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b. c.1338, s. and h. of Sir Richard Waldegrave (d.c.1339), of Brant Broughton, Lincs. by Agnes Daubeney. m. c.1363, Joan (d. 10 June 1406), prob. da. of Sir Richard Sutton of Navestock, Essex,This version of Joan’s parentage, taken from F. Blomefield, Norf. x. 61-63, seems more likely than that suggested by P. Morant (Essex, i. 182) and followed by Roskell. wid. of Sir Robert Bures (d.1361), of Bures St. Mary, 1s. Kntd. by June 1365.
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Commr. of inquiry, Lincs. May 1371 (value of property of Sempringham priory), Suff. Aug. 1379 (evasion of poll tax), Sept. 1379 (liberties of the burgesses of Ipswich),CIMisc. iv. 116. Essex Apr. 1380 (extortions), Mar. 1381 (evasion of poll tax), Sept. 1381 (damage on estates of Princess Joan), Apr., July 1382 (disseisin of manor of Bradwell), Oct. 1382 (homicide), Suff. Mar. 1383 (assaults), Mar. 1383 (concealments), Sept. 1384 (attacks on royal officials), Essex Feb. 1385 (royal rights on Mersea Island), Norf. Jan. 1387 (forfeited goods), east coast ports May 1387 (smuggling), Norf. June 1389 (treasons and felonies), Suff. Feb. 1391 (close-breaking), July 1392 (export of gold coins), Essex Jan. 1393 (entail of de Vere estates), Aug. 1395 (concealments), Oct. 1395 (discovery of hidden bullion), May 1398 (lands of a tenant-in-chief), Norf., Suff. June 1406 (concealments); oyer and terminer, Suff. Mar. 1375, Norf. June 1377, Suff. Nov. 1385, Norf. Dec. 1386, Essex Oct. 1390, Nov. 1400; array, Suff. Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Apr. 1385, June 1386, Mar. 1392, July 1402; arrest Oct. 1379, June 1386, Nov. 1391, May 1403; to restore goods seized by insurgents, Norf. June 1381; put down rebellion, Suff. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; hold special assizes July 1382, Apr. 1384, Oct. 1385, Dec. 1397; hear appeals in the constable’s ct. Apr. 1385, Dec. 1396, Mar., July 1397, in the admiral’s ct. Aug. 1396; take musters Apr. 1385;C76/69 m. 3. of gaol delivery, Eye castle, Suff. Nov. 1385; to fortify Orwell Sept. 1386; raise royal loans, Norf., Suff. June 1406.

Keeper of Moresende castle, Northants. 6 Dec. 1377-c. May 1382.

Speaker 1381.

Steward of the estates of Queen Anne in Norf. and Suff. by Nov. 1382-c. May 1387.He was still in office in Mar. 1385 (Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. xxiv. 83) but had been replaced by May 1387 (SC6/996/15).

J.p. Suff. 20 Dec. 1382 – July 1389, 10 Nov. 1389–97, Essex 15 July-Nov. 1389.

Member of Richard II’s Council 2 Nov. 1393 – 14 Nov. 1397.

Envoy to treat with the Scots 20 June 1396.Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 132.

Tax collector, Suff. Mar. 1404.

Parlimentarian
WALDEGRAVE, Sir Richard (c.1338-1410), of Walgrave, Northants. and Smallbridge in Bures St. Mary, Suff.
Main residences: Walgrave, Northants.; Smallbridge in Bures St. Mary, Suff.
Notes

Unless otherwise indicated this biography is based on J.S. Roskell’s article ‘Sir Richard Waldegrave’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. xxvii. 154-75.

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WALDEGRAVE, Sir Richard (c.1338-1410)

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