Commr. to provide horses for Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland’s expedition to Ireland, Dec. 1386, Feb. 1387; of inquiry, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks. Dec. 1390 (extortions by the King’s attorney), Yorks. Feb. 1398 (abuses of the law), Mar. 1401 (water supply at Kingston-upon-Hull), May 1407 (crime at Beverley), (E. Riding) Jan. 1412 (liability to pay taxes), Feb. 1422 (counterfeit weights); to make arrests Apr. 1392 (receiver of the provost of Beverley), July 1408; of gaol delivery, Beverley Sept. 1392;
Escheator, Yorks. 6 Oct. 1397–26 Nov. 1399.
Collector of a royal aid on the marriage of Princess Blanche, Yorks. (E. Riding) Dec. 1401, of a royal loan Jan. 1420.
J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 18 Dec. 1405-July 1409.
ROUTH, Sir John (-d. c.1430)