WESTCLIFF, John (by 1466-1524), of Sandwich, Kent.

Common councilman, Sandwich (St. Peter’s parish) 1487 – 93, auditor 1488, 1491, 1499, 1501, 1514, 1517, common clerk 1493 – 97, jurat 1497–?d., mayor 1500 – 01, 1504 – 05, 1508 – 09, 1510 – 11, 1520 – 21, 1522 – 23, keeper of the common chest and of the orphans when mayor and 1502, 1503 – 04; bailiff to Yarmouth 1499, 1509; burgess to the Shepway 1509; collector of customs, Sandwich by 1513 – 18; commr. 1514, 1523.Sandwich old black bk., white bk. passim; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 124, 144; E122/130/2; LP Hen. VIII, i-iii.