Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir Simon Swanland of Harefield and his w., e. da. and coh. of Roger Batchworth. m. (1) Joan (d. by Dec. 1352); (2) by June 1378, Joan, da. and h. of William Oliver of London, fishmonger, wid. of Thomas Warleye of London, 1s.; (3) Denise.VCH Herts. ii. 252-3; Corporation of London RO, hr 85/48, 106/145, 113/113; D. Lysons, Mdx. Parishes, 104.
Offices Held
J.p. Mdx. 21 Nov. 1362 – May 1378, 26 May 1380-July 1387.
Commr. of inquiry, Mdx. May 1367; oyer and terminer, Cambs., Herts. Mar. 1379; to enforce the Statute of Labourers, Mdx. Dec. 1382; discipline the tenants of Ogbourne priory, Wilts. Feb. 1389.
Tax collector, Mdx. Dec. 1372.
Surveyor of tax assessments, Mdx. Aug. 1379.
Main residences: Harefield, Mdx.; North Mimms, Herts.; London.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
SWANLAND, William
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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