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FORSTER, Henry, of Leicester and Hessle, Yorks.

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s. of John Arnewey, retainer of Henry of Bolingbroke 1390-3.In 1410 Forster was paid £25 6s.8d. owed to Arnewey, ‘son pier qui mort est’, for service with Bolingbroke. Forster appears also to have been acting as attorney for a number of other former servants of Bolingbroke: E404/26/335, 27/210. m. bef. 1418, Elizabeth.
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Serjeant of the buttery by 26 Oct. 1400; yeoman of the Kings private cellar 1 Apr. 1408 – ?; serjeant of the pantry by 20 Nov. 1411 – aft.Jan. 1413.

Butler of Calais by 20 Apr. 1401-aft. Feb. 1402.DL42/15, f. 89; E404/16/509, 17/417.

Bailiff, Sandwich, Kent 1 Apr. 1408–26 Mar. 1413.

Feodary of duchy of Lancaster in Leics., Warws. and Northants. 10 Dec. 1408 – 3 Dec. 1410; duchy bailiff of Leicester 15 Jan. 1413-c. Nov. 1423.DL42/16, ff. 10, 85, 121; 17, f. 43; Somerville, Duchy, i. 569–70.

Mayor, Leicester Mich. 1423–4.Wyggeston Hosp. Recs. ed. Thompson, no. 589.

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FORSTER, Henry, of Leicester and Hessle, Yorks.
Main residences: Leicester; Hessle, Yorks.
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FORSTER, Gilbert (d.1410), of Winchester, Hants.

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m. (1) by 1389, Joan; (2) aft. 1404, Juliana, da. and coh. of Alice, wid. of John Taverner of Kingsham in Chichester, Suss.,Stowe 846, f. 103v; CCR, 1413-19, p. 153; 1441-7, p. 458; D.J. Keene, Surv. Winchester (Winchester Studies ii), ii. 1232. 2s.
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Commons’ bailiff, Winchester Mich. 1383–4; bailiff of the 24, 1389 – 90; mayor 1396 – 97, 1404–5.E364/24 m. Ad, 33 m. F; Stowe 846, ff. 81v, 89, 103, 110, 112.

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FORSTER, Gilbert (d.1410), of Winchester, Hants.
Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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L.S.W.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FORSTER, Gilbert (-d.1410)

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FORSHEY, Andrew, of Bridport, Dorset.

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m. by 1411, Florence,Dorset Feet of Fines, 243. ?1s.
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Constable, Bridport Mich. 1398–9, 1402 – 03, 1411 – 12; bailiff 1400 – 01, 1405 – 06, 1408 – 09, 1413–14.Dorset RO, B3/M11, ff. 21, 22, 32, 37, 49, 56, 79, 84.

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FORSHEY, Andrew, of Bridport, Dorset.
Main residence: Bridport, Dorset.
Forsey, Forstereshey
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FORSHEY, Andrew

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FORDHAM, Simon (d.1400), of Colchester, Essex.

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s. of John Fordham of Colchester (bailiff 1341-3) by his w. Katherine. m. bef. 1377, Mary, da. and h. of William Reyne† of Colchester.Colchester Moot Hall, ct. roll 35 m. 22; Colchester Ct. Rolls ed Jeayes, i. 205.
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Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1376–7, 1381 – 82, 1384 – 85, 1387 – 88, 1392 – 93, 1398 – 1400; bailiff 1382 – 83, 1386 – 87, 1390 – 91, 1393 – 94, 1395–6.Ct. Rolls, iii. 105; ct. rolls 21, 24, 26, 28, 30–31; Cal. Colchester Ct. Rolls ed. Harrod, 1.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex Dec. 1390 (damage done at Manningtree during the Peasants’ Revolt); to levy a fine of 2,000 marks Feb. 1398; of gaol delivery, Colchester Feb. 1399.

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FORDHAM, Simon (d.1400), of Colchester, Essex.
Main residence: Colchester, Essex.
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K.N.H.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FORDHAM, Simon (-d.1400)

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