Family and Education
s. and h. of Thomas Stretch of Milborne by Amy, da. of Thomas Orway. m. (1) bef. 1380, Joan, 1s.; (2) by 1412, Joan, da. of John Harewell and h. of his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Weyland of Oxborough.J. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 197; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 292; Reg. Brantingham ed. Hingeston-Randolph, 638; F. Blomefield, Norf. vi. 172.
Offices Held
Tax collector, Devon Jan. 1392, controller Mar. 1404.
Commr. of array, Devon Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, July 1402; inquiry, Devon, Cornw. June 1394 (shipwreck), Dec. 1398 (Botreaux estates), Som. Oct. 1395 (Sir John Merriott’s estates), Dorset Jan. 1405 (poverty of Lyme Regis); to deliver a ward to Sir William Bonville I Oct. 1395; of sewers, Som. Aug. 14O1; to raise royal loans, Devon Sept. 1405.
Steward of duchy of Lancaster estates, Devon and Som. 18 Nov. 1399 – ?1405; feodary of the same, Som., Devon and Cornw. 9 July 1405–28 Nov. 1410.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Ashe in Musbury, Devon; Milborne, Dorset; Oxborough, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
STRETCH, John (-d.1418)
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Oxford 1644
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