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FRENINGHAM, John (1345-1410), of Farningham, Loose and West Barming, Kent.
Family and Education
b. a; d; bap. East Farleigh 26 Dec. 1345, 1st. s. of Sir Ralph Freningham (d.1364) of Farningham by his w. Katherine. m. c.1365, Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Uvedale of Titsey, Surr. and Wickham, Hants, s.p.
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Kent Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Mar., May, July 1381, Jan., Apr. 1385, May 1386, Aug. 1388, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Jan. 1400, July 1402, Aug. 1403, May 1406; inquiry Mar. 1378 (a death), Jan. 1380 (escape of a felon), Oct. 1381 (names of the principal insurgents), July 1388 (property of St. Stephen’s chapel, Westminster), Mar. 1390 (lands forfeited by Sir Simon Burley), Kent, Mdx. Dec. 1390 (defaults of a former escheator), Kent Feb. 1391 (trespasses), May, Aug. 1392, Suss. Feb. 1393 (de Vere estates), Kent June 1393 (salmon poaching), May 1394 (shipwreck), Feb. 1401 (petition from King’s tenants at Eltham), June 1406 (concealments); to survey ports and coast for defence Oct. 1380, Feb. 1381; of oyer and terminer July 1381, Sept. 1393, Dec. 1401; to put down rebellion July, Sept. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of sewers Aug. 1382; to audit pontage, Rochester bridge Nov. 1384, June 1385; of arrest, Kent Nov. 1385; to remove obstructions in river Medway Sept. 1393; seize estates of the rebel earls, Kent, Suss. Jan. 1400; raise royal loans June 1406.
J.p. for the Lathes of Aylesford and Sutton-at-Hone and the Lowy of Tonbridge 1 Apr. 1378-c.1379, Kent 18 Oct. 1383 – d.
Sheriff, Kent 25 Nov. 1378 – 5 Nov. 1379, 7 Nov. 1393–11 Nov. 1394.
Tax surveyor, Kent May 1381.
Jt. keeper of the temporalities of the see of Canterbury 5 Sept. – 21 Oct. 1399.
Member of Henry IV’s council 1 Nov. 1399 – 10 Mar. 1401.
Main residences: Farningham, Loose; West Barming, Kent.
Fremyngham, Frennygham
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENINGHAM, John (1345-1410)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRENCH, Robert, of Totnes, Devon.
Family and Education
?m. ?; (1) Anne, da. and h. of Robert Winard of Sharpham, Devon;Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxii. 435; Feudal Aids, i. 443, 452. (2) Maud. 1s.
Offices Held
Steward, Totnes c.1386–7.
Commr. of inquiry, Devon Mar. 1401 (ownership of lands in Harberton); oyer and terminer Mar. 1411.
Escheator, Devon 29 Nov. 1402–1 Dec. 1405.
Steward of the estates of Buckfast abbey, Plympton priory and Sir John Pomeroy by Oct. 1407.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENCH, Robert
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRENCH, Martin, of Hythe, Kent.
Family and Education
?s. of John French I. m. bef. Nov. 1401, Agnes.
Offices Held
Jurat, Hythe Feb. 1402–3, 1407–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENCH, Martin
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRENCH, John III, of Winchester, Hants.
Family and Education
m. (1) by June 1399, Joan; ?(2) Margaret.Stowe 846 f. 132v; D.J. Keene, Surv. Winchester (Winchester Studies ii), ii. 1235.
Offices Held
Commons’ bailiff, Winchester Mich. 1403–4; bailiff of the 24, 1407–8.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENCH, John III
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRENCH, John II (d.1419/20), of Winchelsea and Pevensey, Suss.
Family and Education
poss. s. of John French I. m. Alice, da. and h. of John Bacon, 1s.
Offices Held
Mayor, Winchelsea Easter 1416–18.
Main residences: Winchelsea; Pevensey, Suss.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENCH, John II (-d.1419/20)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRENCH, John I, of Hythe, Kent.
Offices Held
Dep. bailiff, Hythe c.1396–7.
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Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FRENCH, John I
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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