| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Great Yarmouth | [1420], 1425 |
Attestor, parlty. elections, Great Yarmouth 1425, 1427, 1429, 1435.
Bailiff, Great Yarmouth Mich. 1418–19, 1424 – 25, 1428 – 29.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Great Yarmouth 28 Nov. 1420 – 5 Apr. 1425, 27 Oct. 1433–31 Oct. 1435;1 E356/18, rots. 35, 35d, 37d, 38. tunnage and poundage 22 July – 16 Aug. 1425.
J.p. Great Yarmouth 16 July 1429 – Feb. 1438.
More can be added to the earlier biography.2 The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 767-8.
Early in Henry VI’s reign Dengaine and Richard Ellis†, his associate as a customs collector at Yarmouth, submitted a petition to the Commons in Parliament, probably that of 1423. They complained that the Exchequer was overcharging them in by as much as £41 13s. 4d., a sum for which they should not be liable in their account. The Commons referred the petition although with what result is unknown.3 SC8/45/2221.
It is possible that Dengaine had a connexion with Brumstead, a parish in east Norfolk lying some miles north of Yarmouth. In January 1437, Thomas ‘Dengayne’ of Brumstead, esquire, gave a bond to Richard Gegge, esquire, and Henry Sturmer of Norwich. He did so as a security that he would pay Gegge and Sturmer £30 in the following March, an undertaking he appears to have failed to honour since the other two men afterwards took action against him on the strength of the bond.4 C241/228/114.
It is likely that Dengaine had a good relationship with the Paston family, for in April 1442 he witnessed an important settlement made in the wake of the marriage between John Paston* and Margaret Mautby.5 C.F. Richmond, Paston Fam.: Fastolf’s Will, 104n.
Dengaine may have moved to Norwich later in his career, for Thomas Dengaine esquire was among the residents of that city assessed for the purposes of a royal subsidy in 1451, when the commissioners for this tax determined that he possessed lands worth £10 p.a. John Dengaine, possibly his son, was buried at Norwich in 1488.6 Ibid.