Family and Education
m. by 1386, Alice (d. by 1422), sis. and coh. of Sir Walter Lee (d.1395) of Albury, Herts., wid. of William Baud of Little Hadham and Corringham, Essex, ?1s. Kntd. by May 1379.Herts. RO, M158, 160-2, 196; H. Chauncy, Herts. i. 279, 291-2; VCH Herts. iv. 5; CCR, 1377-81, p. 245; CPR, 1377-81, p. 614; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. x. 161-3, 167; W. Minet, Hadham Hall, 119-24.
Offices Held
Commr. of oyer and terminet, Herts. May 1379 (disorder at John, duke of Brittany’s manor of Cheshunt); to suppress the rebels of 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; to arrest persons attempting to impugn the King’s right to present to the treasurership of St. Paul’s cathedral Sept. 1388, Jan. 1391.
Surveyor of a tax, Herts. Dec. 1380.
J.p. Herts. 14 Dec. 1381 – July 1389, 28 June – Dec. 1390, 27 Nov. 1391-Mar. 1397.
Chamberlain to Richard II’s mother, Joan of Kent, by 16 Oct. 1383-Aug. 1385.
Main residences: Little Hadham; Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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MOREWELL, Sir Thomas (-d.1395/6)
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