CLITHEROE, Richard

Constituency Dates
New Romney []1Romney assmt. bk. 2, ff. 80, 82. He had reached London in Jan. before he heard of the prorogation., [], [], [], [], 1422, [1423], 1429, 1435, 1437, 1442, 1445, 1447
Family and Education
poss. s. of William Clitheroe† (d.1421) of New Romney; nephew of Richard† (d.1420) of Clitheroe, Lancs., London and Goldstone in Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, and bro. of John, bp. of Bangor (1423-35). m. Eleanor, at least 1s. William* (d.v.p.) and other ch.
Offices Held

Jurat, Romney 25 Mar. 1414–16, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 29, 1434 – 39, 1445 – 46, 1449 – 50, 1453 – 55; bailiff or dep. bailiff prob. 1429 – 33, 1439 – 42, 1446 – 48, 1450 – 53, 1462 – 63.

?Coroner, Kent by Oct. 1414.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1424, 1444.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 23 May 1431 – 23 Feb. 1435.

Commr. Romney Apr. 1445.

Address
Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
biography text

A little more can be added to the earlier biography.2 The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 602-3.

Like his fellow executors of his uncle Richard’s will, John Darell* (steward of the estates of the archbishop of Canterbury) and Geoffrey Lowther* (the lieutenant warden of the Cinque Ports), Clitheroe became involved in the affairs of Rochester bridge. It was as a co-executor of the will of his uncle, a member of the bridge’s governing council, that he was involved in recovering a legacy of 110 marks that had been promised for the bridge’s maintenance. This matter dragged on for some 15 years after his uncle’s death and in 1435-6 the bridge wardens rode to both New Romney and Canterbury to confer with him and his fellow executors over the disputed legacy.3 Rochester Bridge Trust, Rochester Bridge wardens’ accts. 1435-6, F 1/40.

Author
D.I.G.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. Romney assmt. bk. 2, ff. 80, 82. He had reached London in Jan. before he heard of the prorogation.
  • 2. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 602-3.
  • 3. Rochester Bridge Trust, Rochester Bridge wardens’ accts. 1435-6, F 1/40.