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Canterbury [], [], [], [], [], []1The parliamentary indenture (C219/12/2) lists Richard Stopyndon in place of Sheldwich, although the latter was named on the dorse of the writ, and it was he who received payment at Canterbury for attendance in the House of Commons (Canterbury Cathedral, City and Diocesan RO, city accts. FA1, f. 131). Stopyndon had been admitted to the freedom of Canterbury on 11 Apr. 1401 by redemption (ibid. f. 50) and served as cofferer Mich. 1405-6, jurat 1412-13, 1415-17 and bailiff 1413-14 (ibid. ff. 104, 115d, 122). He had an influential kinsman in the person of John Stopyndon (d.1447), at that time a clerk in Chancery, who was to become master of the rolls under Henry VI: HMC 9th Rep. pt. 1, pp. 138-9; Lambeth Pal. Lib. Reg. Stafford, f. 148., [], []
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  • 1. The parliamentary indenture (C219/12/2) lists Richard Stopyndon in place of Sheldwich, although the latter was named on the dorse of the writ, and it was he who received payment at Canterbury for attendance in the House of Commons (Canterbury Cathedral, City and Diocesan RO, city accts. FA1, f. 131). Stopyndon had been admitted to the freedom of Canterbury on 11 Apr. 1401 by redemption (ibid. f. 50) and served as cofferer Mich. 1405-6, jurat 1412-13, 1415-17 and bailiff 1413-14 (ibid. ff. 104, 115d, 122). He had an influential kinsman in the person of John Stopyndon (d.1447), at that time a clerk in Chancery, who was to become master of the rolls under Henry VI: HMC 9th Rep. pt. 1, pp. 138-9; Lambeth Pal. Lib. Reg. Stafford, f. 148.