Family and Education
?s. of John Kent I of Reading. m. ?2s. (1 d.v.p.).
Offices Held
Mayor, Reading Mich. 1427–8, 1429 – 30, 1441 – 42, 1450–1.
Coroner, Berks. bef. July 1430.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Reading, Berks.
KENT
Notes
Simon Porter and Simon Kent have previously been distinguished, e.g. by A. Aspinall etc. in Parl. Through Seven Centuries, 25, 28. A close examination of the records, however, shows them to have been one and the same person. Thus, in 1425 the parliamentary return refers to Kent, while the indenture names Porter, and in 1450 Kent was nominated as mayor, but Porter took office; C219/13/3; Reading Recs. ed. Guilding, i. 34-35. Confirmation of this identification is provided in CCR, 1447-54, p. 469.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
PORTER ALIAS KENT, Simon
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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