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SEXTON, John I, of Canterbury, Kent.

Family and Education
m. bef. June 1407, Agnes, 1da.Christine, whose husband Richard Colbrond was admitted a freeman of Canterbury by marriage in 1409; Canterbury Cathedral, City and Diocesan RO, city accts. FA1, f. 90.
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Jurat, Canterbury Mich. 1388–9, 1391 – 92, 1394 – 96, 1402 – 04, 1412 – 14, 1415 – 17, 1419 – 21; bailiff 1397–8 , 1399–1400, 1405–6 1409–10.Ibid. ff. 14–144d; Canterbury burghmote reg. O/A1, ff. 11, 14; List Canterbury Officials comp. Urry and Bunce, 48–49. In addition, in 1418–19, he was one of the 36 ‘honourable men’: A/C/1, f. 1.

Commr. of array, Canterbury Dec. 1399, Aug. 1415.

Main residence: Canterbury, Kent.
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SEXTON, John I

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Oxford 1644
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SEWARD, Thomas (d.c.1406), of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Family and Education
m. 1da.
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Coroner, Shaftesbury 1389.L. Sydenham, Shaftesbury and its Abbey, 57.

Main residence: Shaftesbury, Dorset.
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SEWARD, Thomas (-d. c.1406)

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Oxford 1644
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SEWALL, Simon (d.1429/30), of London.

Family and Education
m. (1) by Jan. 1406, Alice, wid. of Ralph Freeman (d.1405), of London, brewer; (2) Alice, wid. of John Goldyng of Edmonton, Mdx., 1s. 1da.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 52, 54; Guildhall Lib. London, 9171/2, f. 69, 3, ff. 229-32.
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Tax collector, London Dec. 1417.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 208.

Common councillor, Aldersgate Ward by 11 Jan. 1422.Cal. P. and M. London, 1413–37, pp. 115–16.

Main residence: London.
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SEWALL, Simon (-d.1420/30)

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Oxford 1644
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SEVENOAK, William (d.1432), of London.

Family and Education
s. or foster s. of William Rumschedde of Sevenoaks, Kent.Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 439. The knighthood accorded to this MP in many works (see, for instance, DNB, xvii. 1214) is fictitious.
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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.

Main residence: London.
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SEVENOAK, William (-d.1432)

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SETTER, alias MILERS, Richard, of Wells, Som.

Family and Education
m. 1410, Christine Plomer, wid. of John Blithe of Wells.Convoc. bk. ff. 214, 240; Wells City Chs. 105.
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Constable of the peace, Wells Mich. 1414–15; master 1417 – 19, 1425 – 26; auditor 1422–3.Convoc. bk. ff. 198, 206, 214, 218, 241, 250.

Tax collector, Som. Nov. 1416

Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wells, Som.
MILERS
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For this alias see Wells Town Clerk’s office, convoc. bk. 1378-1450, f. 240; HMC Wells, ii. ch. 540; Wells City Chs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xlvi), 105, 135.

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SETTER ALIAS MILERS, Richard

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