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WENSLEY, Sir Thomas (d.1403), of Wensley, Derbys.

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s. and h. of Roger Wensley of Wensley. m. 1s. illegit. Kntd. between Nov. 1382 and Nov. 1384.CPL, vii. 519; CP25(1)39/38/205.
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Collector of a tax, Derbys. Nov. 1377, Dec. 1384; assessor May 1379.

Commr. to suppress the insurgents, Derbys. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of inquiry Mar. 1384 (attacks on the servants of the King’s mother at Chesterfield), Nov. 1390 (rights of way at Baslow), Feb. 1392, May 1395 (illegal use of dogs and ferrets), Cheshire Nov. 1399 (cattle thefts at Macclesfield); array, Derbys. Aug. 1384,Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiv. 242. June 1388, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Aug. 1402; oyer and terminer Nov. 1387 (attacks on the property of John of Gaunt); to make arrests Feb. 1388 (persons charged with damaging Gaunt’s property), Derbys., Yorks. June 1402; enforce the statute on weirs and kiddles, Derbys. June 1398; prevent the spread of treasonous rumours May 1402.

J.p. Derbys. 12 July 1383–9, 10 Nov. 1389 – June 1390, 24 Dec. 1390 – d.

Steward and constable of the High Peak, Derbys. for the duchy of Lancaster by 1391-aft. Mich. 1393, by 7 July 1400 – d.; surveyor of the forest of the Peak 1396–7.Somerville, Duchy, i. 382, 550; DL43/15/7 m. 1; Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 334.

Steward of the royal honour of Macclesfield, Cheshire, and surveyor of the forests there 13 Oct. 1399–8 Oct. 1401.DKR, xxxvi. 145, 511.

Steward of the manors of Ashford and Chesterfield and the wapentake of Scarsdale, Derbys. confiscated by the Crown from Thomas, earl of Kent, Feb. 1400–d.CIMisc. vii. no. 47.

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WENSLEY, Sir Thomas (d.1403), of Wensley, Derbys.
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WENSLEY, Sir Thomas (-d.1403)

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WENLOCK, alias WYVELL, William, of Luton and Houghton Conquest, Beds. and Much Wenlock, Salop.

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s. and h. of Nicholas Wyvell by Joan, da. and h. of Richard Wenlock of Much Wenlock. m. prob. by Apr. 1384, Margaret (b.1362/3), sis. and h. of John Briton (d.s.p. Sept. 1390), of Britens in Houghton Conquest and Upper Stondon, at least 2s. Thomas† and John†.
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WENLOCK, alias WYVELL, William, of Luton and Houghton Conquest, Beds. and Much Wenlock, Salop.
Main residences: Luton; Houghton Conquest, Beds.; Much Wenlock, Salop.
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WENLOCK ALIAS WYVELL, William

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WEMS, Richard (d.c.1442), of Northampton, mercer.

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m. by May 1421, Joan.Add. Ch. 732.
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Bailiff, Northampton Mich. 1408–9; mayor 1421 – 22, 1440–1.Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 557, 549–50.

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WEMS, Richard (d.c.1442), of Northampton, mercer.
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WEMS, Richard (-d. c.1442)

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WELLES, John III (d.1442), of London.

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s. and h. of John Welles (d.c.1384), of Norwich, Norf. by his w. Isabel. m. by Dec. 1415, Margery, wid. of John Osbarn (d. by Sept. 1403), of London, fishmonger, and Henry Halton (d.1415), of London, grocer, s.p.Ibid. I, 26, 203; Reg. Chichele, ii. 616; Corporation of London RO, hr 144/51; Norf. RO, Norwich enrolments 14 m. 19d.
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Common councillor, London by 24 May 1417;Corporation of London RO, jnl. 1, f. 21. alderman of Langbourn Ward Dec. 1420 – Aug. 1436, Cheap Ward c. 1436 – d.; auditor, London 21 Sept. 1421–4, 1425 – 27; mayor 13 Oct. 1431–2.Beaven, Aldermen, i. 100, 168; Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 261, 273; K, 1, 14, 32, 44–45, 54, 63, 123–4.

Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1420–1.

Master of the Grocers’ Co. July 1426–7, 1429 – 31, 1434 – 36, May 1441–2; warden July 1431–2.W.W. Grantham, Wardens Grocers’ Company, 9–10. It is possible that Welles was also warden of the Company over the year ending July 1417. No accounts have survived for this year, but a reference made shortly afterwards to ‘nostre dyner en le tempz de John Wellys et John Checheley’ suggests that the two men were then in office (Ms. Archs. Grocers’ Company ed. Kingdon, i. 126).

Commr. of inquiry, London Oct. 1432; oyer and terminer Oct. 1433, Oct., Nov. 1434, Jan. 1442; to distribute a subsidy allowance Dec. 1433, Feb. 1434.

Ambassador to treat for a truce with the envoys of John V, duke of Brittany, 24 Mar. 1433.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 279.

Keeper and escheator of Norwich 15 July-29 Nov. 1437.PPC, v. pp. xxiv, 45, 76.

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WELLES, John II
Main residence: London.
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WELLES, John III (-d.1442)

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WELLES, John II, of London and Southwark, Surr.

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Tax collector, Southwark Nov. 1404.

Master of the Grocers’ Co. July 1431–2.Ms Archs. Grocers’ Company, ii. 211–22.

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WELLES, John I
Main residences: London; Southwark, Surr.
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It has long been supposed that John Welles III was returned to Parliament by both the City and Southwark (Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 6). From 1428 onwards, however, the accounts of the wardens of the Grocers’ Company draw a firm distinction between him (as the ‘aldyrman in boge Row’) and John Welles II, who is described either as ‘in Southwark’ or as ‘the elder’ to avoid any confusion with his more celebrated namesake (Ms Archs. Grocers’ Company ed. Kingdon, ii. 185-228). There can, indeed, be little doubt that the burgesses of Southwark, resentful of the economic hold which the corporation of London exercised over them, chose to be represented by a local man with influence in the City, and not by the alderman whom they must have identified with those who opposed their interests.

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