SEVENOAK, William (d.1432), of London.

Auditor, London or Sept. 1399–1400, 1409 – 11, 1414 – 15; warden of London Bridge 23 Sept. 1404–6; alderman of Bishopsgate Ward by 1 June 1411 – 24 Mar. 1414, Tower Ward 24 Mar. 1414 – 22 June 1426; mayor, London 13 Oct. 1418–19.Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 449; I, 34, 75, 88, 94, 127–8, 206, 226–7; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 34, 198; G.C. Home, Old London Bridge, 334.

Tax collector, London Dec. 1402.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 25.

Commr. to recruit soldiers and mariners, London Aug. 1403; of oyer and terminer Aug. 1409, Apr. 1412, Nov. 1418, July 1419, Jan. 1424; to provide victuals and shipping for the King’s army at Rouen June, July 1418; of inquiry, London Feb. 1424 (treasons and felonies).Ibid. 197, 201, 220; K, 25.

Warden of the Grocers’ Co. May 1404–5.Ms Archs. Grocers’ Company ed. Kingdon, ii. 97.

Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1412–13.

Surveyor of the King’s works at Isleworth, Mdx. 2 June 1426.