HAWLEY, John II (d.1436), of Dartmouth, Devon and Trematon, Cornw.

Family and Education

s. and h. of John Hawley I, m. by 1408, Margaret,Reg. Stafford, 276. She was possibly the da. of Sir Robert Tresilian†, c.j.KB, who had been in 1386 to John Arundel I* and then divorced. 1s. 1da.

Offices Held

Controller of tunnage and poundage, London 10 June 1401–2, customs and subsidies from Bridgwater to Exeter 10 Feb. 1402 – Mar. 1404, Feb. 1413 – Nov. 1415, Dartmouth Nov. 1415 – Feb. 1416, Exeter and Dartmouth Nov. 1421-May 1425.

Feodary and escheator of the duchy of Cornw. in Cornw. and Devon, 20 Feb. 1402 – d.

Commr. of arrest, Dartmouth Apr., June, Oct. 1410, Devon Dec. 1428, Feb. 1429, Devon, Dorset Apr. 1430, June 1431; inquiry Apr. 1413, July 1423, Sept. 1434 (breaches of truce at sea), May 1415 (the seizure of Sir Thomas Carew’s ships), Devon, Cornw. Feb., July 1419 (concealed crown income); to seize vessels illegally taken at sea Apr. 1413; hold inquisitions post mortem, Devon, Cornw. Feb. 1420; hold musters, Exeter, Plymouth, Dartmouth June 1430; of array, Devon July 1433, Jan. 1436.

Mayor, Dartmouth, Mich. 1410–11.E368/183–4.

Under sheriff, Cornw. Mich. 1411–12.

J.p. Cornw. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1431.

Dep. butler, Dartmouth 10 Dec. 1422-Oct. 1425.

Parlimentarian

HAWLEY, John

Main residences: Dartmouth, Devon; Trematon, Cornw.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

HAWLEY, John II (-d.1436)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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