Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Richard Hansard (c.1377-c.1410) of Walworth and South Kelsey by his w. Joan, da. of John Aske (d.1397) of Ousethorpe, Yorks. m. Joan (d. aft. 1435), poss. da. of Sir John Hedworth, 5s. 4da. Kntd. by Aug. 1402.R. Surtees, Durham, iii. 318, 411; Test. Ebor. ii. 76; Lincs. AO, FL 3183; Mon. Brasses ed. Mill Stephenson, 286; CPR, 1429-36, p. 461. The pedigree of the Hansard family given in Genealogist, iv. 112-13, is confused and unreliable, while that in Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 455, is incomplete.
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Lincs. (Lindsey) Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, May 1415, Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419, Mar. 1427; sewers May 1408, Feb. 1410, Nov. 1413, Jan. 1414, Feb. 1417, May 1418; inquiry Feb. 1419 (treasons, escapes, concealments); to raise royal loans Nov. 1419.
J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 5 Feb. 1406 – July 1420, 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 20 July 1424 – d.
Escheator, Lincs. 14 Dec. 1415–8 Dec. 1416.
Sheriff, Lincs. 23 Nov. 1419–16 Nov. 1420.
Collector of a royal loan, Lincs. (Lindsey) Jan. 1420.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Walworth, Co. Durham; South Kelsey, Lincs.
Haunsard(e), Haunsart, Hawnsard
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
HANSARD, Sir Richard (-d.1428)
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Oxford 1644
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