Family and Education
b. Wambrook, Dorset (now Som.), 23 Aug. 1341, s. and h. of Sir John Stretch (d. 29 Sept. 1355), of Wambrook by Elizabeth (d. 27 Nov. 1355), da. and h. of Roger Crispyn of Sampford Arundel, Som. and Margaret, da. of Roger Fitzpayn. m. (1) bef. 1365, Maud, da. of Sir John Molton of Pinhoe, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) bef. 1378, Katherine (d. 1 Dec. 1422), wid. of —, and of Sir Edmund Cheyne of Poyntington, Som. Kntd. by 1370.Peds. Plea Rolls, ed. Wrottesley, 31; Some Som. Manors (Som. Rec. Soc. extra ser. 1931), 220-3; CCR, 1369-74, p. 537. J. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 197, is incorrect in giving Stretch’s mother as the da. of Walter (Reed) of Badeston.
Offices Held
Tax collector, Som. Mar., Nov. 1377.
Commr. to assess subsidies, Som. Aug. 1379; of oyer and terminer, Dorset Nov. 1379, Devon July 1384; to hear an appeal from the ct. of chivalry Feb. 1385; of array, Devon Apr. 1385.
Sheriff, Devon 5 Nov. 1379 – 18 Oct. 1380, Som. and Dorset 1 Nov. 1383–11 Nov. 1384.
J.p. Devon July – Nov. 1389, June 1390 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Pinhoe; Hempston Arundel (Little Hempston), Devon.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
STRETCH, Sir John (1341-90)
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