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b. c.1326, s. and h. of Sir John Moigne (d. by 1353) of Great Raveley. m. by May 1382, Mary (d.1411/12), wid. of Thomas Alberton (d.1375) of Skelton, Yorks., Thomas Kingston and John Pecche (d.1380) of London, fishmonger, s.p. Kntd. by 1384.Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 65; ii. 373-4; VCH Hunts. iii. 51, 204-5; CIPM, xiv. no. 323; xv. nos. 262-6; Hunts. Feet of Fines (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. xxxvii), 77; CCR, 1381-5, p. 66; 1385-9, pp. 274-5, 466; CPR, 1388-72, p. 246; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 387; Add. Ch. 33996.
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J.p. Hunts. 20 Mar. 1361–4, 30 Nov. 1374 – Dec. 1382, 14 Feb. 1384 – Nov. 1397, 16 May 1401 – d.

Commr. of inquiry, Cambs. Oct. 1361 (heir to the Colville estates), Beds., Hunts. Nov. 1377 (bridge repairs), Hunts. Sept. 1383 (illicit wine sales); to collect a parliamentary subsidy June 1371; of oyer and terminer July 1376 (disorder at Fenstanton), Sept. 1379 (disorder at Conington), Cambs. 1390 (withdrawal of labour services at Thorney); array, Hunts. Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Apr. 1385, Mar. 1386, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to suppress the rebels June 1381, Cambs., Hunts. Mar., Dec. 1382; enforce labour services July 1381 (estates of Thorney abbey and Ramsey abbey); take oaths in support of the Lords Appellant, Hunts. Mar. 1388; proclaim the King’s intention to rule justly May 1402.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 25 Nov. 1378 – 5 Nov. 1379, 24 Nov. 1382–1 Nov. 1383.

Tax collector, Hunts. Dec. 1385.

Main residence: Great Raveley, Hunts.
Monachus, Moygne
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Commons 1386-1421
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MOIGNE, Sir William (c.1326-1404)

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