GREYNTON, William, of Wells, Som.

An obscure figure even in his home town of Wells, Greynton was engaged in the manufacture of cloth, but only on a small scale. In June 1382 he was present when a much more prominent local merchant, Thomas Tanner, took possession of a shop in the High Street, Wells, and two years later he was admitted as a freeman of the borough. He provided a pledge for the admission of another burgess in 1393, but apparently never held local office. On 1 Oct. 1397 he served as a juror at an inquisition at Wells concerning a case of mistaken identity, having presumably just returned from Westminster after attending the first session of the Parliament.1Wells City Chs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xlvi), 93, 127, 130; C145/260/12; E101/344/3.

Greynton died at an unknown date before 1407, the year in which his widow married John Collys, a cutler.2Wells City Chs. 134.