Commons 1386-1421

Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. June 1396 (mismanagement of the estates of Tywardreath priory), Dorset Jan. 1405 (impoverishment of Lyme Regis), Devon June 1406 (concealment of royal income), Wilts., Hants, Som., Dorset, Oxon., Berks. June 1413 (concealment of revenues due to the duchy of Lancaster), Devon Jan. 1414 (lollards), Jan. 1416 (trespasses, Dartmoor forest), Feb. 1717 (estates of Modbury priory), July 1418 (piracy), May 1424 (estates of St. James’s priory by Exeter), Cornw. May 1424 (idiocy of John Trege, q.); oyer and terminer, Devon Feb. 1405, Aug. 1409, July, Oct. 1412, Nov. 1413, Mar. 1417, Feb. 1421, July 1423, Cornw. July 1409, Devon, Cornw. Aug. 1410, Devon, Som., Dorset, Wilts., Hants, May 1422; to raise royal loans, Devon, Cornw. June 1406; hold inquisitions post mortem, West Country Mar., July 1410, Feb. 1418; of gaol delivery, Exeter Nov. 1413.

J.p. Cornw. 18 Dec. 1405 – Feb. 1407, Devon 27 Jan. 1406 – Oct. 1415, 16 Oct. 1420 – Feb. 1422, 7 July 1423 – d.

Justice of assize, Cornw. July 1410, Devon Feb., June 1412, May 1417.JUST 1/199/8; CCR, 1409–13, p. 123; 1413–19, p. 395.

Steward of Dunkeswell abbey by Apr. 1413.C219/11/1.

Clerk of the King’s Council c.1397-June 1421.A.L. Brown, ‘Privy Seal Clerks’, Study of Med. Recs. ed. Bullough and Storey, 260–81, and Clerkship of the Council (Univ. Glasgow Pubs. n.s. cxxxi), 17–20.

Secondary in the privy seal office, Dec. 1420-Easter 1425.

Commons’ bailiff, Winchester Mich. 1368–9; mayor 1372 – 73, 1379–80.Winchester Coll. mun. 1223; Stowe 846, ff. 71, 76v; CCR, 1369–74, p. 593.

Tax assessor, Winchester May 1379.

J.p. Hants 14 Dec. 1381 – Jan. 1384.

Controller of a subsidy for repairing the city walls, Winchester 15 Sept. 1389–d.CPR, 1388–92, p. 112; E101/491/20.