NEWPORT, Andrew, of London and Colvilles in Fulbourn, Cambs.

Serjeant-at-arms, 3 Feb. 1385-aft. 11 July 1394.

Commr. of inquiry, Bristol, Hants, Som., Wilts. Feb. 1386 (thefts from Genoese merchants); to make arrests, generally Mar. 1386, London Aug. 1386, Notts. May 1389; of oyer and terminer, London July 1397 (seizure of the ransom of the count of Denia).

Warden of the Mint 9 Dec. 1392 – 15 Oct. 1399; keeper of the King’s gold and silver dies at the Tower and at Canterbury 4 Dec. 1395 – 15 Oct. 1399.

Collector of the wool custom and subsidy, London 17 Feb. 1397–5 Oct. 1399.

Alderman, Aldersgate Ward c. Jan.-Sept. 1397.Beaven, Aldermen, i. 2, 403; although last active in this capacity on 13 July, Newport sat in the Parliament of September 1397 as an alderman of London (Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 437).

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 3 Nov. 1397–22 Aug. 1399.