Commons 1386-1421

Surveyor and controller of the royal works at Wallingford castle 28 Oct. 1389 – 20 Nov. 1390.

Commr. of inquiry, river Thames Feb. 1391 (illegal seizure of nets confiscated by the water bailiff), Kent June 1393 (waste in alien priory estates at Lewisham and Greenwich), Berks. Mar. 1410 (forfeited goods).

Alderman, Wallingford Mich. 1391–2, 1409 – 15, 1419 – 20, 1424 – 26; mayor 1417 – 18, 1421 – 23, 1426–7.Boarstall Cart. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxviii), nos. 766, 805–7, 810, 826–7, 832–3, 835–40; Bodl. Chs. Berks. 130, 131, 133, 135; Berks. RO, W/TLb/16; C219/11/2, 3, 12/3, 6, 13/1–4.

Receiver of the honour of Wallingford Mich. 1401-aft. 1418.SC6/1096/15.

Tax collector, Berks. Dec. 1402.

Steward, Exeter Mich. 1405–6, 1420 – 21, 1424 – 25, 1434 – 35, 1436 – 37, 1438 – 39, 1441 – 42; member of the council of 12, 1418 – 19, 1422–4.Exeter City RO, mayors’ ct. rolls 3 Hen. IV-20 Hen. VI.

Mayor, Dunheved 1397, 1405.R. and O.B. Peter, Hist. Launceston, 400.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Plymouth and Fowey 26 Apr. 1419 – Nov. 1423; collector 14 Nov. 1423-July 1426.