Constituency Dates
Taunton [1414 (Apr.)], [1414 (Nov.)], 1422, 1425, [1426]
Family and Education
s. of William Marchaunt† of Taunton and bro. of Richard†.1 E326/5022. m. bef. Aug. 1408, Joan, at least 1ch.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Taunton 1417, 1421 (May), 1427, 1429.

Commr. of sewers between Burnham and Ilchester and at Wells, Som. May 1425.

Address
Main residence: Taunton, Som.
biography text

More may be added to the earlier biography.2 The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 681.

Marchaunt was one of three sons of the Taunton merchant William Marchaunt. While his brother Richard followed their father into the cloth trade, the third son, Andrew, entered the Church.3 Som. Archs., Portman mss, DD\PM/5/2/10. John is last heard of in November 1430, when he headed the list of witnesses to a property deed of his neighbour Thomas Osborne.4 E326/5035.

Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. E326/5022.
  • 2. The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 681.
  • 3. Som. Archs., Portman mss, DD\PM/5/2/10.
  • 4. E326/5035.