HOPER, Thomas, of Barnstaple, Devon.

Mayor, Barnstaple Mich. 1397–9, 1402 – 03, 1410 – 11, 1423 – 25, 1432–3;CAD, iv. C3869; North Devon Athenaeum, Barnstaple, deeds 440, 472, 536, 937; A5, 8, 11. He was not mayor in 1418 (as stated in Reprint of Barnstaple Recs. ed. Chanter and Wainwright, ii. 187 — see deed 480). Nor had he been receiver in 1394–5 (as stated in Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxi. 259 — see North Devon Athenaeum, 3972, f. 2). bailiff 1406 – 07, 1411–13.E368/184 m. 107d, 185 m. 98, 193 m. 99.