DERBY, Thomas, of Gaddesby, Leics.

Keeper of the ‘Prince’s Court’, Leics. 28 Jan. 1387–17 July 1393.

Jt. surveyor of crown lands, Leics., Lincs., Notts., Derbys., Rutland, Warws. from 5 Feb. 1387.

Escheator, Warws. and Leics. 30 Nov. 1387–8.

Commr. of inquiry, Leics. June 1392 (murder), Warws., Leics. July 1393 (enforcement of statutes of weights and measures), Warws. Oct. 1401 (wastes on a Mowbray manor); to raise royal loans, Leics. Sept. 1405.

Steward and receiver of estates late of Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, in Derbys., Warws., Leics., Salop and Worcs. Mich. 1401-c.1405.

Tax collector, Leics. Mar. 1404.