Family and Education
s. of William Portman. m. (1) bef. 1427, Joan; (2) by 1440, Christine (d. 7 May 1472), da. and h. of William Orchard of Orchard, Som., wid. of Sir Philip Cary†, 1s.Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 68, 76; C139/103/38.
Offices Held
Commr. of oyer and terminer, Som. June 1432; gaol delivery, Ilchester May, Sept. 1435, May 1440, Nov. 1441, Mar. 1450 (q.), Exeter Jan. 1451; inquiry, Som. July 1441 (wastes at Dunster), Mar. 1444 (piracy), June 1444 (wastes, Stogursy and St. Sever priories), Som., Dorset, Hants, Wilts. May 1448 (lands held by William Horsey), Som. Aug. 1449 (lands held in chief), Oct. 1449 (the manor of ‘Ubleygh’).
J.p. Som. 4 May 1442 – Nov. 1451.
Tax collector, Som. Aug. 1450.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Taunton, Som.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
PORTMAN, Walter (-d. c.1454)
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