MAPLE, William (d.c.1399), of Southampton.

Lt. to the admiral of the west by Feb. 1384.SC1/43/41.

Commr. of inquiry, Suss., Hants Feb. 1384 (theft of the cargoes of La Katherine and La Thomas of Bishop’s Lynn), Hants July 1386 (alleged fraud by Thomas Appleby, the controller of customs, Southampton), Southampton Feb. 1389 (withholding of rents due to Queen’s Hall, Oxford); to ascertain the quality of wool awaiting export May 1397.

Mayor, Southampton Mich. 1386–9, 1390 – 91, 1396–7.J.S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 172; Stewards’ Bks. (Soton Rec. Soc. xxxv), i. p. viii.

Tax collector, Hants May 1398.