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FRANCIS, Thomas (d.1416/17), of Colchester, Essex.

Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
s. of Robert Francis of Colchester (bailiff 1349) by his w. Margery. m. bef. Mar. 1377, Agnes, 2da.E179/107/54 m. 4; Colchester Moot Hall, ct. roll 40 m. 45.
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Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1376–7, 1378 – 79, 1382 – 83, 1384 – 85, 1395 – 96, 1399 – 1400, 1404 – 07, 1411 – 12, 1413 – 14; bailiff 1381 – 82, 1383 – 84, 1387–8 1389–90, 1392 – 93, 1398 – 99, 1400 – 01, 1403 – 04, 1407 – 08, 1409 – 10, 1412 – 13, 1414 – 15; claviger 1395 – 96; mace-bearer 1404 – 07, 1411 – 12, 1413–14.Ct. rolls 22, 24, 29, 31, 34–39; Colchester Ct. Rolls ed. Jeayes, iii. 105, 163.

Tax collector, Colchester May 1379.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Colchester castle Nov 1388; inquiry, Essex Dec. 1390 (damage done at Manningtree during the Peasants’ Revolt); arrest June 1391; oyer and terminer Nov. 1397; to treat for payment of a fine of £2,000, Essex, Herts. Dec. 1397; assess subsidies, Essex Jan. 1412.

Steward of the estates of St. Osyth abbey, Essex prob. by June 1391-aft. Feb. 1394.CCR, 1392–6, p. 260.

Parlimentarian
FRANCIS, Thomas (d.1416/17), of Colchester, Essex.
Main residence: Colchester, Essex.
Author
K.N.H.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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FRANCIS, Thomas (-d.1416/17)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRANCIS, Sir Robert (d.1419/20), of Foremark, Derbys.

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Family and Education
s. and h. of Robert Francis (d. by 1370) of Foremark. m. by Easter 1392, Isabel, wid. of Thomas Brumpton (d.1382) of Longford, Salop and Church Eaton, Staffs., ?2s. inc. Robert, 8da. Kntd. by Oct. 1385.CIPM, xv. nos. 689, 690; CCR, 1381-5, p. 164; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xv. 48; n.s. ii. 153-4; viii. 49. The pedigree of the Francis family given in Genealogist, vii. 134-5, cannot now be fully verified. For details of the marriages of seven of the MP’s eight daughters see S.M. Wright, Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 214. They also had a sister, named Elizabeth, who married William Peyto*, but is not mentioned in any of the surviving family trees (CPR, 1413-16, pp. 324, 388; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiv. 56; n.s. v. 109).
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J.p. Derbys. 14 Apr. 1386 – Dec. 1387, 15 July 1389 – Dec. 1390, 7 Feb. 1408–10; Staffs. I 2 Nov. 1397 – June 1410, 4 Dec. 1417 – d.

Commr. of array, Derbys. June 1388, Mar. 1392, Staffs. Dec. 1399, Aug. 1402, July 1403, Sept. 1403 (bis), Derbys. May 1415, Staffs. May 1418, Mar. 1419; inquiry Nov. 1390, Mar. 1395 (use of defective weights), Cheshire Nov. 1399 (theft of cattle), Derbys. Mar. 1406 (defections from royal army), Notts., Derbys., Staffs., Leics., Warws., Northants., Beds., Bucks., Rutland, Hants Mar. 1410 (concealments), Warws., Staffs. July 1410, Derbys. Nov. 1413 (poaching); oyer and terminer Nov. 1391, Staffs. Oct. 1399 (withdrawal of labour services), Derbys., Warws., Leics., Staffs. June 1402 (treason), Salop Feb. 1403, Staffs. Dec. 1406 (poaching); kiddles, Derbys. June 1398; to arrest traitors, Salop May 1402; arrest Hugh Erdeswyk, Staffs. Feb. 1409.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 15 Nov. 1389 – 7 Nov. 1390, 5 Nov. 1406 – 23 Nov. 1407, Staffs. 11 Nov. 1394 – 9 Nov. 1395, 29 Nov. 1402 – 5 Nov. 1403, 22 Oct. 1404 – 22 Nov. 1405, 15 Nov. 1408–4 Nov. 1409.

Constable of Castle Donnington, Leics. 8 Sept. 1403–d.Somerville, Duchy, i. 573.

Controller of a tax, Staffs. Mar. 1404.

Keeper of Repton priory, Derbys. 14 May 1415-aft. 9 Feb. 1416.

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FRANCIS, Sir Robert (d.1419/20), of Foremark, Derbys.
Main residence: Foremark, Derbys.
Frauncis, Fraunceys
Author
C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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FRANCIS, Sir Robert (-d.1419/20)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
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Religion
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FRANCIS, Sir Adam (d.1417), of London and Edmonton, Mdx.

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Family and Education
s. of Adam Francis (d.1374/5), of London, mercer, by his w. Agnes. m. (1) by June 1372, Margaret (d. bef. 1393), da. of John Osterle of Trumpington, Cambs. by his w. Joan, wid. of Thomas Tuddenham (d.1371/2) of London, 2s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) Margaret (d.1445), sis. of Sir John Holand. Kntd. by Oct. 1382.Corporation of London RO, hr 100/58, 77; C136/81/29, 95/40; C138/29/53; C139/118/21; PCC 38 Marche; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 138; VCH Cambs. viii. 256.
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Commr. to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Mdx. Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Sept. 1386, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept., Nov. 1403; of inquiry, Essex Jan. 1393 (Colchester abbey), Mdx. Jan. 1393, May 1402 (treasonous rumours); oyer and terminer Nov. 1393, Mar. 1394, Dec. 1403; to raise a royal loan Sept. 1405, London, Mdx. June 1406.

J.p. Mdx. 8 July 1387 – d.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 18 Oct. 1392–18 Dec. 1393.

Controller of a tax, Mdx. Mar. 1404.

Parlimentarian
FRANCIS, Sir Adam (d.1417), of London and Edmonton, Mdx.
Main residences: London; Edmonton, Mdx.
Franceys, Fraunces, Fraunceys
Author
C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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FRANCIS, Sir Adam (-d.1417)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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FRAMPTON, John (c.1365-1425), of Moreton, Dorset.

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Family and Education
b. c.1365, s. of Walter Frampton of Buckland Ripers, Dorset by Margaret, da. and h. of Geoffrey Blount of Potterne, Wilts. m. (1) Isabel, da. of Walter Prewes, 1da.; (2) Edith, da. of Sir Matthew Stawell of Cothelstone, Som., 3s. inc. John; (3) by 1397, Margaret.J. Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, i. 398-9.
Offices Held

Commr. of array, Dorset Dec. 1399, May 1416.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Melcombe Regis and adjacent ports 28 Feb.-14 May 1416.

Parlimentarian
FRAMPTON, John (c.1365-1425), of Moreton, Dorset.
Main residence: Moreton, Dorset.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

FRAMPTON, John (c.1365-1425)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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