FORDHAM, Simon (d.1400), of Colchester, Essex.

Family and Education

s. of John Fordham of Colchester (bailiff 1341-3) by his w. Katherine. m. bef. 1377, Mary, da. and h. of William Reyne^† of Colchester.Colchester Moot Hall, ct. roll 35 m. 22; Colchester Ct. Rolls ed Jeayes, i. 205.

Offices Held

Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1376–7, 1381 – 82, 1384 – 85, 1387 – 88, 1392 – 93, 1398 – 1400; bailiff 1382 – 83, 1386 – 87, 1390 – 91, 1393 – 94, 1395–6.Ct. Rolls, iii. 105; ct. rolls 21, 24, 26, 28, 30–31; Cal. Colchester Ct. Rolls ed. Harrod, 1.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex Dec. 1390 (damage done at Manningtree during the Peasants’ Revolt); to levy a fine of 2,000 marks Feb. 1398; of gaol delivery, Colchester Feb. 1399.

Parlimentarian

FORDHAM, Simon (d.1400), of Colchester, Essex.

Main residence: Colchester, Essex.

Author

K.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

FORDHAM, Simon (-d.1400)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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