Sheriff, Hants (?15 Nov. 1408–4 Nov. 1409), c. Nov. 1414–1 Dec. 1415, 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420, 22 Apr. 1422 – 13 Nov. 1423, 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434, Surr. and Suss. 30 Nov. 1416–10 Nov. 1417.
J.p. Hants 16 Feb. 1413 – July 1423, 20 July 1424-Nov. 1440.
Commr of array, I.o.W. July 1413, Hants Mar. 1419, May 1435, Jan. 1436; inquiry Jan. 1414 (lollards), Aug. 1414 (murder), July 1416 (counterfeiting), Aug. 1424 (ownership of ship’s cargo), Dec. 1424 (piracy), May 1425 (poaching of salmon), Dec. 1428, Mar. 1433 (piracy), July 1433 (treasons and felonies), Hants, Suss. Apr., Nov. 1435 (shipwreck), Hants Jan. 1437, Jan. 1439 (piracy), July 1439 (concealments); to take custody of forfeited goods Aug. 1415; of arrest, Surr. Dec. 1417, Oct. 1430, Hants Mar. 1435; to take musters, Southampton Mar. 1418, ‘Wallopesford’ Apr. 1418, Southampton Apr. 1419, Titchfield Apr. 1422, Southampton June 1423, Portsdown May 1431, Dec. 1435, Aug. 1437, Portsmouth June, Sept. 1437; raise royal loans, Hants Nov. 1419, July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Mar. 1439; assess contributions to a grant Apr. 1431; of weirs Dec. 1435.
Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 10 Nov. 1413–12 Nov. 1414.
Tax assessor, Hants Jan. 1436.
For an account of the Uvedales see G.L. Gower, ‘Notices of Fam. Uvedale’, Surr. Arch. Colls. iii. 63-192, in which, however, the error is made (pp. 86-88) that John was the 2nd s. of John Uvedale, senior, and younger than his brother William.
UVEDALE, John (-d. c.1440 of Wickham H.ants)