CORVEYSER, William, of Shoreham, Suss.
CORVEYSER, William
CORP, John (d.c.1417), of Dartmouth, Devon.
Commr. to fortify Dartmouth and Kingswear, Nov. 1381, Mar. 1406; confiscate merchandise illegally taken at sea Feb. 1386; close the ports of Kingsbridge, Tor Bay and Dartmouth May 1401; of inquiry, Devon May 1403, May 1405, May 1408 (breaches of truces at sea); to organize the defence of merchant shipping Aug. 1403; of arrest, south coast Feb. 1408.
Searcher, Dartmouth 12 June 1385-c.1386, all ports in Devon, except Plymouth 3 Mar. 1397-c.1399.
Controller of customs and subsidies from Bridgwater to Melcombe Regis 20 June 1389–91, Exeter and Dartmouth 3 Feb. 1412–13; collector, Dartmouth 18 Dec. 1404–5, Exeter and Dartmouth Oct. 1405–6, Fowey, Plymouth, Dartmouth and Exeter Apr. 1406–7.
Dep. butler in all ports of Devon 28 Jan. 1393–1402, Dartmouth Nov. 1402-Feb. 1412.
Water bailiff, Dartmouth 18 Mar. 1400 – d.
CORP, John (-d. c.1417)
CORNWALL, Sir John (c.1366-1414), of Kinlet, Salop.
Commr. of inquiry, Salop Dec. 1391 (alienation of lands of Wenlock priory), Apr. 1408 (murder); arrest, Worcs. Nov. 1403, Salop Feb. 1409.
Sheriff, Salop 30 Sept. 1399 – 24 Nov. 1400, 5 Nov. 1403 – 18 Jan. 1404, 22 Nov. 1405–5 Nov. 1406.
Constable of Manorbier castle, Pemb. by Sept. 1403.
J.p. Worcs. 18 Jan. 1404–6.
Jt. controller of the musters of the King’s armies, Salop and North Wales Nov. 1404-Jan. 1406.
Keeper of the forests of Morfe and Shirlet, Salop 2 Apr. 1408-Feb. 1413.
According to CP (v. 253-4), it was the Sir John Cornwall who married Henry IV’s sister, Elizabeth, duchess of Exeter, and was cr. Lord Fanhope in 1432; who sat for Shropshire in 1402 and 1407. This seems unlikely, however, for that Sir John, although closely related to the Barons of Burford, owners of very extensive estates in Shropshire as well as in Worcs. and Herefs. (CIPM, xii. 456), is not himself known to have held any property in the shire (C.G.S. Foljambe and C. Reade, House of Cornewall, 170), and his interests in the early 15th century were concentrated in the West Country.
CORNWALL, Sir John (c.1366-1414)
CORKEBY, John, of Carlisle.
CORKEBY, John
CORK, John, of Paderda in Menheniot, Cornw.
Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. Nov. 1418 (treasons and felonies), Aug. 1426 (q.) (necromancy), Devon Feb. 1428 (q.) (wastes at the priory of St. James by Exeter), Devon, Cornw. July 1429 (restricted freedom of merchants), Aug. 1431 (q.) (wastes at Helston), Dec. 1431, Jan. 1432, May 1442, Sept. 1444 (piracy), Cornw. Nov. 1432, Oct. 1435, Dec. 1439 (q.) (suspected suicide of Edward Burnebury), West Country July 1434 (concealed crown income), Cornw. Sept. 1434 (q.) (riots), Feb. 1435 (ownership of tin), Apr. 1440 (ownership of the manor of Bree); to lease estates of the duchy of Cornw. July 1427, and examine duchy accounts Feb. 1432; assess liability to contribute to a parliamentary grant, Cornw. Apr. 1431.
Steward of the temporalities of the bpric. of Exeter, Cornw. by 1421-aft. 1435.
J.p. Cornw. 12 Feb. 1422 – Nov. 1439, 20 May 1441 – Feb. 1445
Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 17 Dec. 1426–29 Nov. 1427.
CORK, John