LEVERSEGGE, John (d.1411/12), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Cottingham and Beverley, Yorks.

Bailiff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1393–4; mayor by 28 Mar. – bef.3 Apr. 1394, by 25 June – 6 Aug. 1395, Mich. 1396–7, 1399 – 1400, 1403 – 04, 1407–8.C219/9/10; E368/180 rot. 105v; Cal. Hull Deeds ed. Stanewell, D175, 180–2, 185, 188, 197, 199; CAD, i. no. A707.

Commr. of inquiry, Yorks. (E. Riding) Dec. 1395 (shipwreck at Bridlington), Dec. 1400 (goods of John Barkworth), c.1404 (dispute between William Terry and William Prince),SC8/229/11428–9. July 1406 (breaches of statutes against forestalling); to requisition horses Sept. 1397; stamp out piracy, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1398.

Collector of customs. Kingston-upon-Hull 26 Jan. 1396 – 5 Oct. 1399, 24 Nov. 1400 – 7 July 1401, 13 Feb. 1405–16 Oct. 1411.

[J.p. Beverley 15 Apr. 1396.]

Receiver of the manor lordship of Beverley and the manores of Bishop’s Wilton and Patrington. Yorks. for Thomas Arundel, abp. of York, to 25 Sept. 1396.CIMisc. vi. nos. 340, 342–3.