Family and Education
yr. s. of Edmund Laurence; bro. of Robert. m. (1) by Aug. 1399, Alice; (2) by June 1401, Margery.CPL, v. 225; Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxxvii. 111, 115; xciii. 66. This Member is not to be confused with his contemporary and namesake, John Laurence of Mobberley in Cheshire. The latter was bailiff and beadle of Bucklow hundred during the early 15th century; and it was probably he who was made receiver of Ogmore in Wales for the duchy of Lancaster in 1419 (DKR, xxxvii (2), 438-9, 513; CPR, 1422-9, p. 44; DL42/17 (3), f. 28).
Offices Held
Steward of St. Mary’s priory, Lancaster c. 1400 – d.
Collector of a tax, Lancs. Nov. 1404, Nov. 1407.
Commr. of array, Lancs. Aug. 1405, Apr. 1408; inquiry June 1418 (estates of John, Lord Harington).
Coroner, Lancs. bet. June 1440-aft. Apr. 1422.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Poulton, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
LAURENCE, John
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Oxford 1644
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