Constituency Dates
Bridgwater 1414 (Apr.), 1426, 1432
Family and Education
prob. s. of Thomas Cave of Bridgwater. m. (1) Iseult (d.1415/16), da. of Hugh Mareys, 1s.; (2) Alice.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Bridgwater 1410, 1413 (May), 1414 (Nov.), 1417, 1420, 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1431, 1435, Som. 1431.

Portreeve, Bridgwater Oct. 1406–7; constable 1417 – 18.

Address
Main residence: Bridgwater, Som.
biography text

More can be added to the earlier biography.1 The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 505.

In March 1420 Cave acted for William Redmore of Westzoyland in the transfer of half a burgage in Bridgwater’s ‘Frerenstrete’ to the merchant Robert Beste.2 WARD2/57A/204/56-60, 91. He was well connected among his neighbours, and regularly attested local deeds alongside men such as John Pitt*, John Gonne*, William Gosse*, William Gascoigne I* and John Kedwelly†.3 WARD2/57A/204/6, 47, 68, 70, 75.

Cave was still alive in August 1436, but died within the following two years. His widow, Alice, went on to marry one David Howell, perhaps a kinsman of William Howell*.4 WARD 2/57A/204/87; Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 120.

Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 505.
  • 2. WARD2/57A/204/56-60, 91.
  • 3. WARD2/57A/204/6, 47, 68, 70, 75.
  • 4. WARD 2/57A/204/87; Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 120.