BORDE (BOORDE), William, of Taunton, Som. and Wantage, Berks.

Clerk of Taunton castle by Oct. 1421.Goring Chs. (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xiv), 214–15.

Dep. to Thomas Chaucer, chief butler of England, in the ports of Topsham and Bridgwater, by Dec. 1422-Nov. 1435.

Feodary, honour of Wallingford by Apr. 1431.Boarstall Cart. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxviii), 167.

Commr. of inquiry, Oxon., Berks., Bucks. Feb. 1436 (concealments).

Royal approver of the manors of Stanton St. John and Glympton, Oxon. 7 June-1 Nov. 1437.

Dep. justiciar S. Wales, 28 July 1438-c. Feb. 1440; marshal of the great and petty sessions 30 Dec. 1438-May 1440.Griffiths, i. 34, 146, 553; CPR, 1436–41, pp. 201, 233.

Escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 4 Nov. 1443–6 Nov. 1444.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Bristol 5 Nov. 1446-Apr. 1451.