Commons 1386-1421

Commr. of array, Suss. June 1377, Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; to fortify Winchelsea July 1380, Rye Jan. 1385, Mar. 1386; make proclamation ordering the earl of Arundel’s tenants to perform their services, Suss. July 1381; resist insurgents, Surr., Suss. July, Oct. 1381, Suss. Dec. 1381, Dec. 1382; of inquiry, Kent, Mdx., Surr., Suss. Feb. 1382 (wastes, temporalities of the abpric. of Canterbury), Kent May 1382 (seizures by Richard Lyons†), Suss. June 1382 (maladministration of St. Mary’s hospital, Chichester), Kent Dec. 1383 (piracy), Suss. Jan. 1386 (wastes, Wilmington priory), Kent Feb. 1391, Worcs. Mar. 1392 (trespasses), Suss. Aug. 1392, Feb. 1393 (de Vere estates), Surr., Suss. Mar. 1393 (concealments); sewers, Suss. Feb., May 1382, Nov. 1383, Kent, Suss. Feb. 1390; to supervise the reconstruction of the Canterbury diocesan archives July 1382; of arrest, Suss. Aug. 1382, Apr. 1392; to administer oath in support of the Lords Appellant Mar. 1388; determine appeals from the constable’s ct. May, Nov. 1389, Jan., Mar. 1392, from the admiral’s ct. Nov. 1389, July, Oct. 1391; determine suits for piracy Dec. 1389, Feb. 1390; try Sir John Drayton Feb. 1390; of oyer and terminer, Suss. Dec. 1390, Feb. 1393, Mdx. July 1393; to examine evidence in the dispute between the earl of Huntingdon and the civic authorities of London Jan. 1391; examine the judgement in a suit before the mayor’s ct. London June, Nov. 1391, Mar. 1393; of gaol delivery July 1391.

Tax surveyor, Suss. Aug. 1379.

Parlty. cttee. to investigate administration 2 Mar. 1380.RP, iii. 73–74.

J.p. Suss. 26 May 1380 – d., Kent 6 Apr.-Oct. 1383.

Master forester, duchy of Lancaster, at Ashdown Chase, Suss. 13 Aug. 1381–6 Sept. 1383.Reg. Gaunt 1379–83, no. 1103; Somerville, Duchy, i. 380.

Dep. capt. Brest, Brittany by Jan. 1389.

Member, Ric. II’s council 4 May 1389 – d.

Ambassador to France 12 Apr.-15 July 1390.E364/24 m. A; Foedera ed. Rymer (orig. edn.), vii. 667.

Keeper and escheator of the City of London 25 June – 22 July 1392.

Bailiff, Wallingford Mich. 1420–1, 1430 – 31; alderman 1431 – 32, 1436 – 37, 1440 – 41, 1446 – 47; mayor 1438–9.Boarstall Cart. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxviii), nos. 811, 819; C219/12/5, 14/2; Bodl. Ch. Berks. 137; Berks. RO, W/RTb/102–4, W/TLa/14.

Bailiff, Grimsby Mich. 1417–18.E368/190.

Bailiff, Lincoln Sept. 1378–9; mayor 1382 – 83, 1384–5.C260/96/14; Assoc. Archit. Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxxix. 229–30.

Controller of a tax, Lincoln Dec. 1380; collector Nov. 1386.

Commr. to audit accounts of collectors of pavage, Lincoln Nov. 1383; of array Dec. 1383;Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 58. inquiry May 1389 (counterfeiting), Apr. 1407 (wastes at the hospital of the Holy Innocents).

Mayor of the Boston Staple, Lincs. 20 July 1389–90.C267/4/12; J.W.F. Hill, Med. Lincoln, 251.

Coroner of the liberty of Lincoln by 15 Aug. 1403 – aft.18 Nov. 1406.