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BROCKLEY, John (d.1444/5), of London.

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es. and h. of William Brockley of Brockley, Suff. by his w. Agnes, da. and h. of Alexander Manston. m. by June 1426, Katherine.C1/68/14; J. Gage, Hist. Thingoe Hundred, 276-82, 357, 384; CPL, vii. 431.
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Auditor, London 21 Sept. 1421–4, 1428 – 30; alderman of Aldgate Ward by 12 June 1426 – aft.12 May 1433, Candlewick Ward by 6 Dec. 1434 – 23 May 1438, Walbrook Ward 23 May 1438 – 19 Oct. 1444; mayor, London 13 Oct. 1433–4.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 261, 273; K, 1, 14, 32, 79, 102, 112, 172, 184; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 2, 82, 217.

Warden of the Drapers’ Co. Aug. 1423–4; master Aug. 1441–2.A.H. Johnson, Hist. Drapers’ Company, i. 287, 342.

Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1425–6.

Alnager, Northants. and Rutland 1 Nov. 1434 – d.

Assessor of a tax, London Jan. 1436.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, London Jan. 1442.

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BROCKLEY, John (d.1444/5), of London.
Main residence: London.
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Commons 1386-1421
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BROCKLEY, John (-d.1444/5)

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BROCKHILL, Thomas (d.c.1411), of Calehill in Little Chart and Aldington, Kent.

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prob. yr. s. of Sir Thomas Brockhill† of Saltwood, Kent, and bro. of Sir John Brockhill† (d.1383) of the same. m. Joan, 1da. d.v.p.
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Capt. of Marck castle, Picardy 16 Dec. 1380–6 Apr. 1382.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 134, 140.

Sheriff, Kent 26 May 1383–11 Nov. 1384.

J.p. Kent 29 Feb. 1384 – July 1389.

Commr. of array, Kent Jan., Apr. 1385, Aug. 1388, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Jan. 1400, July 1402, Sept., Nov. 1403, May 1406, June 1407; inquiry Mar. 1388 (inability of Faversham to supply warships), Kent, Mdx., Suss. Sept. 1391 (concealments), Kent May 1392 (shipwreck); sewers Feb. 1394; to hold special assizes, Nov. 1394; raise royal loans Sept. 1405.

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BROCKHILL, Thomas (d.c.1411), of Calehill in Little Chart and Aldington, Kent.
Main residences: Calehill in Little Chart; Aldington, Kent.
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L.S.W.
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Commons 1386-1421
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BROCKHILL, Thomas (-d. c.1411)

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BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456), of of Beaurepaire and ’The Vine’, in Sherborne St. John, Hants

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b. c.1379, s. of Sir Bernard Brocas (exec. 1400), of Beaurepaire, by Joan, da. of Sir Thomas Midelton;M. Burrows, Fam. Brocas of Beaurepaire, 144-58. He confuses William’s mother with the wife of his brother Bernard on p. 132. See Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), x. pt. iv. 99. gds. of Sir Bernard and er bro. of Bernard. m. (1) by Nov. 1398, Sibyl; (2) by June 1414, Joan, da. of Sir Walter Sandys, 2s. at least 3da.
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Master of the King’s buckhounds, ?1400–d.(Sir) Rustin Villeneuve* was granted this office, normally hereditary in the Brocas family, in Feb. 1400 for term of his life. William Brocas may not have recovered it until Villeneuve’s death.

Commr. of array, Hants July 1402, May 1406, Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419, June 1421, May 1435, Jan. 1436, Mar. 1443, Sept. 1449; inquiry Jan. 1414 (lollards),CPR, 1413–16, pp. 177–8 has Bernard Brocas for this commission, but see CIMisc. vii. 462. Jan. 1415 (dues to Southampton castle); to raise royal loans Nov. 1419, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Feb. 1434, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Sept. 1449; assess liability to contribute to a subsidy Apr. 1431; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1433; to take musters, Portsdown Dec. 1435, Southampton July 1436; treat for payment of subsidies, Hants Feb. 1441, Aug. 1450.

Sheriff, Hants 1 Dec. 1415 – 30 Nov. 1416, 4 Nov. 1428 – 10 Feb. 1430, 7 Nov. 1435–8 Nov. 1436.

J.p. Hants 12 Feb. 1422 – Mar. 1455.

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BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456), of and ‘The Vyne’, Sherborne St. John, Hants.
Main residences: of Beaurepaire; 'The Vine', in Sherborne St. John, Hants.
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BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456)

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