Family and Education
s. of James Oldhall of East Dereham by Emma, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Belhouse of Wreningham. m. (1) bef. Sept. 1393, Mary (b.c.1377), da. and coh. of Henry English of Wood Ditton, Cambs.; (2) ?by July 1399, Alice, da. and event. coh. of Geoffrey Fransham of Great and Little Fransham; 1s. William.It is uncertain which of Edmund Oldhall’s wives was the mother of his son, William, for the estates acquired by both marriages came into the latter’s possession.
Offices Held

J.p. Cambs. 18 June 1394 – Feb. 1397, Norf. 20 Mar. 1406 – Jan. 1414, 14 Feb. 1415 – d.

Receiver of the estates of the duchy of Lancaster in Norf., Suff. and Cambs. bef. Sept. 1399 – d., the estates late of Margaret, duchess of Norfolk, 14 Sept.-1 Nov. 1399.

Commr. of inquiry, Norf. Jan. 1400 (shipwreck), Dec. 1402 (royal rights to an advowson), Mar. 1403 (property pertaining to Norwich castle), Apr. 1405 (piracy), Oct. 1405 (concealed gold), Feb. 1406 (insurrection at Bishop’s Lynn), Norf., Suff., Essex Nov. 1406 (Hemenale estates), Norf. Nov. 1408 (insurrection at Thetford), Feb. 1409, Oct. 1410 (wastes and alienations) Feb. 1410 (complaints by the prior of Wymondham), July 1410 (misprisions), June 1412 (estates of Sporle priory), Dec. 1415 (disturbances at Lynn); array July 1402, July 1405, May 1415; to obtain a benevolence, Norf., Suff. Oct. 1402; organize repairs to duchy of Lancaster properties, Norf. Nov. 1402; determine a dispute between the tenants of Hulme abbey and the Crown Oct. 1404; purvey victuals for King’s army June 1405; raise royal loans Sept. 1405; determine an appeal from the admiral’s ct. Apr. 1408; of oyer and terminer, Norf. Mar., Dec. 1411; arrest Apr., Oct. 1415.

Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 8 Nov. 1401 – 29 Dec. 1402, 6 Nov. 1413–10 Nov. 1414.

King’s receiver at Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1403–4.Norf. Arch. xxiv. 12.

Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 1 Dec. 1405 – 9 Nov. 1406, 10 Dec. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412, 8 Dec. 1416–1 Dec. 1417.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Ipswich 20 Feb.-25 June 1407.

Main residences: East Dereham; Little Fransham, Norf.
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Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

OLDHALL, Edmund (-d.1417)

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