Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Thomas Rodney of Backwell ?by Joan, da. of Hugh Cressye. m. (1) bef. 1369, Katherine, ?da. of Robert Cheddar of Bristol, 4s. inc. Walter, 1da.; (2) aft. 1386 and bef. Nov. 1389, Alice (d. 27 Mar. 1426), wid. of John Fitzroger, Sir Edmund Clevedon and Sir Ralph Carminowe, s.p. Kntd. by Mar. 1373.C138/4/51; C139/23/28, 24/34; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 93-94; CCR, 1389-92, p. 80; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 160, 332.
Offices Held
Commr. to put down unlawful assemblies, Som. June 1381; of sewers June 1382; arrest Nov. 1387; inquiry, Dorset Nov. 1388 (shipwreck), Som. May 1399 (trespass), Devon, Som., Dorset, Wilts., Bristol, Hants Dec. 1400 (concealment of the possessions of Richard II and his adherents); array, Som. Mar. 1392; to assign dower, Som., Dorset June 1397.
Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 18 Nov. 1387 – 1 Dec. 1388, 1 Dec. 1396–3 Nov. 1397.
J.p. Som. July – Nov. 1389.
Main residences: Backwell; Rodney Stoke, Som.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
RODNEY, Sir John (-d.1400)
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Oxford 1644
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