Commr. of array, Mdx. Oct. 1366, Feb. 1367, Sept. 1386, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept., Nov. 1403; to make proclamation concerning the arrest of the insurgents of 1381 and the holding of illegal assemblies July 1381; of oyer and terminer (to suppress the insurgents) July, Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382 (bis); sewers Jan. 1383, Dec. 1395, Oct. 1398; inquiry May 1402 (seditious rumours); to raise a loan Sept. 1405.
J.p. Mdx. 6 Nov. 1377 – Feb. 1407.
Surveyor of tax assessments, Mdx. Dec. 1380.
Tax collector, Mdx. Mar. 1404.
He is not to be confused with the London fletcher of the same name, who was almost his exact contemporary (Cal. P. and M. London, 1364-81, p. 218; CCR, 1389-92, p. 361; 1396-9, p. 427), for although he owned property in the City he is always described as ‘of Middlesex’ or ‘of Hackney’.
SHORDITCH, John I (-d.1410)