LOVENEY, William (d.1435), of Brentford, Mdx. and Great Wenden , Essex.

Clerk of the household of Henry of Bolingbroke by 31 Mar. 1382; keeper of his wardrobe by 5 May 1390-c. Sept. 1398.DL28/1/1, f. 6d; Derby’s Expeds. (Cam. Soc. n.s. lii), 5.

Keeper of the Great Wardrobe 28 Oct. 1399 – 8 Apr. 1408.

Commr. to make arrests, London Jan. 1400 (supporters of Richard II); commandeer horses for the Scottish campaign July 1400; of inquiry, Surr. Nov. 1400 (concealment of portage), Mdx. May 1402 (to suppress treasonous rumours), Sept. 1402 (concealment of wards), Essex Dec. 1421; array, Mdx. Nov. 1403, May 1418, Essex Mar. 1419; oyer and terminer, Mdx. Feb. 1405 (weirs and sewers); to sell victuals left after Princess Philippa’s journey to Denmark Jan. 1407; recruit mariners Mar. 1412; fell oaks for the King’s ships Oct. 1412; raise a royal loan, Essex Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420.

Surveyor of pontage, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 18 Nov. 1400–1 May 1411.

Collector of the cloth subsidy and petty custom, London 24 Nov. 1400 Oct. 1401.

J.p. Mdx. 14 Dec. 1404 – Nov. 1418, Essex 30 May 1412 – Feb. 1416, 21 Apr. 1419-July 1423.

Supervisor of victualling and array, the marches of Picardy 23 Mar. 1405.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 189.

Treasurer of Henry IV’s da., Philippa, on her marriage to Eric IX of Denmark 22 July 1406–1 May 1408.J.H. Wylie, Hen. IV, ii. 442–3.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 15 Nov. 1408 – 4 Nov. 1409, 1 May-Mich. 1422.

Escheator Essex and Herts. 29 Nov. 1410 – 10 Dec. 1411.

Keeper of the King’s ships 1 Mar. – aft.1 Oct. 1412.

Treasurer of the household of the dukes of Orléans and Bourbon and other French prisoners at Windsor for from 20 Dec. 1415.Issues ed. Devon, 344.