| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Cambridge | [1421 (Dec.)], 1425, 1431 |
Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambridge 1419, 1420, 1421 (May), 1427.
Bailiff, Cambridge Sept. 1423–4; mayor 1427 – 30, 1436 – 38.
J.p. Cambridge 13 Nov. 1427–30, 18 Feb. 1432-c.1442.
Commr. Cambs. Nov. 1429.
More may be added to the earlier biography.1 The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 795-6.
The Parliament of 1425 took up 79 days of Wedgwood’s time, but the borough allowed him and his fellow MP, Roger Kycche* (and subsequent MPs for Cambridge) daily wages of just 12d. each, half the rate enjoyed by their predecessors. Immediately after the dissolution of Parliament, however, he and Kycche obtained a writ of expenses by which they put in a claim at the old rate. In their return to the writ, the mayor and bailiffs of Cambridge notified the Crown that the borough had formally agreed to the new rate during an assembly of September 1424, at which Wedgwood and Kycche themselves, along with their fellow burgesses, had assented to the measure.2 Cambs. Archs., Cambridge bor. recs., treasurers’ accts., 1423-34, City/PB Box X/70/2-8; C219/330/22A-B.
At some stage between 1433 and 1443, Wedgwood quarrelled with a London grocer, Henry Hale. The pair fell out over the terms of a lease, from the MP to the Londoner, of a couple of shops at Cambridge, prompting Hale to sue his opponent in the Chancery.3 C1/38/251.