Steward, Southampton Mich. 1388–9; mayor 1401 – 04, 1408–9;
Collector of customs and subsidies, Southampton 5 Dec. 1395 – Feb. 1397, 18 Dec. 1404 – May 1406, 31 Mar. – Nov. 1413; controller 24 Mar.-Oct. 1401.
Commr. to assess the quality of wool awaiting shipment to Genoa, Southampton May 1397; of arrest, Devon, Cornw., Dorset, Hants, Suss. Feb. 1408; inquiry, Southampton Feb. 1412 (concealments by the royal searcher).
Tax collector, Hants Mar. 1401.
He is to be distinguished from the papal and imperial notary of the same name, who was active in Southampton in the 1380s: Southampton RO, SC4/2/135, 140; Queen’s Coll. Oxf. God’s House, D422; Hants RO, D/LY/7/10.
MIDDLETON, Thomas (-d.1428/9)