Commr. of inquiry, Northumb. Mar. 1375 (failure to repair Bamburgh castle), Mar. 1375 (violence at Bamburgh), Nov. 1383 (contents of the castle chapel at Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Nov. 1383 (illicit sale of a cargo, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Nov. 1389 (estates of Sir Henry de la Val), July 1390, July 1391 (removal of armaments from Bamburgh castle), Apr. 1392 (estates of John del Chambre), Mar. 1395 (drainage at Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Dec. 1402 (customs evasion), June 1406 (concealments), June 1408 (estates of Sir Henry de la Val), co. Dur. Nov. 1410 (value of customs at Hartlepool), Northumb. Feb. 1412 (lands of Elizabeth Fenwick), Feb., May 1414 (estates of Philip, Lord Darcy), Dec. 1415 (land forfeited by Sir Thomas Gray), Nov. 1424 (claims of Sir John Scrope); to confiscate salmon nets May 1380; of gaol delivery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Feb., July 1386, Feb. 1387, Feb. 1389, Feb. 1393, Oct. 1397, Norhamshire 1421;
Collector of the wool custom and custom on aliens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 12 Nov. 1379 – 24 Aug. 1389; of tunnage and poundage 25 May 1382–24 Aug. 1389.
J.p. Northumb. 20 Dec. 1382 – 15 July 1389, 23 Feb. 1393 – d.; of the liberty of the bp. of Durham in Northamshire and Islandshire, Northumb. 1421.
Bailiff, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Oct. 1385–6, 1387 – 88; mayor 1396–8.
Escheator, Northumb., Cumb. and Westmld. 24 Nov.1394–3 Mar. 1397, Northumb. 24 Nov. 1400 – 8 Nov. 1401, 23 Nov. 1419–16 Nov. 1420.
Collector of an aid on the marriage of Princess Blanche, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dec. 1401.
Steward of Morpeth, Northumb. by 30 Nov. 1402-bef. 13 May 1420.
HARDYNG, Sampson (-d. c.1427)