Constituency Dates
Guildford [1415], [1419], [1423], 1431
Surrey 1447
Family and Education
yr. s. of William Weston† (d.c.1419) of West Clandon, Surr., by his 1st w. Joan, da. and h. of John Legge† (d.1381) of Catteshall and Artington, Surr.;1 His stepmother (who is not mentioned in his father’s biography in The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 816-17) was Agnes (d.1434), da. and h. of John Clipsham* and later w. of John Founteyns*. She held as jointure with William’s fa. the manor of Clapham, Surr., which passed on her death to their son Robert Weston (b.c.1412) – our MP’s half-bro.: CIPM, xxiv. 299. yr. bro. of John I*. m. Margaret, da. and h. of John Skinner of Ockham, 1s. John III*.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1419, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1453.

Commr. of inquiry, Surr. Aug. 1431 (concealments).

Coroner, Surr. bef. 8 Nov. 1436.2 Dismissed as insufficiently qualified: CCR, 1435–41, p. 74.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 29 Nov. 1451 – 3 Dec. 1453.

Address
Main residence: Ockham, Surr.
biography text

More may be added to the earlier biography.3 The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 819.

Weston died at an unknown date between 1453 and 1458. On 6 Jan. 1458 his widow and executrix, Margaret, and his son and heir John, sued out royal pardons, probably to obtain exoneration from any payments to the Crown outstanding from William’s term of office as escheator. The two of them again obtained pardons, this time from Edward IV, in February 1462, in connexion with the administration of the MP’s will.4 C67/42, m. 38; 45, mm. 38, 45.

Author
L.S.C.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Notes
  • 1. His stepmother (who is not mentioned in his father’s biography in The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 816-17) was Agnes (d.1434), da. and h. of John Clipsham* and later w. of John Founteyns*. She held as jointure with William’s fa. the manor of Clapham, Surr., which passed on her death to their son Robert Weston (b.c.1412) – our MP’s half-bro.: CIPM, xxiv. 299.
  • 2. Dismissed as insufficiently qualified: CCR, 1435–41, p. 74.
  • 3. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 819.
  • 4. C67/42, m. 38; 45, mm. 38, 45.