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ORMSHEAD, William (d.1437), of York.

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m. (1) Agnes; (2) Joan (d.1415/16); (3) Ellen (fl. 1437), 1s. d.v.p. 2da.Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, iii. ff. 503-4v; Surtees Soc. lvii. 240; F. Drake, Ebor. 321; CPL, viii. 188. We do not know which of Ormshead’s three wives was the mother of his daughters, but his son, John, was unmarried in 1433, and may well have been a minor (Test. Ebor. ii. 47-48).
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Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1411–12; sheriff Mich. 1414–15; member of the council of 24 by June 1417 – aft.Apr. 1424, of the council of 12 by Jan. 1425-prob. d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1425–6, 1433–4.Surtees Soc. lvii. 16; lxxxv. 3, 4; xcvi. 114, 135, 146; cxxv. 62, 64, 74–75, 79, 86, 91, 110, 135, 139, 142, 157, 159, 174, 183.

Commr. of inquiry, York Nov. 1424 (lands of John Gunwardby); oyer and terminer Aug. 1433 (attacks on St. Mary’s abbey).

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ORMSHEAD, William (d.1437), of York.
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ORMSHEAD, William (-d.1437)

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ORMESBY, James (d.1400/1), of Holborn, Mdx.

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m. by Nov. 1388, Eleanor.Corporation of London RO, hr 117/55.
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Common huntsman of London 28 Oct. 1392–d.Cal. Leter Bk. London, H, 388.

Commr. to receive prisoners from Windsor at Newgate gaol, London Feb. 1393.

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ORMESBY, James (d.1400/1), of Holborn, Mdx.
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ORMESBY, James (-d.1400/1)

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ORGAN, John (d.1392), of London.

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m. bef. Mar. 1377, Margery (d.c.1404), 3s. 2da.Corporation of London RO, hr 106/112; Cal. Wills ct. Husting London ed. Sharpe, ii (1), 325-6.
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Collector of a royal loan, London 16 June 1370–1 Jan. 1371.Cal. Letter Bk. London, G, 263–4, 266.

Collector of tunnage and poundage, London 29 Oct. 1371 (extended to the coast from Ipswich to Southampton 25 May 1382)-7 July 1384, 28 Nov. 1386 – 20 Mar. 1388, the cloth and alien petty custom 21 June 1376 – 3 July 1384, 15 Mar. 1387 – 25 May 1389, the wool custom and subsidy 1 July 1384–2 Jan. 1387.Studies in London Hist. ed. Hollaender and Kellaway, 194.

Alderman of Broad Street Ward 1 Aug. 1376 – 12 Mar. 1377, Mar. 1378–9, 1380 – 81, Coleman Street Ward 1382 – 83, 1384 – 85, Langbourn Ward 1385 – 88, during royal pleasure (no ward given) 24 July 1392 – d.; auditor, London 21 Sept. 1384–5.Beaven, Aldermen, i. 71, 108, 167; CPR, 1392–6, p. 12; Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 249, 273, 393.

Tax collector, London Nov. 1377, assessor May 1379.Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 83, 129.

Commr. of kiddles, London Apr. 1380; inquiry (felonies and treasons), Mdx. Dec. 1385.

Dep. keeper of the sea, Winchelsea to Berwick-upon-Tweed 24 May-2 Dec. 1383.Organ is described posthumously as deputy to Gilbert Mayfield and his three colleagues who acted as keepers at this time (Chaucer Life Recs. ed. Crow and Olson, 502).

Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1385–6.

Warden of the Mercers’ Co. June 1390–d.Mercers’ Company Recs. wardens’ acct. bk. ff. 11–11d.

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ORGAN, John (d.1392), of London.
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ORGAN, John (-d.1392)

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ORE, Robert (c.1339-c.1408), of Ore, Suss.

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b. c.1339, yr. s. of John Ore (d.1361) of Ore. m. 1da.
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Commr. of array, rape of Hastings, Suss. Mar. 1360; sewers, Kent, Suss. July 1366, May 1384, July 1389, Feb. 1390, Suss. Nov. 1396, July 1403; inquiry July 1376 (extortions of Richard Lyons†), Feb. 1389 (withdrawal of services to the King’s chapel of Hastings); oyer and terminer Dec. 1376; to levy a toll on fish in aid of the fortification of Rye Feb. 1385.

Tax collector, Suss. Mar. 1377, May 1379, Mar. 1380, Nov. 1383, May 1384.

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ORE, Robert (c.1339-c.1408), of Ore, Suss.
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ORE, Robert (c.1339-c.1408)

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