Family and Education
s. of Adam Francis (d.1374/5), of London, mercer, by his w. Agnes. m. (1) by June 1372, Margaret (d. bef. 1393), da. of John Osterle of Trumpington, Cambs. by his w. Joan, wid. of Thomas Tuddenham (d.1371/2) of London, 2s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) Margaret (d.1445), sis. of Sir John Holand. Kntd. by Oct. 1382.Corporation of London RO, hr 100/58, 77; C136/81/29, 95/40; C138/29/53; C139/118/21; PCC 38 Marche; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 138; VCH Cambs. viii. 256.
Offices Held
Commr. to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Mdx. Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Sept. 1386, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept., Nov. 1403; of inquiry, Essex Jan. 1393 (Colchester abbey), Mdx. Jan. 1393, May 1402 (treasonous rumours); oyer and terminer Nov. 1393, Mar. 1394, Dec. 1403; to raise a royal loan Sept. 1405, London, Mdx. June 1406.
J.p. Mdx. 8 July 1387 – d.
Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 18 Oct. 1392–18 Dec. 1393.
Controller of a tax, Mdx. Mar. 1404.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London; Edmonton, Mdx.
Franceys, Fraunces, Fraunceys
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
FRANCIS, Sir Adam (-d.1417)
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Oxford 1644
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