| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Carlisle | 1442 |
The Carlisle MP of 1442 has been identified as a non-resident, a long-serving yeoman of the butlery killed fighting for Henry VI at the first battle of St. Albans.1 HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 146.
The loss of nearly all the city’s medieval records invites such identifications, yet there can be no doubt that the MP, in common with most of the city’s fifteenth-century representatives before about 1450, was a resident of Carlisle. On 20 Apr. 1439, in the mayor’s court, he recovered debt and damages of 5s. 4d. against one William Rawyn for the unpaid farm of land at Etterby to the north of the city. This is his only appearance in the records, beyond his election to Parliament.2 Cumbria RO, Carlisle, Carlisle city recs. Ca3/1/11; C219/15/2 (misfiled between Oxon. and Rutland returns).