DAUNTESEY (DAUNCE), Sir John (by 1484-1545), of Thame, Oxon. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1484, s. of John Dauntesey of Thame. m. (1) by 1500, Alice, da. of Thomas Latton of Upton, Berks., 5s. inc. William 2da.; (2) Elizabeth Peche, wid. of Sir John Skeffington (d.1525) of London; 1s. illegit. Kntd. 13 Oct. 1513.Date of birth estimated from first reference. F. G. Lee, Thame Church, 46, 153; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 105; Ashmole, Berks. iii. 338; VCH Berks. iii. 288; LP Hen. VIII, xiii; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xvi. 99; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 96.

Offices Held

Teller of Exchequer 1505; receiver-gen. wards’ lands Nov. 1509–40; treasurer at war 1 July 1511; customer, port of London Sept. 1511; gen. surveyor, crown lands 1514 – 15, 1517 – 42; principal, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands 1542 – d.; chief butler of England 1515 – 17; knight of the body by 1516; member, council in Star Chamber by 1516, of division of King’s council for legal matters 1526; j.p. Beds., Mdx., Oxon. 1514, Berks. 1515, Bucks. 1525; sheriff, Berks. and Oxon. 1515 – 16; commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1523, tenths of spiritualities, Bucks. 1535; steward, Donnington, Berks. 1509, Kennington, Surr. 1516; parker, Princes Risborough 1520; steward, bp. of Lincoln’s lands, Thame and Dorchester; high steward, abbeys of Notley and Dorchester. E36/266, ff. 62, 66; LP Hen. VIII, i-iv, viii, x, xii, xiv, xv, xvii, xx; Val. Eccles. ii. 167; iii. 234; Lansd. 1(44), ff. 108–10.

Parlimentarian

DAUNTESEY (DAUNCE), Sir John (by 1484-1545), of Thame, Oxon. and London.

Main residences: Thame, Oxon; London.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DAUNTESEY (DAUNCE), Sir John (by 1484-1545)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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