Family and Education
Offices Held
Bailiff, Grimsby Mich. 1373–4; mayor 1377 – 78, 1390–1.
Commr. of inquiry, Grimsby Sept. 1377 (breach of arrest of Scottish merchants’ goods); to prevent the departure of vessels May 1401.
Collector and assessor of a tax, Grimsby Dec. 1380.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Grimsby, Lincs.
Elmshale, Helmesale, Helmeshale
Notes
A William Elmeshale was retained by John of Gaunt at Hereford in April 1390 at a fee of pound;2 p.a. payable for life; and this was confirmed by King Richard on Gaunt’s death. It seems unlikely, however, that this man was the Grimsby merchant (CPR, 1396-9, p. 568).
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ELMSALL, William
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image