Constituency Dates
Hastings [1386], [1388 (Feb.)], [1390 (Jan.)], [1391], [1397 (Jan.)]
Offices Held

Bailiff, Hastings c.1387–8.1E101/18/7.

Address
Main residence: Hastings, Suss.
biography text

Clyvessend held land at Fairlight, near Hastings, on which as a Portsman he claimed exemption from taxation between 1373 and 1383. In January 1394 he was chosen by Sir Benedict Sely, a ‘King’s knight’, as one of the feoffees of his estates in east Sussex, but whether he was still so engaged at the time of Sely’s execution for high treason in 1400, is not recorded.2E179/225/3, 5, 12; E159/180 Easter rot. 11.

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Notes
  • 1. E101/18/7.
  • 2. E179/225/3, 5, 12; E159/180 Easter rot. 11.