CRACKENTHORPE, Robert (d.1438), of Howgill, Westmld. and Skirwith, Cumb.

Family and Education

yr. s. of John Crackenthorpe; yr. bro. of William II. m. by c.1413, Elizabeth ( d.1462), e. da. and coh. of John Lancaster I by his 1st w. Margaret. 2s. inc. John†.Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. x. ped. II, facing p. 494; n.s. xxxiii. ped. facing p. 43 and p. 72.

Offices Held

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 29 Nov. 1410 – 10 Dec. 1411, 23 Nov. 1419–16 Nov. 1420.

Dep. sheriff, Westmld. 19 Feb. 1421–16 Oct. or 14 Nov. 1423.

Commr. of inquiry, Westmld. Feb. 1422 (counterfeiting), Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks. Feb. 1431, Mar. 1432, July 1434 (evasion of customs), Westmld. Apr. 1431 (persons liable for taxation).

J.p. Westmld. 20 July 1424 – d.

Assessor of taxes, Westmld. Jan. 1436.

Keeper of the west march towards Scotland 24 Nov. 1436.Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 297.

Parlimentarian

CRACKENTHORPE, John (1420-c.1485), of Howgill, Westmld and Bromfield, Cumb.

Main residences: Howgill, Westmld; Skirwith, Cumb.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

CRACKENTHORPE, Robert (-d.1438)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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