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SELMAN, John II, of Plympton Erle and Portworthy, Devon.

Family and Education
prob. illegit, s. of John Selman I.
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Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. Dec. 1439 (riots at Liskeard and the suspected suicide of Edward Burnebury), Devon Feb. 1440 (piracy).

Parlimentarian
Main residences: Plympton Erle; Portworthy, Devon.
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Commons 1386-1421
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SELMAN, John II

Will
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Oxford 1644
No
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SELMAN, John I (d.1426), of Plymouth Erle and Newnham, Devon.

Family and Education
?s. of John Selman of Plympton. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Newnham of Newnham; (2) Eleanor; ?1 illegit. s. John II.
Offices Held

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Devon Sept. 1412 (on petition of the abbot of Tavistock), Oct. 1412, July 1423 (on petition of the commonalty of Plympton).

J.p. Devon 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423.

Main residences: Plymouth Erle; Newnham, Devon.
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Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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SELMAN, John I (-d.1426)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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SELBY, William (d.c.1426), of York.

Family and Education
m. (1) by 1381, Alice, at least 1s. d.v.p., 1da. prob. d.v.p.; (2) prob. by June 1390, Hawise, sis. and h. of William Mowbray (d.s.p. 1390/1), of York.Trans. E. Riding Antiq. Soc. xxx. 48; Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, i. f. 27v; ii. ff. 513v-14v; Surtees Soc. clxxxvi. 49-50. According to York City Archs. List of Civic Officials ed. Skaife, f. 383, Hawise lived on until 1450/1, surviving her second husband, Roger Aske, but evidence of this cannot now be found.
Offices Held

Bailiff, York 3 Feb. 1373–4; member of the council of 24 by Mar. 1376; constable of the parish of St. Michael-le-Belfry and keeper of Bootham Bar 1380; mayor 3 Feb. 1385–6, 1387 – 89; member of the council of 12 by Dec. 1392-aft. June 1417.Surtees Soc. xcvi. 81, 84, 85; cxx. 30–32, 153–4, 173; cxxv. 6, 31–32, 62, 64; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lxxvi. 117.

Commr. of inquiry, York Mar. 1381 (persons liable for taxation), Nov. 1399 (state of St. Leonard’s hospital); to take sureties from lawbreakers Mar. 1382; of gaol delivery, York castle Nov. 1385;C66/320 m. 7v. kiddles, Yorks. c. Nov. 1399 (river Ouse).

J.p. York 4 Dec. 1385-c. Oct. 1392.This commission was never delivered (CCR, 1392–6, pp. 84–85).

Collector of a tax, Yorks. (E. Riding) Dec. 1407.

Main residence: York.
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Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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SELBY, William (-d. c.1426)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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