Family and Education
s. and h. of William Acton of Acton Burnell, Salop. m. by Sept. 1375, Eleanor (b.c.1349), yr. da. and coh. of Fulk Strange of Betton Strange, Salop, 2s.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 9; CIPM, xiv. 77, 173; CCR, 1374-7, pp. 314-15. In CP (xii. 343-4) Eleanor’s father is confused with her cousin, Fulk, 3rd Lord Strange, who died s.p. in 1349 (CIPM, ix. 224).
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Salop c. June 1360, June 1377; inquiry Feb. 1386 (murder).
Sheriff, Salop 24 Nov. 1382 – 1 Dec. 1383, 11 Nov. 1384 – 20 Oct. 1385, 15 Nov. 1389–7 Nov. 1390.
Tax collector, Salop Dec. 1384.
Escheator, Salop, Staffs. and the adjacent marches 30 Nov. 1388–12 Dec. 1390.
J.p. Salop 15 July 1389 – June 1390.
Alnager, Salop 20 July 1394–25 July 1396.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Longnor, Salop.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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ACTON, Edward
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