SPARSHOLT, Edmund (d.1416), of Sparsholt’s Court, West Hendred, Berks.

Family and Education

prob. yr. s. and event. h. of John Sparsholt (d.1360) of Sparsholt’s Court by his w. Maud. m. Christine, 1da.

Offices Held

Tax surveyor, Berks. Dec. 1380.

Commr. to put down rebellion, Berks. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of inquiry, Berks., Glos. Mar. 1399 (Fitzwaryn estates), Berks. Aug. 1400 (rights of Henry IV’s sister Elizabeth to the manor of Ardington), Nov. 1402 (Fitzwaryn estates), Oct. 1409 (forfeited goods); array Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to suppress sedition May 1402.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 9 Nov. 1395–1 Dec. 1396.

J.p. Berks. 16 May 1402 – July 1404, 4 Sept. 1413 – d.

Parlimentarian

SPARSHOLT, Edmund (d.1416), of Sparsholt’s Court, West Hendred, Berks.

Main residence: Sparsholt's Court, West Hendred, Berks.

Author

C.F.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

SPARSHOLT, Edmund (-d.1416)