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TIRWHIT, William (d.1451), of Wrawby, Lincs. and Thorngumbald, Yorks.

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s. and h. of Robert Tirwhit (d. 6 Jan. 1427), of Kettleby, Lincs., j.KB, by Alice. da. of Sir Robert Kelk of Kelk, Yorks. m. (1) by Nov. 1410, Constance, poss. da. of Sir Anselm St. Quentin of Brandsburton, Yorks., 1s.; (2) by Jan. 1450, Cecily. Kntd. by 22 July 1418.C139/43/2; CPR, 1436-41, pp. 41-42; Belvoir Castle deeds, 5826-7; DKR, xli. 716; Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 1018-19; Sel. Cases King’s Bench (Seldon Soc. lxxxviii), 200-3.
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Bailli of Mantes, Meulan and Poissy and capt. of Montjoie, St. Germain en Laye and Poissy, France 18 Jan. 1421-aft. 30 Aug. 1422.DKR, xlii. 397, 431, 433, 438, 448, 452; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, i. 353.

Commr. to take musters, Mantes May 1421, Meulan Aug., Dec. 1421, Mantes Feb., Apr., Aug. 1422;DKR, xlii. 427, 431, 433, 438, 448, 452. of array, Lincs. (Lindsey) Jan. 1436; sewers Feb. 1428, (Holland) July 1423, (Lindsey) Mar. 1446; to raise royal loans May 1428, Mar. 1430, May 1431, June 1446, Sept. 1449; of oyer and terminer Feb. 1430 (assault at Kirkton), July 1432 (attack on property of Croyland abbey), Feb. 1439 (flooding of land at Heckington); to make an arrest Aug. 1433.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 12 July 1432 – d.

Sheriff, Yorks. 7 Nov. 1435–8 Nov. 1436.

Collector of a tax, Lincs. (Lindsey) Aug. 1450.

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TIRWHIT, Sir William (d.1451), of Wrawby, Lincs. and Thorngumbald, Yorks.
Main residences: Wrawby, Lincs.; Thorngumbald, Yorks.
Thirwhit, Tyrwhit(t), Tyrwhyt
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TIRWHIT, William (-d.1451)

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TIPTOFT, Sir Payn (c.1351-c.1413), of Burwell, Cambs.

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b. c.1351, s. of John, 2nd Lord Tybotot (1313-67), by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Aspall of Aspall, Suff. m. Agnes (d. bef. Oct. 1413),VCH Hants, iv. 628 gives the date of Agnes’s death as 1396, but without reference. She certainly died before her niece, Elizabeth Wroth, wife of Sir William Palton†: C138/5/53. da. of John Wroth (d.1396) of Enfield, Mdx. and sis. of Sir John Wroth (d.1407), 1s. Sir John, 1da; 1s. illegit.Sir Payn’s daughter married a son of John Danceys*. His illegitimate son, William, was the child of Joan Grace: CP25(1)30/94/62; T. Blore, Rutland, 61-62. Kntd. bef. Mar. 1387.
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Commr. to put down rebellion, Cambs. Mar., Dec. 1382; of oyer and terminer Sept. 1384, July 1404; array Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; inquiry Apr. 1401 (poaching on crown land), May 1401 (arson); to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well May 1402; raise forces for military service in Wales Aug. 1402; combat the northern rebels, Cambs., Hunts. May 1405; of sewers, Norf. June 1406; weirs, Cambs., Hunts. Mar. 1410.

J.p. Cambs. 9 Nov. 1399 – Jan. 1405, 27 Jan. 1406 – d.

Surveyor of the King’s warrens, Norf., Suff., Cambs. 5 Mar. 1401–?d.J.H. Wylie, Hen. IV, iv. 142.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 8 Nov. 1401–14 Feb. 1402,He did not account for this shrievalty. 18 Nov. 1404–22 Nov. 1405.

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TIPTOFT, Sir Payn (c.1351-c.1413), of Burwell, Cambs.
Main residence: Burwell, Cambs.
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Commons 1386-1421
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TIPTOFT, Sir Payn (c.1351-c.1413)

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TIPTOFT, Sir John (d.1443), of Burwell, Cambs.

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s. and h. of Sir Payn Tiptoft. m. (1) bef. May 1407, Philippa (c.1367-2 May 1417),C138/27/40. da. of Sir John Talbot, sis. and coh. of John Talbot (d.1388) of Richards Castle, Herefs., wid. of Sir Robert Assheton (d.1384), warden of the Cinque Ports, and of Sir Matthew Gournay (d.1406) of Farrington Gurney, Som., s.p.; (2) by contract bef. 8 July 1421 and licence 28 Feb. 1422, Joyce (c.1403-22 Sept. 1446), yr. da. and coh. of Edward, Lord Charlton of Powis (d.1421), by his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of Thomas Holand, earl of Kent, coh. of her uncle Edmund Holand, earl of Kent (d.1408), 1s. 3da. Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399; cr. Lord Tiptoft 7 Jan. 1426.
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Commr. of array, Hunts. Aug. 1402, Cambs., Hunts. May 1405, Lisieux Jan. 1418;Rot. Norm. ed. Hardy, 359. inquiry, Cambs., Hunts. June 1406 (concealments), Som., Dorset Jan. 1414 (lollards), Devon July 1414 (treasons and insurrections); to raise royal loans, Cambs., Hunts. June 1406, July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Feb. 1434, Feb. 1436, Cambs. Mar. 1442; take property into the King’s hands, Som., Dorset July 1411; determine appeals from the ct. of chivalry Apr. 1412, regarding a breach of the truce with Castile May 1414; of oyer and terminer, Hunts. July 1425, Devon Mar. 1427, Warws. May 1427, Cambs. Nov. 1429, Surr., Suss., Berks. Feb. 1437, Kent June 1438, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent, Surr. Oct. 1441; to take musters, Kent Feb. 1427, Hants May 1431, Sandwich July 1436; distribute tax allowances, Hunts. Dec. 1433, Cambs. May 1437, Apr. 1440, Mar. 1442; take oaths against maintenance, Hunts., Cambs. May 1434; assess a graduated tax Jan. 1436; of arrest Oct. 1436; weirs, Essex, Herts., Mdx. Oct. 1436; to treat for payment of parity. subsidies, Cambs. Feb. 1441.

Steward of the duchy of Lancaster manor of Soham, Cambs. 7 July 1404 – d., the lordship of Brecknock by 1411-c. Feb. 1414, the Mortimer lordship of Bottisham, Cambs. 1 Nov. 1405-c. June 1413.

J.p. Cambs. 27 Jan. 1406 – Nov. 1417, 12 Feb. 1422 – d., Hunts. 1 Feb. 1406–18, 16 July 1429 – d., Som. 18 Nov. 1408 – Mar. 1413, Salop 28 May 1422 – July 1423, Worcs. 28 May 1422 – July 1423, Cambridge 21 Aug. 1437-Nov. 1441.

Speaker 1406.

Parlty. cttees. on the safe keeping of the seas 3 Apr. 1406, and to witness the engrossment of the rolls of Parliament Dec. 1406.

Treasurer of the Household 8 Dec. 1406 – 17 July 1408.

Keeper of the forests of Weybridge and Sapley, Hunts. 8 Dec. 1406.

Chief butler 13 May – 4 Dec. 1407.

Seneschal of the Landes and constable of Dax, Aquitaine 8 Feb. 1408 – d.

Treasurer of the Exchequer 14 July 1408 – 11 Dec. 1409.

Prefect of Entre-deux-Mers 8 Sept. 1408-aft. 1423.

Lt. of Thomas Beaufort, earl of Dorset, admiral of England by Aug. 1413.

Seneschal of Aquitaine 30 Apr. 1415 – May 1423.

Ambassador to treat with delegates from the king of Castile 13 Jan. 1416, the abp. of Cologne 4 May 1416, the king of France 31 Aug. 1416, the king of Aragon, the princes of Germany, the Hanseatic League and the Genoese 2 Dec. 1416, the queen of Sicily 20 May 1418, the duke of Brittany 1 June 1418, the king of France 8 May 1419, the duke of Burgundy May 1427, Prussia and the Hanseatic League 6 Nov. 1436, the king of Scotland 20 Mar. 1438, the abp. of Cologne 4 Feb. 1439, 20 Aug. 1440.

Capt. of Essay 12 Oct. 1417-c. Apr. 1422, Bonmoleyns 21 Oct. 1417-c.1422.

President of the Norman Exchequer 1 Nov. 1417-c. May 1419 and treasurer of the duchy of Normandy 1 Nov. 1417 – 1 May 1419.

Councillor to Hen. VI 9 Dec. 1422 – d.

Chief steward of the Welsh estates late of Edmund, earl of March, 24 Feb. 1425-c. May 1432.

Steward of the Household c. May 1426 – 1 Mar. 1432.

Trier of parliamentary petitions 1427, 1429, 1431, 1433, 1435, 1437.

Gov. of Marck in the marches of Picardy 28 Sept. 1431-c.436.

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TIPTOFT, Sir John (d.1443), of Burwell, Cambs.
Main residence: Burwell, Cambs.
Notes

For a more detailed account of Tiptoft’s career, and all source material, unless otherwise indicated, see J.S. Roskell, Parl. and Pol. in Late Med. Eng. iii. 107-50, and Speakers, 147-9, 367-8.

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TILNEY, Sir Philip (d.1394), of Boston, Lincs.

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3rd s. of Sir Frederick Tilney of Boston by his w. Margery (d. aft. 1399), da. of Sir John Rochford of Boston. m. prob. by Mar. 1382, Grace, h. of the Baynard family of Histon, Cambs., 2s. 1da. Kntd. between Mar. 1384 and May 1385.Lincs. AO, Reg. Buckingham XII, ff. 301, 326-7, 417v-18; P. Thompson, Boston, 118; VCH Cambs. ii. 396-8; CPL, v. 233-4; Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 829. There is no evidence to support Thompson’s belief (p. 373) that Tilney’s wife was the da. and h. of Sir Robert Rosse of Gedney.
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Dep. butler, Boston 5 Nov. 1378–4 Nov. 1382.

Commr. to suppress the rebels of 1381, Cambs. Mar., Dec. 1382; of array, Lincs. (Holland) Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; sewers July 1386, Norf. Mar. 1387, Suss. Feb. 1392, Cambs., Norf. Apr., May 1392, Suss. Apr. 1393; to assess and levy a royal loan, Boston Sept. 1386; issue proclamations against increases in the price of armour, Lincs. (Holland) Sept. 1386; of inquiry July 1388 (claim to the manor of South Rasen), May 1391 (refusal of chantry priests to discharge their duties); oyer and terminer, Lincoln Mar. 1390 (franchises of the keeper of the castle), Yorks. Mar. 1390 (insurrections in the liberty of Knaresborough), Lincoln May 1390 (assault on the cathedral close), Yorks. July 1390 (treasons and felonies); to settle a civic dispute, Lincoln Mar. 1393; make arrests Aug. 1393 (generally); conduct prisoners to Nottingham castle Sept. 1393.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1 Nov. 1383–11 Nov. 1384,Philip Tilney’s name is given on the fine rolls, but that of his brother, Frederick, on the precepta roll (PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 13). His personal connexion with Cambs. was, however, far stronger, and it was almost certainly he who held office. Lincs. 18 Nov. 1386–7.

Alderman of the Corpus Christi guild, Boston c. 1387-aft. 13 Feb. 1389.Thompson, 117, 364.

Chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster, north parts by 20 Apr. 1389–d.Somerville, Duchy, i. 367.

J.p. duchy of Lancaster liberties in Yorks. 11 Mar. 1390 – d., Lincs. (Holland) 28 June 1390 – d.

Steward to Bishop Fordham of Ely 1 Mar. 1394.-d.Ely Diocesan Remembrancer (1900), 54.

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TILNEY, Sir Philip (d.1394), of Boston, Lincs.
Main residence: Boston, Lincs.
Tilnay, Tilneye, Tylney(e)
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TILNEY, John, BLC, of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.

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Clerk to Bp. Courtenay of Norwich by Oct. 1414.CCR, 1413–16, p. 148.

Lt. of the admiral of England by July 1422-c.1440.

Controller, customs and subsidies, Lynn 25 July 1425 – Mar. 1432; collector, Great Yarmouth 24 Mar. 1432 – Oct. 1433, Lynn 27 Oct. 1433-May 1434.

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TILNEY, John, BLC, of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.
Main residence: Bishop's Lynn, Norf.
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Commons 1386-1421
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TILNEY, John

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