Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Derwentwater (d.1366) of Castlerigg and Ormside. m. (1) 1s.; prob. (2) Margaret (bef. 1365-16 July 1449), da. and h. of William Strickland (d. 30 Aug. 1419), bp. of Carlisle (1400-19) by his w. Isabel, da. of Thomas Warcop of Warcop, Westmld., 1da. Kntd. by Feb. 1371.CFR, vii. 344; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. iv. 296-8; x. 466-7; xvi. 130, 160-2, ped. facing p. 168.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Cumb. 7 Nov. 1373 – 12 Dec. 1374, 4 Oct. 1375 – 26 Oct. 1376, 18 Oct. 1380–1 Nov. 1381.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Cumb. July 1376 (disorder at Penrith); array Feb. 1379, Dec. 1383, Aug. 1384, Mar. 1386, Westmld. June, Aug. 1388,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 58, 67, 95. Cumb. Mar. 1392; inquiry, Cumb., Westmld. July 1379 (possessions of alien priories), Cumb. Feb. 1383 (shipwreck at Workington), June 1383 (illicit fishing in the river Eden), May 1385 (case of insanity), Cumb., Westmld. May 1389 (devastation by the Scots); to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Cumb. Mar., Dec. 1382.

Collector of taxes, Westmld. Nov. 1377, Aug. 1379, Cumb. May 1384, Westmld. Dec. 1385.

Escheator, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 26 Nov. 1378 – 18 Oct. 1380, 3 Apr.-1 Dec. 1383.

J.p. Cumb. 15 July 1389 – May 1395.

Parlimentarian
DERWENTWATER, Sir John (d.c.1396), of Castlerigg, Cumb. and Ormside, Westmld.
Main residences: Castlerigg, Cumb.; Ormside, Westmld.
Author
C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

DERWENTWATER, Sir John (-d. c.1396)

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