Family and Education
s. and h. of John Turk (d. by 1363) of London and Redleaf, Kent. m. (1) by July 1363, Alice, da. and h. of John Preston of London; (2) by Sept. 1375, Beatrice (d. by 1400), da. of Sir Edward Kendale (d. by 1373) of Hitchin by his w. Elizabeth (d.1375), and sis. and h. of Sir Edward Kendale (d.s.p. 1375), 1da. Kntd. between Apr. and Oct. 1378.J.E. Cussans, Herts. (Edwinstree), 97-98; CIPM, xiv. nos. 152-4; CCR, 1360-4, pp. 555-6; CFR, viii. 207, 319; C137/23/36; Beds. RO, Report on the Luton Hoo Estates mss, pedigree.
Offices Held
J.p. Herts. 6 Dec. 1375-Apr.1378, 26 May-Aug.1380, 14 Dec. 1381-Feb. 1384.
Commr. of inquiry, Herts. Dec. 1375 (felonies and crimes); array Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Dec. 1399; oyer and terminer Mar., Dec. 1382 (suppression of the rebels of 1381); to try a case in the ct. of chivalry, Mar. 1397; of sewers, Herts. June 1398.
Assessor of a tax, Herts. May 1379; collector Dec. 1384.
Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1 Dec. 1396 – 3 Nov. 1397, Herts. 17 Nov. 1398 – 22 Aug. 1399, 30 Sept.-3 Nov. 1399.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London; Hitchin, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
TURK, Sir Robert (-d.1400)
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