Family and Education
nephew of Sir Hugh Calveley the elder (d.1394) of Bunbury, Cheshire, governor of the Channel Isles. m. by May 1384, Margaret, da. and coh. of Roger Cheyne of Salop, wid. of Sir Christopher Folville of Teigh and of Sir Laurence Hauberk† (d.1381) of Stapleford, poss. 1s. Kntd. between Oct. 1383 and Nov. 1384.C66/317 m. 11d; SC8/103/5103; PRO List ’Sheriffs’, 112; CPR, 1401-5, p. 353; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xi. 464; VCH Rutland, ii. 153; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 135. Both Sir John Calveley and (Sir) Hugh Caveley MP were nephews of the distinguished soldier, Sir Hugh Calveley the elder. It seems likely that they themselves were cousins rather than brothers, since (Sir) Hugh, who appears to have been the younger of the two, was heir to his father’s estates. T. Ormerod (Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, ii. 768) is certainly wrong in describing them as father and son, although unlike R. Thoresby (Ducatis Leodiensis, 116) and T. Wotton (English Baronage, iv. 136-8) he does not make the mistake of attaching our Member to the Calveley family of Calveley in Yorks.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Rutland 11 Nov. 1384 – 23 July 1385, 15 Nov. 1389 – 25 Feb. 1390, Warws. and Leics. 15 Nov. 1389 – 25 Feb. 1390; Feb. 1402 dep. sheriff, Rutland by Oct. 1385–22 Oct. 1386.
Commr. of array, Leics. Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399; to make an arrest Jan. 1387; of inquiry, Rutland Feb. 1402 (the dowager countess of Oxford’s claim to the manor of Market Overton).
Steward of the lordship of Oakham, Rutland, for the King 2 Nov. 1388 – 2 Mar. 1390, for Edward, earl of Rutland, 2 Mar. 1390–20 Oct. 1399.
J.p. Leics. 15 July 1389 – June 1390.
Main residences: Stapleford, Leics; Teigh, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
CALVELEY, Sir John (-d.1403)
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