Family and Education
s. and h. of Laurence Acton† (d.1386/7) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by his w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Sturmyn. m. at least 1s.Arch. Aeliana n.s. i. 30; (ser. 4), xiv. 30. The Acton family pedigree as set out in Hist. Northumb. v. 467; vii. 369 is confused, failing to distinguish clearly between successive generations. It was almost certainly the MP’s son and namesake who married a wife named Maud; no definite evidence survives about the identity of his own wife.
Offices Held
Bailiff, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mich. 1385–93; mayor 1393–6.
J.p. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 26 Dec. 1390.
Commr. of inquiry, Northumb. June 1399, July 1401 (lands of John Chamber).
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
Aketon, Dacton
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ACTON, Laurence (-d.1410)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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