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WYNTER, John (c.1364-1414)
Family and Education
b. c.1364, s. and h. of William Wynter (c.1336-1397/8), of Barningham ?by his 1st w. Maud. m. (1) ?— Braylesford, 1s. Edmund; (2) bef. Apr. 1398,CPL, v. 139; C47/6/1 m. 15. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Hethersett of Hethersett, Norf. by his w. Eva, 1da.; (3) bef. Jan. 1407, Eleanor (d. Mar. 1416), wid. of Ivo Harleston (d.1403), of Cambridge, 2da.
Offices Held
Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 2 Jan. – 24 Oct. 1392, Norf. 16 Nov. 1397 – 26 Nov. 1399, Cambs. and Hunts. 1 Feb.-30 Nov. 1407.
Commr. of inquiry, Norf. Mar. 1392 (theft), Mar. 1397 (forfeited goods), Suff. May 1400 (purprestures at Dunwich), Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1401 (forfeited lands), Norf. Feb. 1406, Nov. 1408 (insurrections at Lynn and Thetford), Feb. 1410 (disputes at Wymondham), July 1410 (misdemeanours by victuallers of the Household); to survey forfeited estates, Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. Oct. 1397; of oyer and terminer, Norf. Mar. 1399, Cornw., Devon Aug. 1410, Norf. Mar. 1411; array Aug. 1403.
Receiver of the duchy of Lancaster estates, Norf. and Suff. Mich. 1396–8.
J.p. Norf. 5 Mar. 1397 – Feb. 1407, 16 Nov. 1410 – d.
Steward of the estates of the duchy of Cornw. 29 Sept. 1399–16 bef. Feb. 1402.
Dep. to Sir Thomas Erpingham as constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports by 30 Sept. 1399 – bef.May 1400.
Receiver-general of the estates of Henry, prince of Wales, by Apr. 1403-c. Mar. 1413.
Steward of the duchy of Lancaster estates in Norf. and Suff. 31 May 1408 – d., in Cambs. 5 Apr. 1413–d.
Dep. butler, Gt. Yarmouth and Cromer 8 May 1409 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Barningham Winter, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion