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POD, John (d.1411), of Colchester, Essex.

Family and Education
m. bef. May 1406, Alice, 1s.Colchester Moot Hall, ct. roll 35 m. 28v. His son John died in 1436; Cal. Colchester Ct. Rolls ed. Harrod, 43, 47.
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Alderman, Colchester Sept. 1398–1401, 1404 – 07, 1411 – d.; bailiff 1403 – 04, 1407 – 08, 1409 – 10; mace-bearer 1404 – 06, 1411–d.Ibid. 2; ct. rolls 30–32, 34–36, 38.

Main residence: Colchester, Essex.
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Between the mid 14th and 15th centuries there were at least five inhabitants of Colchester named John Pod; it is assumed that the MP was the most prominent of the five, namely, the dyer and clothier.

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Commons 1386-1421
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POD, John (-d.1411)

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PLUMPTRE, John (d.1415/16), of Nottingham.

Family and Education
m. bef. Nov. 1378, Emma (d.1403), s.p.R. Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, ii. 80; Nottingham Archs. ct. roll 1280 m. 2d. He was not married to a woman called Anne as Thoroton suggested; the mistake being copied from G.C. Deering, Nottinghamia, 146.
Offices Held

Bailiff, Nottingham Mich. 1373–4; mayor 1385 – 86, 1391 – 92, 1394 – 96, 1408–9.Nottingham Recs. ed. Stevenson, i. 425–6; ii. 427; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Middleton ms D781; CCR, 1392–6, pp. 14, 152.

Poll tax collector, Nottingham Mar. 1377.

Commr. of inquiry, Notts. Feb. 1383, Oct. 1402 (liability to contribute to repairs to the bridges over the Leen at Nottingham); arrest Aug. 1395.

Main residence: Nottingham.
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PLUMPTRE, John (-d.1415/16)

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PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421), of Steeton, Yorks. and Kinoulton, Notts.

Family and Education
b. 1383, e. s. of Sir William Plumpton (exec. June 1405) of Grassington and Studley Roger, Yorks. by Alice (d. Dec. 1423), da. and coh. of John Gisburn (d.c.1390) of York; gds. and h. of Sir Robert Plumpton (d. Apr. 1407) of Plumpton, Yorks. m. by Nov. 1401, Alice (1387-bef. June 1419), da. and h. of Sir Godfrey Foljambe (1367-88) of Ockbrook, Derbys. and Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. by Margaret (d. Apr. 1454), da. of Sir Simon Leek, at least 3s. inc. Sir William, 2da. Kntd. by Oct. 1411.C137/57/15; C139/57/5; CIMisc. vii. no. 302; Plumpton Corresp. (Cam. Soc. iv) pp. xxv-xxx; OR, i. 277; Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, i. ff. 15v-16; iii. f. 283.
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Commr. of array, Yorks. July 1410; oyer and terminer Dec. 1411 (disorder at Great Ouseburn); to make arrests Oct. 1414; raise a royal loan Nov. 1419.

Steward of the duchy of Lancaster lordship of Knaresborough and constable of Knaresborough castle, Yorks. 26 Sept. 1414 – d.; chief steward of the duchy wapentake of Staincliffe in Craven, Yorks. 20 Feb. 1417-Mich. 1418.Somerville, Duchy, i. 523, 525, 527. Although replaced as steward of Staincliffe in 1418, he refused to relinquish his office and was still being ordered to leave in July 1421.

Collector of a tax, Yorks. Jan. 1420.

Main residences: Steeton, Yorks.; Kinoulton, Notts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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PLUMPTON, Sir Robert (1383-1421)

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Oxford 1644
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