Family and Education
b. c.1386, s. and h. of Thomas Erdeswyk (d. Mar. 1410) of Sandon, by Helen, poss. da. of Sir Hugh Venables, baron of Kinderton, Cheshire; er. bro. of Sampson. m. Thomasina, da. and coh. of Sir Ralph Meynell (d.1388) of Langley Meynell, Derbys., wid. of Reynold Dethick, s.p.Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xi. 245; xvi. 41-42; xvii. 117-18; n.s. iii. 157; Staffs. Parl. Hist. i (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), 177; DKR, xxxvi. 172; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 228; CIPM, xvi. nos. 715-16; CCR, 1399-1402, p. 77; CHES 3/26/4.
Offices Held
Commr. to take sureties in a dispute, Staffs. July 1413; raise a royal loan Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420, Mar. 1422, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442; of inquiry Dec. 1420, Apr. 1431 (persons liable for taxation), July, Nov. 1431; to take oaths against maintenance May 1434; of array Jan. 1436; assess a tax Jan. 1436; of gaol delivery, Stafford Oct. 1437.
J.p. Staffs. 6 July 1415 – Dec. 1417, 8 July 1420–4.
Sheriff, Staffs. 13 Nov. 1423–6 Nov. 1424.
Steward of the Staffs. estates of Humphrey, earl of Stafford (cr. duke of Buckingham 1444) Mich. 1442-Easter 1451.
Tax collector, Staffs. Aug. 1450.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sandon, Staffs.
Ardeswyk, Herdeswyk, Ordeswyk
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ERDESWYK, Hugh (c.1386-1451)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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