GARSTON, alias MERCER, Richard (d.1412), of Oxford.

Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1373–5; alderman 1375 – 76, 1377 – 81, 1383 – 86, 1389 – 90, 1392 – 93, 1394 – 95, 1397 – 99, 1401 – 03, 1404 – 07, 1408 – 11; mayor 1381 – 83, 1386 – 89, 1390 – 92, 1393 – 94, 1396 – 97, 1399 – 1400, 1411–d.Ibid. xxxvii. 17–20; xci. nos. 770–1; lxiv. nos. 307, 383; lxviii. no. 961; lxxxv. no. 132; Merton Coll. ms 365.

Commr. to put down rebellion, Oxon. Mar., Dec. 1382.

J.p. Oxon. 8 July – Dec. 1382, Oxford 1 Oct. 1390–2, Aug. 1395 – Dec. 1397, Jan 1400-June 1401.