BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456), of of Beaurepaire and ’The Vine’, in Sherborne St. John, Hants

Family and Education

b. c.1379, s. of Sir Bernard Brocas (exec. 1400), of Beaurepaire, by Joan, da. of Sir Thomas Midelton;M. Burrows, Fam. Brocas of Beaurepaire, 144-58. He confuses William’s mother with the wife of his brother Bernard on p. 132. See Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), x. pt. iv. 99. gds. of Sir Bernard and er bro. of Bernard. m. (1) by Nov. 1398, Sibyl; (2) by June 1414, Joan, da. of Sir Walter Sandys, 2s. at least 3da.

Offices Held

Master of the King’s buckhounds, ?1400–d.(Sir) Rustin Villeneuve* was granted this office, normally hereditary in the Brocas family, in Feb. 1400 for term of his life. William Brocas may not have recovered it until Villeneuve’s death.

Commr. of array, Hants July 1402, May 1406, Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419, June 1421, May 1435, Jan. 1436, Mar. 1443, Sept. 1449; inquiry Jan. 1414 (lollards),CPR, 1413–16, pp. 177–8 has Bernard Brocas for this commission, but see CIMisc. vii. 462. Jan. 1415 (dues to Southampton castle); to raise royal loans Nov. 1419, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Feb. 1434, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Sept. 1449; assess liability to contribute to a subsidy Apr. 1431; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1433; to take musters, Portsdown Dec. 1435, Southampton July 1436; treat for payment of subsidies, Hants Feb. 1441, Aug. 1450.

Sheriff, Hants 1 Dec. 1415 – 30 Nov. 1416, 4 Nov. 1428 – 10 Feb. 1430, 7 Nov. 1435–8 Nov. 1436.

J.p. Hants 12 Feb. 1422 – Mar. 1455.

Parlimentarian

BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456), of and ‘The Vyne’, Sherborne St. John, Hants.

Main residences: of Beaurepaire; 'The Vine', in Sherborne St. John, Hants.

Author

J.S.R.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BROCAS, William (c.1379-1456)