Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
?s. of John.i.e. ap John. His son, Lewis Fitzlewis, was known inter alia as the s. and h. of ‘Lewis Fitz John’ (C67/42 m. 25). m. (1) between Sept. 1413 and Jan. 1414, Alice (d.c.1431), da. of Aubrey de Vere, 10th earl of Oxford, by Alice, da. of John, Lord Fitzwalter, wid. of Sir Francis Court of Tytherley, Hants, 2s. inc. Lewis Fitzlewis; (2) c.1433, Anne (d. 28 Nov. 1457), da. of John Montagu, 8th earl of Salisbury, by Maud, da. of Adam Francis of London, wid. of Sir Richard Hankford of Hankford, Devon, 3s. 4da. Kntd. Kennington 24 May 1439.CP, v. 210-11; x. 234; CPR, 1413-16, p. 164. See A.D. Carr, ‘Sir Lewis John’, Bull. Bd. Celtic Studies, xxii. 260-70.
Offices Held

Dep. butler, London by 13 Nov. 1402-Nov. 1407.

Collector of customs and subsidies, London 11 Dec. 1404-Apr. 1413.

Master worker of the Mints in London, the Tower of London and Calais 1 Apr. 1413–6 Feb. 1422.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 30 Nov. 1416 – 10 Nov. 1417, 16 Nov. 1420–1 May 1422.

Commr. of inquiry, Aug. 1417 (estates of Walter, Lord Fitzwalter), Mdx. Mar. 1431 (concealments), Essex Dec. 1438 (extortion by millers); array Mar. 1419, June 1421, Jan. 1436; to raise royal loans Nov. 1419, May 1421, July 1426, May 1428, Essex, Herts. Mar. 1431, Essex Feb. 1434; take musters, Winchelsea June 1422, Honfleur May 1441; of oyer and terminer, Essex Dec. 1423; to demise lands of the duchy of Cornw. July 1427; take custody of the priory of Talley’s possessions Wales May 1430; distribute tax allowances, Essex May 1437, Apr. 1440; treat for payment of parliamentary subsidies Feb. 1441.

Receiver, duchy of Cornw. 10 Feb. 1423–21 Mar. 1433.

Steward, duchy of Cornw. and warden of the stannaries, Devon 10 Feb. 1423 – d.

Steward of the lordship of Havering atte Bower, Essex 5 Mar. 1424 – d.

J.p. Essex 8 May 1435 – d.

Ambassador to Scotland Apr. 1436, Brittany Feb. 1438.

Parlimentarian
JOHN, Lewis
Main residences: London; West Horndon, Essex.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

JOHN, Lewis (-d.1442)

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Oxford 1644
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