Commons 1386-1421

The bp. of Bath and Wells’s bailiff of the borough of Wells, from 1402.Reg. Bowet (Som. Rec. Soc. xiii), 29.

?Searcher of ships in Bristol 8 Apr. – Oct. 1402.

?Keeper of ‘Monkebrigg’ prison, Bristol from May 1406.

Jurat, Hythe Feb. 1374–6, 1378 – 79, 1383 – 84, 1386 – 90, 1391 – 92, 1408 – 09, 1410 – 11, 1412–d.Hythe Reg. 1, ff. 8, 10–15, 23, 27; jurats’ bk. C, f. 1.

Bailiff, Hythe c. 1396 – 24 Dec. 1399; dep. bailiff Oct. 1402, Jan. 1405.CIMisc. vi. 231; Reg. 1, ff. 21, 23, 26.

Rent collector, Wells Mich. 1396–7; constable of the peace 1397 – 1402, 1405 – 07; master 1407 – 08, 1414 – 16; auditor 1410 – 12, 1417–18.Convoc. bk. ff. 122, 128, 132, 135, 139, 145, 150, 166, 169, 172, 186, 193, 206, 209, 215. Dyer was also elected master in 1402, but his name was crossed out and replaced with that of John Blithe*

Tax collector, Som. Dec. 1406.

Wardman, Maldon Jan. 1385–7; assessor of taxes 1387 – 90; warden of leather 1395–6.Maldon ct. bk. i, ff. 1, 3–5, 7.