ORMSHEAD, William (d.1437), of York.

Family and Education

m. (1) Agnes; (2) Joan (d.1415/16); (3) Ellen (fl. 1437), 1s. d.v.p. 2da.Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, iii. ff. 503-4v; Surtees Soc. lvii. 240; F. Drake, Ebor. 321; CPL, viii. 188. We do not know which of Ormshead’s three wives was the mother of his daughters, but his son, John, was unmarried in 1433, and may well have been a minor (Test. Ebor. ii. 47-48).

Offices Held

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1411–12; sheriff Mich. 1414–15; member of the council of 24 by June 1417 – aft.Apr. 1424, of the council of 12 by Jan. 1425-prob. d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1425–6, 1433–4.Surtees Soc. lvii. 16; lxxxv. 3, 4; xcvi. 114, 135, 146; cxxv. 62, 64, 74–75, 79, 86, 91, 110, 135, 139, 142, 157, 159, 174, 183.

Commr. of inquiry, York Nov. 1424 (lands of John Gunwardby); oyer and terminer Aug. 1433 (attacks on St. Mary’s abbey).

Parlimentarian

ORMSHEAD, William

Main residence: York.

Ormesheved

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

ORMSHEAD, William (-d.1437)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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