Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
s. and h. of William Carent by Alice, da. and event. h. of Sir John Toomer of Toomer. m. (1) bef. 1418, Margaret (d.1463), da. of William Stourton, 1s. John†, 1da., (2) bef. Nov. 1468, Katherine (d. 20 Mar. 1473), da. of Thomas Payne of ‘Paynshay’, Devon by Margery, da. and h. of Peter Yeovilton of Speckington, Som., wid. of John Stourton I of Preston Plucknett, Som., Sir John Beynton† of Hampreston, Dorset and William Wadham.CPR, 1467-77, p. 113; C140/44/30. J. Hutchins (Hist. Dorset, iv. 111-13) confused the three William Carents (this Member and his father and grandfather).
Offices Held

Escheator, Som. and Dorset 16 Nov. 1420–3 May 1423.

Commr. of inquiry, Som., Dorset Feb. 1421 (concealments), Som. Nov. 1421 (wastes), Dorset Feb. 1423 (Gorges estates), Aug. 1426 (necromancy), Devon, Cornw. Jan. 1436 (Herle estates), Dorset July 1439, Som. July 1440 (concealments), Dorset Jan. 1444 (title to estates), Sept. 1444 (rights at Gillingham), Bristol, Som., Dorset Feb. 1448, s. of Eng. July 1448, Som. Aug. 1449 (concealments), Dorset Oct. 1470 (felonies), Aug. 1473 (concealments), Dorset, Wilts. Dec. 1475 (treason and lollardy); to raise royal loans, Som., Dorset Mar. 1431, Feb. 1436, Dorset Mar. 1439, Mar. 1442, Som., Dorset June 1446, Dorset Sept. 1449, Som., Dorset, Wilts. Jan. 1453, Som., Dorset Apr. 1454; of oyer and terminer, Som., Mar. 1431, June 1436; to assess a tax Apr. 1431, Som., Dorset Jan. 1436, Dorset Aug. 1450; of array May 1435, Jan. 1436, Som., Dorset Mar. 1443, Dorset Aug. 1461, June 1470; to take musters, Poole Dec. 1439, Feb. 1440; distribute tax allowances, Som. June 1445, July 1446; of arrest Sept. 1459, July 1463; gaol delivery, Dorchester Nov. 1467, Feb. 1468.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, 3 Nov. 1434 – 7 Nov. 1435, 4 Nov. 1440–1, 4 Nov. 1446 – 9 Nov. 1447, 3 Dec. 1450-Nov. 1451.

J.p. Dorset 2 Dec. 1430 – d.

Parlimentarian
CARENT, William (d.1476), of Toomer in Henstridge, Som.
Main residence: Toomer in Henstridge, Som.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

CARENT, William (-d.1476)

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