PAYN, William, of Weymouth, Dorset.

Bailiff, Weymouth Mich. 1411–12, 1421–2.E364/184, 194. Were it not for this bailiffship of 1421 and the fact that a William Payn witnessed a conveyance at Weymouth in 1430 it might have been assumed that the man returned was William Payn† (1358–1426) of West Lulworth, esquire (s. of William Payn (d.1388) of the same), who m. (1) Margaret da. and coh. of Nicholas Poyntz and wid. of John Newburgh; and (2) Agnes (d.1429), by which marriages he acquired substantial estates in the shire. He had sat for Wareham in the Parliaments of 1383 (Feb.) and 1385, and continued to be active in the administration of Dorset, as a j.p., coroner and commissioner, right up to his death in 1426. He was also sometime steward of Corfe. He attended the meetings of the county court for nearly all the parliamentary elections between 1407 and 1425 including that of 1421 (Dec.).

Collector of customs and subsidies, Melcombe Regis 28 Feb. 1416-July 1417.