DURANT, John, of Alsthorpe, Rutland.
Commr. to deliver Oakham gaol, Rutland Dec. 1403; make an arrest June 1407.
Controller of a tax, Rutland Mar. 1404.
J.p. Rutland 27 Jan. 1406–11.
Steward of the liberty of Peterborough by 16 Jan. 1408.
Contemporary sources record at least four other men with the same name. Of these, the most important is John Durant of Luton, Beds. (fl. 1407-23), whose family enjoyed considerable local influence, and who himself served on various commissions in the county (VCH Beds. i. 375; iii. 285; CFR, xiii. 92; xiv. 85, 120). It is also possible to confuse the subject of this biography with John Durant of Herefs. (fl. 1387-95) (CFR, x. 209, 356; CPR, 1391-6, p. 547); John Durant of Herts. (fl. 1394) (CCR, 1392-6, p. 270); and John Durant of Barston, Warws., gentleman (fl. 1409-18) (ibid. 1409-13, pp. 60, 171; 1413-19, p. 509). Because of the problem of identification, only those sources which refer specifically to John Durant of Rutland have been used here.
DURANT, John