Family and Education
er. bro. of Robert Syreston. m. (1) ?Joan, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Cergeaux of Colquite by his 2nd w. s.p.;C138/40/53. (2) by 1400, Joan, prob. da. of Ralph Trenewith I by Joan (d.1428), da. and h. of Otto Bodrugan, 3s.
Offices Held
Under sheriff, Cornw. 1391 – 92, 1400–1.
Alnager, Cornw. 20 July 1394-Nov. 1395.
Tax collector, Cornw. May 1398, Dec. 1406.
Escheator, Cornw. 26 Nov. 1399–8 Nov. 1401.
Commr. of inquiry, Cornw. Mar. 1401 (ownership of Trelaske), July 1401, Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1403 (concealments), Nov. 1409, Nov. 1410, Sept. 1413 (the ransoming of prisoners in Brittany); to close the ports of Padstow and Wadell May 1401.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Trevarthen in Newlyn, Cornw.
Shireston, Sireston
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
SYRESTON, John (-d. c.1417)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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