FRANCIS, Thomas (d.1416/17), of Colchester, Essex.

Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1376–7, 1378 – 79, 1382 – 83, 1384 – 85, 1395 – 96, 1399 – 1400, 1404 – 07, 1411 – 12, 1413 – 14; bailiff 1381 – 82, 1383 – 84, 1387–8 1389–90, 1392 – 93, 1398 – 99, 1400 – 01, 1403 – 04, 1407 – 08, 1409 – 10, 1412 – 13, 1414 – 15; claviger 1395 – 96; mace-bearer 1404 – 07, 1411 – 12, 1413–14.Ct. rolls 22, 24, 29, 31, 34–39; Colchester Ct. Rolls ed. Jeayes, iii. 105, 163.

Tax collector, Colchester May 1379.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Colchester castle Nov 1388; inquiry, Essex Dec. 1390 (damage done at Manningtree during the Peasants’ Revolt); arrest June 1391; oyer and terminer Nov. 1397; to treat for payment of a fine of £2,000, Essex, Herts. Dec. 1397; assess subsidies, Essex Jan. 1412.

Steward of the estates of St. Osyth abbey, Essex prob. by June 1391-aft. Feb. 1394.CCR, 1392–6, p. 260.