Commons 1509-1558

Steward, lordships of Abergavenny, Mon. by Jan. 1516, of Gower and Kilvey, Glam. 1526 – d., of Gelligaer, Glam. c. 1540, of Swansea by 1549 – ?60, of Neath abbey, Glam. 1533, cts. of Abergavenny priory in 1535; receiver, Glam. June 1524; esquire of the body by 1533; commr. tenths of spiritualities, diocese of Llandaff 1535, coastal defence, S. Wales 1539, benevolence, Glam. 1544/45, relief 1549, 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; ?receiver, estates of the earls of Worcester, S. Wales by 1538–54 or later; sheriff, Glam. 1540 – 41, 1552 – 53; j.p. Glam. 1543–55 or later, other Welsh counties early 1550s, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Worcs. 1554, q. Glam. by 1561–?d.; custos rot. Glam. 1543, dep. c. 1547; gent. waiter, household of Queen Catherine Parr by 1544 – 48; receiver, ct. augmentations, Glam. in 1545; v.-adm. S. Wales 1550 – 58; member, council in the marches of Wales in 1551–3 or later; mayor, Cardiff in 1553.LP Hen. VIII, viii. x, xii, xiv, xx; Val. Eccles. iv. 351, 355; NRA 12101, pt. vi. 18; Penrice and Margam ms 561; C1/1094/77; 193/12/1; E179/221/236, 257, 259; 315/340/52; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, ii(2), 162; Cardiff Recs. ed. Mathews, v. 513; St.Ch.4/1/26; CPR, 1553, pp. 364, 419; 1553–4, pp. 19–20, 23, 25; 1560–3, p. 445; 1563–6, p. 29. Soc. Antiq. (1790), p. 167; Stowe 571, ff. 6–7v.

Dep. constable, Aberystwyth castle, Card. 16 Mar. 1544; rhingyll (bailiff), Egville, Kerry, Llanllwchaian and Tairtref, Mont. by 1546; receiver, Mont. by 1546; sheriff, Card. 1546 – 47, Brec. 1549 – 50, Mont. 1551 – 52, 1556 – 57, 1567 – 68; steward and constable, Montgomery castle by 1549 – ?89; commr. relief, Mont. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, armour 1569, musters 1570, victuals 1574, tanneries 1574, subsidy 1585; steward, lordship of Powys by 1553 – 89; j.p. Mont. by 1553 – 58, q. 1558/59; custos rot. by 1559 – 91; collector for loan 1562; keeper, Holt castle, Denb. 15 May 1570; bailiff, Montgomery 1574, 1582; esquire of the body temp. Eliz. Autobiography , 7n; SC6/Hen. VIII, 5249, mm. 3v, 4v, 5v, 8; Mont. Colls. ii. 191; iii. 118, 128, 137, 145, 157, 303, 329, 359, 360, 362–4; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 376; R. Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 60, 69, 109, 127, 212; CPR, 1550–3, p. 364; 1553, pp. 363, 419; 1560–3, p. 446; SP11/5/6; 12/93/9; Osborn coll. Yale Univ. Lib. 71.6.41.

Dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster, Monmouth 8 July 1533, receiver, Monmouth 29 Nov. 1547 – Aug. 1554, steward, Ebbw temp. Edw. VI; steward, lands of Grace Dieu abbey, Tintern abbey and Usk priory, Mon. by 1535, bp. of Llandaff’s manor of Bishton, Mon. by 1535; commr. tenths of spiritualities, Llandaff diocese 1535, benevolence, Mon. 1544/45, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; gent. pens. 1540–8 or later; sheriff, Mon. 1540 – 41, 1548 – 49, Herefs. 1551 – 52; j.p.q. Mon. 1543.Somerville, Duchy, i. 646, 649, 651; Val. Eccles. iv. 345, 361, 366, 370; LP Hen. VIII, viii, xviii; xix(1) 275; E179/69/35; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; 1553, pp. 112, 360, 418; C193/12/1; The Gen. n.s. xxx. 21.

Clerk of the crown, Hants Dec. 1541-c.75; burgess, Portsmouth 1550, mayor’s assistant 1559.LP Hen. VIII, xvi; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties, 94; R. East, Extracts from Portsmouth Recs. 325, 342.