MUNCASTER, Richard

Constituency Dates
Carlisle [], [1426]
Family and Education
prob. s. and h. of John Muncaster of Carlisle. m. 1 An elaborate later ped. identifies his w. as Alice, da. and h. of William Hodwine: Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 130-1. There is no contemporary evidence even to identify her father let alone prove the match. at least 1s.
Address
Main residences: Carlisle; Scaleby, Cumb.
biography text

A little more may be added to the earlier biography.2 The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 808.

Early in 1420, in a striking illustration of the trivia that concerned local courts, in the mayor’s court at Carlisle Muncaster unsuccessfully claimed damages of 8d. against a saddler for the detinue of a saddle delivered to him to repair some eight years earlier. He was still alive in 1430, when Sir Peter Tilliol* sued him for a debt of four marks. Interestingly, here he is described as resident at Scaleby, Tilliol’s home a few miles to the north-east of Carlisle, and it may be that he was one of that wealthy knight’s servants.3 Cumbria RO, Carlisle, Carlisle city recs. Ca3/1/7; CP40/677, rot. 38d; 678, rot. 250d.

Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. An elaborate later ped. identifies his w. as Alice, da. and h. of William Hodwine: Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 130-1. There is no contemporary evidence even to identify her father let alone prove the match.
  • 2. The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 808.
  • 3. Cumbria RO, Carlisle, Carlisle city recs. Ca3/1/7; CP40/677, rot. 38d; 678, rot. 250d.