WYKEHAM, Thomas (d.1443), of Broughton castle, Oxon.

Family and Education

3rd s. of William Perrot of Ash near Overton, Hants by Alice, da. of Agnes Champneys, sis. of William of Wykeham, bp. of Winchester; h. to his gt.-uncle. m. prob. bef. 1403, Elizabeth, da. of William Wilcotes of North Leigh, Oxon.,G. D. Squibb, Founders’ Kin, 104, 189. VCH Oxon. ix. 88-89 incorrectly gives his wife’s name as Alice: for Elizabeth Wilcotes see C139/122/33; CP25(1)207/31/27. 2s. inc. William, 2da. educ. New college, Oxford 1390-4. Kntd. bef. Nov. 1411.

Offices Held

Keeper, Witney chase, Oxon. by appointment of Bp. Wykeham 5 Feb. 1403–d.Reg. Common Seal (Hants Rec. Ser. ii), no. 47.

Tax controller, Oxon. Jan. 1404.

J.p. Oxon. 27 Jan. 1406 – Mar. 1410, Feb. 1412 – Nov. 1413, Apr. 1418 – d.

Commr. of inquiry, Hants, Oxon. Mar. 1406 (withdrawal of services by tenants of God’s House, Southampton), Oxon. Mar. 1418 (concealments), July 1425 (wastes in temporalities of the bpric. of Lincoln), Berks., Oxon. July 1428 (treasons and felonies), Berks., Bucks., Oxon. Feb. 1436, Oxon. Feb. 1439 (concealments); array May 1418, Mar. 1419, Jan. 1436; oyer and terminer Dec. 1418, Mar. 1430; to raise royal loans Nov. 1419, Oxon. Berks. July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Oxon. Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442; assess a tax Jan. 1436; evaluate the honours of Wallingford and St. Valery Feb., May 1438; of kiddles, Berks., Bucks., Oxon. May 1438.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 6 Nov. 1413 – 10 Nov. 1414, 10 Nov. 1417 – 4 Nov. 1418, 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, Hants 30 Nov. 1416–10 Nov.

Parlimentarian

WYKEHAM, Sir Thomas

Main residence: Broughton castle, Oxon.

Author

J.S.R.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

WYKEHAM, Thomas (-d.1443)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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