| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire | 1406, 1416 (Oct.), 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1429 |
Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambs. 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec).
Usher of the King’s chamber by Nov. 1404-c. Mar. 1413.
J.p. Cambs. 27 Jan. 1406 – Feb. 1407, 16 Jan. 1414 – Feb. 1419, 8 July 1420 – Feb. 1425, 12 Feb. 1429 – d., Cambridge 24 Nov. 1429 – Feb. 1432.
Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 10 Nov. 1413 – 12 Nov. 1414.
Commr. Beds., Cambs., Hunts. May 1415 – Jan. 1436.
Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 4 Nov. 1418 – 23 Nov. 1419.
To add to the information in the earlier biography,1 The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 63-65. it may be noted that on at least two occasions, Asenhill went to law in the Exchequer over unpaid parliamentary wages. First, in November 1417, his attorney, John Cerf*, brought a bill against the outgoing sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Robert Scott*, for the £7 that was owed to him for his attendance at the Parliament of October 1416. In response, Scott claimed that Asenhill had received that sum in full at the hands of the bailiff of Armingford and Longstowe hundreds in Cambridgeshire. Secondly, in October 1426, Asenhill sued the then sheriff, John Hore*, for his wages as a knight of the shire in the Parliament of that year. Although the Parliament of 1426 had sat for 65 days, he claimed for 70 (£14 4s.); no doubt he had spent the five travelling to and from its venue of Leicester. While it is not clear if Asenhill won his case against Scott, he certainly succeeded in the second of these suits, for the barons of the Exchequer ordered Hore to pay the sum claimed plus damages.2 E13/133, rot. 9d; 137, rot. 3; E5/479.