JAYBIEN, John (d.c.1441), of Plymouth, Devon.

Commr. of inquiry, West Country Mar. 1408 (concealments), Devon Jan. 1414 (lollards), Dartmoor Jan., July 1416 (offences of vert and venison), Cornw. June 1418 (homicide), Devon May 1424 (value of St. James priory), West Country June, July 1432 (q.), June 1433, Dec. 1434 (q.), July 1435, Jan., May 1436, Jan. 1439 (piracy), Cornw. Dec. 1432 (wastes at Helston), Nov. 1432 (q. Edward Burnebury’s suicide), Devon Mar. 1434 (misprisions, extortions), Feb. 1435 (the ownership of a consignment of tin), Devon, Cornw. Nov. 1436 (illegal export of bullion), Mar. 1438 (desertion from the earl of Warwick’s fleet); to hear an appeal against a judgement of the admiral’s ct. July 1414; of oyer and terminer, Cornw. June 1424 (on John Fursdon’s petition), Feb. 1429, July 1432; to assess contributions to a parliamentary grant, Devon Apr. 1431; of arrest Apr. 1432; array July 1433.

Justice to take assizes of novel disseisin, Devon Jan., July 1414.

Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 22 May 1420–20 May 1422.

Steward of the estates of Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon, c. 1422, of the dean and chapter of Exeter cathedral by 1434.SC6/1242/32; CPR, 1429–36, pp. 358–9.

J.p. Devon 20 Nov. 1438 – May 1440.