Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Roger Meres alias Kirton (d.1385) of Kirton and Aubourn, j.c.p. m. bef. Jan. 1970, Margaret, poss. da. of Sir John Littlebury, at least 1s. 2da.According to Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 663, Sir Roger Meres was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Bassett, but by 1379, at least, his wife was called Alice (CP25(1)143/142/32). Our Member is mistakenly described here as the grandson of Sir Roger and the son of one John Meres the elder, who never in fact existed. This error is the result of a misreading of an entry in CIPM (Rec. Comm.), iii. 142, which records an inquisition ad quod damnum into proposals by the MP and a friend for the foundation of a chantry at Kirton, in 1392, but which was erroneously taken to be an inquisition post mortem. The subject of this biography can be documented continuously before and after 1398 (C67/30 m. 5) and it was obviously he who sat in the Parliament of 1407.
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Commr. of sewers, Lincs. (Holland) Mar. 1382, July 1386, May 1395, Nov. 1397, Feb. 1400, May 1403; oyer and terminer Aug. 1386 (poaching on the earl of Northumberland’s estates); inquiry Aug. 1387 (trespasses at Holbeach), May 1391, May 1392 (refusal of chantry priests to perform their duties); to hold a special assize 1392;C66/335 m. 13v. of array (Holland) Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Aug., Sept. 1403; to enforce the statutes on weirs June 1398; raise men to resist the earl of Northumberland, July 1403.

J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 15 July 1389 – June 1410, (Kesteven) 16 May 1401-Mar. 1406.

Escheator, Lincs. 24 Nov. 1394 – 18 Nov. 1395, 24 Nov. 1400–8 Nov. 1401.

Collector of a tax, Lincs. (Holland) Dec. 1401; controller (Kesteven) Mar. 1404.

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MERES, John, of Kirton and Aubourn, Lincs.
Main residences: Kirton; Aubourn, Lincs.
Meeres, Meers, Mers
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C.R.
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Commons 1386-1421
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MERES, John

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