LOWTHER, William I (d.c.1421), of Cumb.

Family and Education

yr. s. of Sir John Lowther and bro. of Robert.Although described as a knight in the returns OR, i. 244, 265, and on one other occasion in 1405 (CFR, xiii. 19), Lowther is otherwise designated an esquire in all the official and semi-official sources.

Offices Held

Escheator, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld. 3 Mar. 1397 – 24 Nov. 1400, Cumb. and Westmld. 1 Dec. 1405–9 Nov. 1406.

Sheriff, Cumb. 24 Nov. 1400 – 8 Nov. 1401, 5 Nov. 1406 – 23 Nov. 1407; dep. sheriff by May 1401.PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 27; Cumb. and Wesmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. tract ser. no. 2, pp. 175–6.

Collector of wool custom, Carlisle 16 Feb. 1405 – d.; of tunnage and poundage, Cumb. 16 Feb. 1405–13 July 1410.

Commr. to take control of the earl of Northumberland’s castle of Cockermouth for the King June 1405; of inquiry, Cumb. June 1406 (concealments and evasions), Mar. 1417 (treasons and felonies); to raise royal loans June 1406.

Master forester, Inglewood forest, Cumb. 6 May 1407–26 Feb. 1421.

Parlimentarian

LOWTHER, William I (d.c.1421), of Cumb.

Main residence: Cumb.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

LOWTHER, William I (-d. c.1421)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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