Family and Education
1st s. of Sir John Ipstones (d. by 1364) of Blymhill by Elizabeth, sis. of Sir Nicholas Beck of Hopton, Salop, and Tean, Staffs. m. by Easter 1374, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Corbet (d. by 1363) of Moreton Corbet and Wattlesborough, Salop, 1s. Kntd. by Jan. 1376.CIPM, xiv. no. 110; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiii. 43, 105, 169-70; CFR, xii. 28. A John Ipstones, esquire, served in the retinues of Hugh, earl of Stafford, Sir William Windsor and Sir Hugh Calveley over the years c.1377-1380, and was named as an attorney by the subject of this biography in March 1386. He was removed from his post as coroner of Staffs. in July 1394 because he lacked the necessary qualifications for office, and although he cannot have been Sir John’s son, they were almost certainly related (CFR, xiv. 230, 232, 244; CCR, 1392-6, p. 298)." style="color:red;" class="drupal_footnote
Offices Held
Commr. to administer the revenues of Rochester abbey, Staffs. Feb. 1386; of inquiry Apr. 1388, Staffs., Salop, July 1389, Jan. 1390 (estates of Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland); oyer and terminer, Staffs. July 1388 (disturbances on the bp. of Coventry’s estates).
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Blymhill, Staffs.
Hypsconys, Ippstanes, Ipstanes, Ipstone, Ypstanes
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
IPSTONES, Sir John (-d.1394)
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Oxford 1644
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