Family and Education
s. and h. of John Arches of East Hendred by Edith, sis. of John Eastbury† (d.1406) of Eastbury in Lambourn (and prob. also of John Eastbury). m. bef. 1378, Joan, at least 2s.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 26; C137/53/20.
Offices Held
Tax collector, Berks. Dec. 1384; controller Mar. 1404.
J.p. Berks. 15 July 1389 – June 1394, 28 Nov. 1399-July 1404.
Commr. of arrest, Berks. Oct. 1389; array Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Berks., Bucks. Sept. 1403; weirs June 1398; inquiry, Glos. May 1404 (depredations by James Clifford).
Alnager, Berks. 20 July 1394 – 12 Apr. 1402; it. alnager, Oxon. and Berks. 13 Jan.-2 May 1403.
Bailiff, Bishop Wykeham of Winchester’s manor of Witney, Oxon. 14 Jan. 1396-c. 1403, his liberty, Oxon. and Berks. bef. May 1403.
Escheator, Berks. 24 Nov. 1400–8 Nov. 1401.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Arches in East Hendred, Berks.
Darches
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ARCHES, John (-d. c.1.405s)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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