Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. c.1332, s. and h. of Sir Nicholas Bonville of Shute by Joan, da. of Henry Champernowne†. m. (1) bef. 1365, Margaret (d. 25 May 1399), da. and coh. of Sir William d’Aumarle† of Woodbury, Devon, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) Alice (d. 27 Mar. 1426), wid. of John Fitzroger, Sir Edmund Clevedon†, Sir Ralph Carminowe and Sir John Rodney. Kntd. by 1372.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 101; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, i. 394; iii. 160-1; CCR, 1374-7, p. 87; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 199, 356; N. and Q. (ser. 5), viii. 430-1; CIPM, xiii. 209.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Devon, Hants July 1364 (Carew estates), Devon, Dorset Mar. 1371 (shipwreck), Som. July 1374 (extortion), Devon July 1376 (Richard Lyons’s† extortions), Som., Dorset Mar. 1393 (concealments), Devon, Som., Dorset, Wilts., Bristol, Hants Dec. 1400 (concealment of the property of Richard II’s adherents), Devon July 1401 (concealment of alnage), Dorset Jan. 1405 (decay of Lyme), Devon, Cornw. June 1406 (concealments); array, Devon May 1375, Feb. 1379, Mar. 1380, Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, July 1402, Som. Aug. 1402, Cornw., Devon, Som., Dorset Aug. 1403, Devon Oct. 1403, July 1405; oyer and terminer Feb. 1380, Som. July 1380, Devon Oct. 1380, Som. May 1381, Devon Nov. 1381, Oct. 1382; of sewers, Som. Apr. 1382, June 1387, Aug. 1401; arrest, Som., Dorset, Devon, Cornw. Feb. 1382, Som. Nov. 1386, Som., Dorset, Bristol Jan. 1387, Som. Nov. 1387; to resist the rebels, Som., Devon Mar., Dec. 1382; make proclamation against disturbers of the peace, Devon May, June 1384; survey rivers, Som. Mar. 1401; raise royal loans, Devon Sept. 1405, Devon, Cornw. June 1406.

J.p. Devon to May 1366 – July 1368, 26 May 1380 – Nov. 1383, 28 Nov. 1384–5, Som. 25 May 1376–80.

Surveyor of taxes, Devon Aug. 1379, Dec. 1380.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1 Nov. 1381 – 24 Nov. 1382, Devon 15 Nov. 1389–7 Nov. 1390.

Tax collector, Som. Dec. 1384.

Parlimentarian
BONVILLE, Sir William I (c.1332-1408), of Shute, Devon.
Main residence: Shute, Devon.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

BONVILLE, Sir William I (c.1332-1408)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image