BIERE, Walter, of Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Mayor, Shaftesbury Mich. 1392–3, 1401 – 02, 1404–6.
J.p. Dorset 1 July 1396–1423.
Commr. of inquiry, Dorset July 1397 (tithes due to Holy Trinity church, Dorchester), Wilts., Som., Dorset July 1405 (estates of Thomas, Lord West); to confiscate stolen goods, Shaftesbury July 1402; of array, Dorset May 1416.
Bailiff, Shaftesbury abbey estates, Dorset by Feb. 1400.
Verderer, Gillingham forest 29 Oct. 1408–?d.
BIERE, Walter
BIERE, Robert, of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
Tax collector, Dorset Dec. 1372.
BIERE, Robert
BIDEWELL, John, of Barnstaple, Devon.
Mayor, Barnstaple Mich. 1382–3, 1395 – 97, 1399–1400.
Tax collector, Devon Nov. 1382, Dec. 1385, 1398.
BIDEWELL, John
BIDDULPH, John, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
Bailiff, Newcastle-under-Lyme Mich. 1408–9, mayor 1418–19.
Prob. escheator, Staffs. 9 Dec. 1408–7 Nov. 1409.
Commr. of inquiry, Staffs. Feb. 1422 (counterfeiting).
At least one other man of the same name is known to have lived in Staffs. during the early 15th century. A John Biddulph the elder appears in 1405-6, and it was possibly he rather than the subject of this biography who was active elsewhere in the county at this time (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xii. 258; xv. 91, 96; xvi. 48, 53; CPR, 1396-9, p. 398; CCR, 1402-5, p. 383; 1405-9, p. 221).
BIDDULPH, John
BICKLEY, John, of Huntingdon.
Bailiff, Huntingdon Mich. 1425–7, 1428–9.
BICKLEY, John
BIBBESWORTH, Edmund (d.c.1445), of Bibbesworth in Kimpton, Herts. and Latton, Essex.
BIBBESWORTH, Edmund (-d. c.1445)
