Constituency Dates
New Romney 1414 (Apr.), 1415, 1416 (Mar.), 1420, 1421 (May), 1422, 1423, 1429, 1435, 1437, 1442, 1445, 1447
Family and Education
poss. s. of William Clitheroe† (d.1421) of New Romney; nephew of Richard† (d.1420) of Clitheroe, Lancs., London and Goldstone in Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, and bro. of John, bp. of Bangor (1423-35). m. Eleanor, at least 1s. William* (d.v.p.) and other ch.
Offices Held

Jurat, Romney 25 Mar. 1414–16, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 29, 1434 – 39, 1445 – 46, 1449 – 50, 1453 – 55; bailiff or dep. bailiff prob. 1429 – 33, 1439 – 42, 1446 – 48, 1450 – 53, 1462 – 63.

?Coroner, Kent by Oct. 1414.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1424, 1444.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 23 May 1431 – 23 Feb. 1435.

Commr. Romney Apr. 1445.

Address
Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
biography text

A little more can be added to the earlier biography.1 The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 602-3.

Like his fellow executors of his uncle Richard’s will, John Darell* (steward of the estates of the archbishop of Canterbury) and Geoffrey Lowther* (the lieutenant warden of the Cinque Ports), Clitheroe became involved in the affairs of Rochester bridge. It was as a co-executor of the will of his uncle, a member of the bridge’s governing council, that he was involved in recovering a legacy of 110 marks that had been promised for the bridge’s maintenance. This matter dragged on for some 15 years after his uncle’s death and in 1435-6 the bridge wardens rode to both New Romney and Canterbury to confer with him and his fellow executors over the disputed legacy.2 Rochester Bridge Trust, Rochester Bridge wardens’ accts. 1435-6, F 1/40.

Author
D.I.G.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 602-3.
  • 2. Rochester Bridge Trust, Rochester Bridge wardens’ accts. 1435-6, F 1/40.