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prob. s. of Sir John de la River of Tormarton by his w. Margaret. m. (1) 1s.; (2) between Jan. and Oct. 1385, Constance (d.c.1419), wid. of Sir Henry Percy of Great Chalfield, Wilts., John Percy of Little Chalfield and Sir Philip Fitzwaryn. Kntd. by Mar. 1384.

Offices Held

Tax collector, Glos. May 1384.

J.p. Glos. 15 July 1389 – June 1390, 24 Dec. 1390-July 1397.

Sheriff, Glos. 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, 3 Nov. 1399–10 July 1400.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Glos. Mar. 1394, May 1400; inquiry July 1396 (assault), Nov. 1398 (intimidation of a jury), Feb. 1400 (offences committed by the abbot of Cirencester), May 1400 (trespasses); weirs June 1398.

Parlimentarian

RIVER, Sir Henry de la (d.c.1400), of Tormarton, Glos.

Main residence: Tormarton, Glos.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

RIVER, Sir Henry de la (-d. c.1400)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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RIVER, Adam de la, of Oxford.

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Family and Education

m. (1) Mariota (d.1375), wid. of Roger Lyford of Oxford; (2) bef. 1380, Alice, 1s. 1da.Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxvi. nos. 537, 608-9.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1380–2, 1412 – 13; surveyor of nuisances 1384–5.Ibid. xxxvii. 18, 20; Bodl. Twyne ms 23, f. 351.

Commr. to make proclamation against and arrest rebels, Oxford June 1381; arrest Irish rebels and spies Jan. 1387.

Tax collector, Oxford Dec. 1414, Nov. 1415.