Suss. Feb. 1470, Dorset Mar. 1470, Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. June 1470, Dorset, Herefs., Wilts. Apr. 1471, Dorset, Hants, Som., Staffs., Surr., Wilts. Mar. 1472, Dorset May, Dec. 1484, Surr. Dec. 1484; oyer and terminer, Kent June 1456, Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Mar. 1458, general Feb. 1462, Kent, Mdx., Surr. July 1463, London, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1465, Berks., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. July 1466, Derbys., Herefs., Notts., Salop, Staffs., Warws., Worcs. Jan., Feb. 1468, Devon, Glos. Aug. 1468, Devon, Hants, Wilts. Dec. 1468, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks. May 1469, Herts., Mdx. Apr. 1472, Glos., Warws. Sept. 1474, Essex Nov. 1476, Mdx. May 1477, Yorks. Sept. 1478, London Feb. 1480, Nov. 1484, Essex Mar. 1485, London Apr. 1485, July 1486, July 1487; to assign archers, Dorset Dec. 1457; take muster of retinue of the duke of Somerset as warden of I.o.W. Sept. 1458; resist the Yorkist rebels, Herefs., Salop, Som. c. Apr. 1460; raise forces to resist French invasion, Channel islands, s. coast Devon May 1461; requisition ships and supplies for defence against France, Hants, Wilts. July 1461; appoint collectors of parlty. subsidy, Surr. Jan. 1488; raise force of archers for army for Brittany Dec. 1488; of gaol delivery, Guildford Sept. 1490.

Steward, estates of abpric. of Canterbury by 1453–1456, F.R.H. Du Boulay, Ldship. Canterbury, 395 (from Lambeth Palace Lib. ct. rolls 1240–1; SC6/1129/4). steward and coroner in Suss. for King’s Coll. Cambridge by Oct. 1455-aft. 1462, Suss. Arch. Collns. xcv. 55; KB27/803, rex rot. 5. chief steward, estates of bpric. of Winchester by Mich. 1461-aft. Mich. 1465, Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/195, 197 (155830, 155832). His dep. Thomas Welles* did most of the work. steward, estates of Cecily, duchess of York, Dorset by Mich. 1475-aft. 1485. SC6/1114/5, 8. His annual fee was 20 marks.

Lt. of Clarendon park, Wilts. 1456–7. E364/92, rot. Sd.

J.p. Dorset 3 Nov. 1456–8, 14 July 1461 – June 1463, 24 Oct. 1467 – Dec. 1470, 8 Dec. 1471–83, Derbys. 10 May 1461 – Mar. 1463, 14 May – Dec. 1483, Salop 8 June 1461 – Dec. 1470, 20 July 1471 – Dec. 1483, Hants 8 July 1461 – Dec. 1470, 12 July 1474 – Dec. 1483, Staffs. 8 July 1461 – Dec. 1470, 8 July 1471 – Dec. 1483, Som. 18 July 1461 – Nov. 1470, 8 June 1472 – Dec. 1483, Wilts. 22 July 1461 – Nov. 1470, 20 June 1471 – Dec. 1483, Surr. 30 Mar. 1469 – Dec. 1470, 12 May 1472 – Dec. 1483, 11 Oct. 1487 – d., Devon 24 Sept. 1474 – Nov. 1475, Glos. 24 Sept. 1474 – May 1475, Warws. 15 Sept. 1474 – Nov. 1475, Worcs. 24 Sept. 1474 – Nov. 1475.

Steward of King’s estates and keeper of forests in Dorset 2 May 1461 – 30 June 1485, of estates late of George, duke of Clarence, Dorset 2 Mar. 1478–?d.

Keeper of Wardour castle, Wilts. 2 May 1461 – aft.Mar. 1478.

Trier of petitions, English 1461, 1463, 1467, 1487, 1488, Gascon 1484. PROME, xiii. 10, 93, 256; xv. 9, 338; xvi. 9.

Member of Edw. IV’s council by 12 Nov. 1461-Apr. 1483, E404/72/1/60. of Ric. III’s by 5 Mar. 1484 – Aug. 1485, of Hen. VII’s by Dec. 1489.

Ambassador to Brittany 12 Aug. 1464, 20 June 1475, France and Brittany 19 June 1490. C76/148, m. 15, 159, mm. 12, 17; Foedera ed. Rymer (orig. edn.), xii. 453.

Master of the King’s harriers 5 July 1471 – 6 Mar. 1484.

Master forester, estates of John, duke of Norfolk, in Suss. by 1472-aft. 1479. DL29/454/7312, 7313.

Constable, Corfe castle, Dorset 2 Mar. 1478 – 30 June 1485.

Steward of Montgomery, constable of Montgomery castle and receiver of Welsh lordships, by appointment of Edw. IV as earl of March bef. 1483. PROME, xv. 264.

Treasurer of the Exchequer 6 Dec. 1484-Aug. 1485. Handbk. British Chronology ed. Fryde etc. (3rd edn.), 107, gives Hen. VII’s first treasurer as John, Lord Dynham, appointed on 14 July 1486, but Thomas Rotherham, abp. of York, had been in office in Jan. 1486 (E36/125, p. 13, cited by P.R. Cavill, The English Parliaments of Hen. VII, 51), and was probably appointed on the previous 7 Oct. when he ceased to be chancellor.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Mdx. 1447, 1450.

Summoner of the Exchequer by 22 Feb. 1444–26 Jan. 1447. PRO List, ‘Exchequer Offs.’, 101; E403/751; E368/219, rot. 127.

Commr. of arrest, Mdx. Mar. 1461 (vagabonds).

Tax collector, Mdx. July 1463.

Attestor, parlty. election, Devon 1453.

Sub bailiff of the manor of Duryard Mich. 1424–5. Devon RO, Exeter city recs., receiver’s acct. 3–4 Hen. VI, m. 3.

Jt. searcher of ships, Plymouth and Fowey 1 Oct. 1431 – 22 May 1432, Exeter and Dartmouth 12 May 1432 – 9 Nov. 1433; searcher 9 Nov. 1433–22 Jan. 1447. CFR, xvi. 55, 172; xviii. 61; E122/184/6; 185/40; 222, pt. ii, 38/1–2.

Steward, Exeter Mich. 1437–8, 1449 – 50; member of the 2nd xii of the council 1454 – 55, of the council of 24, 1455 – 57, 1461–3. Exeter mayor’s ct. rolls 16–17, 28–29, 33–36 Hen. VI, 1–3 Edw. IV.

Commr. to requisition ships, [Devon] July 1440.

Attestor, parlty. election, Wells 1472.

Constable of the peace, Wells Mich. 1448–50; master 1453 – 55, 1458 – 59, 1460 – 61, 1467 – 68, 1472 – 73, 1474 – 75, 1478 – 79, 1484 – 86; auditor 1464 – 65, 1467 – 68, 1475 – 76, 1479 – 82, 1486 – 89, 1491 – d.; member of the council of twenty-four 24 Sept. 1467–d. Wells convocation act bks. 1378–1450, pp. 323, 325; 1450–1553, pp. 9, 12, 26, 33, 50, 64, 65, 94, 102, 107, 121, 125, 127, 131, 143, 148, 152, 155, 160, 170, 175, 183, 189, 193, 197, 201, 207, 209; HMC Wells, ii. 681, 691.

?Yeoman of the Household by Apr. 1430 – ?; of the ewery for the King’s mouth by 8 Nov. 1436 – ?

?Launder of Plumpton in Inglewood forest, Cumb. 8 Nov. 1436–21 May 1437. CPR, 1436–41, pp. 29, 65.

Attestor, parlty. election, Suff. 1422.

Bailiff, Ipswich Sept. 1422–6. JUST3/219/1–3.

J.p. Ipswich 11 July 1424–33.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1425, 1431, 1442.

Steward of Anne, wid. of Edmund Stafford, earl of Stafford, by Mich. 1409 – ?

Lt. of Sir William Bourgchier†, constable of the Tower of London, by 18 Dec. 1415 – 28 May 1420; constable 26 June 1420 – bef.Feb. 1421.

Sheriff, Staffs. 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 26 Nov. 1431 – 5 Nov. 1432.

J.p. Staffs. 24 Mar. 1430 – d.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Stafford castle May 1435, Aug. 1438; C66/437, m. 14d; 442, m. 15d. to assess subsidy, Staffs. Jan. 1436; treat for loans Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar., May, Aug. 1442; of array Aug. 1436; oyer and terminer Nov. 1436 (attack on the dean and chapter of Lichfield); inquiry Jan. 1439 (forestallers and regrators), July 1443 (dispute between John Kingsley and the mayor and commonalty of Newcastle-under-Lyme). DL37/10/46. Kingsley was the duchy of Lancaster’s jt. steward in the ldship. of Newcastle.

Attestor, parlty. election, Staffs. 1450.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Leics. May 1437; of arrest, Staffs. July 1457 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth); E159/233, commissiones Trin. gaol delivery, Stafford castle Oct. 1461, Mar. 1464, Oct. 1468; C66/494, m. 25d; 508, m. 20d; 521, m. 4d. to assess subsidy, Staffs. July 1463.

Verderer of Kinver forest, Staffs. 12 May 1446 – ?

Sheriff, Staffs. 8 Nov. 1451–2.

J.p. Staffs. 8 July 1461 – Dec. 1470.

Commr. of inquiry, Herts. May 1427 (waste committed on the late earl of March’s manors at Standon); to distribute tax allowance May 1437; treat for loans Feb. 1441.

J.p. Herts. 28 Mar. 1437 – Nov. 1439.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 4 Nov. 1441 – 5 Nov. 1442.