Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. Nov. 1418 (treasons and felonies), Aug. 1426 (q.) (necromancy), Devon Feb. 1428 (q.) (wastes at the priory of St. James by Exeter), Devon, Cornw. July 1429 (restricted freedom of merchants), Aug. 1431 (q.) (wastes at Helston), Dec. 1431, Jan. 1432, May 1442, Sept. 1444 (piracy), Cornw. Nov. 1432, Oct. 1435, Dec. 1439 (q.) (suspected suicide of Edward Burnebury), West Country July 1434 (concealed crown income), Cornw. Sept. 1434 (q.) (riots), Feb. 1435 (ownership of tin), Apr. 1440 (ownership of the manor of Bree); to lease estates of the duchy of Cornw. July 1427, and examine duchy accounts Feb. 1432; assess liability to contribute to a parliamentary grant, Cornw. Apr. 1431.
Steward of the temporalities of the bpric. of Exeter, Cornw. by 1421-aft. 1435.
J.p. Cornw. 12 Feb. 1422 – Nov. 1439, 20 May 1441 – Feb. 1445
Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 17 Dec. 1426–29 Nov. 1427.
CORK, John