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SYRESTON, John (d.c.1417), of Trevarthen in Newlyn, Cornw.

Family and Education
er. bro. of Robert Syreston. m. (1) ?Joan, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Cergeaux of Colquite by his 2nd w. s.p.;C138/40/53. (2) by 1400, Joan, prob. da. of Ralph Trenewith I by Joan (d.1428), da. and h. of Otto Bodrugan, 3s.
Offices Held

Under sheriff, Cornw. 1391 – 92, 1400–1.SC6/819/3, 10.

Alnager, Cornw. 20 July 1394-Nov. 1395.

Tax collector, Cornw. May 1398, Dec. 1406.

Escheator, Cornw. 26 Nov. 1399–8 Nov. 1401.

Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. Mar. 1401 (ownership of Trelaske), July 1401, Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1403 (concealments), Nov. 1409, Nov. 1410, Sept. 1413 (the ransoming of prisoners in Brittany); to close the ports of Padstow and Wadell May 1401.

Main residence: Trevarthen in Newlyn, Cornw.
Shireston, Sireston
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Commons 1386-1421
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SYRESTON, John (-d. c.1417)

Will
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Oxford 1644
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SYMON, John, of Cornw.

Family and Education
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Bailiff of the hundred of Kerrier, Cornw. Mich. 1374–80.Duchy of Cornw. RO, ministers’ accts. 20, 23, 26; SC6/818/6–8.

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Main residence: Cornw.
Notes

He is not to be confused with John, s. of Roger Lowys by Margaret, da. and h. of John Symon† (d.c.1381) of Bodmin, who adopted his grandfather’s name after his parents were divorced in 1379: J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 422; Cornw. Feet of Fines (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1914), 611, 655; ibid. (1950), 716; Reg. Brantingham ed. Hingeston-Randolph, 28. Between 1405 and 1410 that John was engaged in lawsuits with his half-brother John Foll: CPR, 1405-8, pp. 114, 162; 1408-13, p. 5; CCR, 1405-9, p. 80; Reg. Stafford, 345; JUST 1/1536 mm. 27, 114d). He must have been fairly young at the time of the Cambridge Parliament.

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Commons 1386-1421
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SYMON, John

Will
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Oxford 1644
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SYMME, John, of Canterbury, Kent.

Family and Education
m. bef. 1381, Christine.
Offices Held

Jurat, Canterbury Mich. 1386–7, 1389 – 92; bailiff 1392–3.Canterbury Cathedral, City and Diocesan RO, burghmote reg. O/A1, ff. 9d, 13, 14; List of Canterbury Officials comp. Urry and Bunce, 48.

Main residence: Canterbury, Kent.
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Commons 1386-1421
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SYMME, John

Will
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Oxford 1644
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