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WEST, Thomas, of Lostwithiel, Cornw.

Family and Education
Offices Held

Commr. to purvey corn for the royal household Nov. 1438; of inquiry, Hants, Kent July 1448 (a breach of the truce with Portugal).

Collector of customs and subsidies, Ipswich 22 July 1439-Feb. 1442.

Clerk of the market of the Household Oct. 1445 – Mar. 1461.

Jt. constable and parker of Leeds castle, Kent Mich. 1449-Mar. 1461.

Main residence: Lostwithiel, Cornw.
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Commons 1386-1421
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WEST, Thomas

Will
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Oxford 1644
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WEST, John, of Winchester, Hants.

Family and Education
m. by 1390, Joan.Stowe 846, f. 90. The MP is more likely to have been John West the draper than a namesake who, in the 1380s, made frequent appearances in the city court as an attorney (Winchester RO, ct. roll 11-13 Ric. II).
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Commons’ bailiff, Winchester Mich. 1386–7; bailiff of the 24, 1390 – 91; alderman of High Street 1394 – 95, 1397 – 98, 1400–1.Stowe 846, ff. 84, 91, 109, 134v; Winchester RO, chamberlains’ accts. 18–19, 21–22 Ric. II.

Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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Commons 1386-1421
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WEST, John

Will
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Oxford 1644
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WESENHAM, John (d.1434), of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education
s. of William Wesenham of Lynn. m. ?Ellen, 1s.
Offices Held

Chamberlain, Lynn Mich. 1409–10; mayor 1416 – 17, 1419 – 20, Feb.-Mich. 1430.Recs. King’s Lynn ed. Harrod, 85; Norf. Official Lists ed. Le Strange, 191; King’s Lynn Town Hall, assembly bk. 1, f. 263.

J.p. Lynn 18 Dec. 1417 – d.

Alderman of Holy Trinity guild, Lynn by May 1424-June 1433.Lynn Town Hall, Be 176, Gd 48.

Commr. of weirs, Norf. Feb. 1431.

Main residence: Bishop's Lynn, Norf.
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Commons 1386-1421
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WESENHAM, John (-d.1434)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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WERK, Nicholas, of Lincoln.

Family and Education
m. Isabel (d. by June 1397), 1da.CCR, 1396-9, p. 203.
Offices Held

Commr. to make an arrest, Lincs. Apr. 1369 (Benedict de Lucca), Norf., Suff. July 1371 (Walter Serleby); impress craftsmen to make a royal barge, Lincs., Yorks. Jan. 1373; of inquiry, Lincoln Mar. 1377 (felonies).

Coroner of the liberty of Lincoln by 20 July 1375-aft. 2 Mar. 1389.JUST 2/80.

Bailiff, Lincoln Sept. 1376–7.Assoc. Archit. Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxxix. 229.

Main residence: Lincoln.
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Commons 1386-1421
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WERK, Nicholas

Will
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Oxford 1644
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