THOMER (TOMERE), William, of Bridgwater, Som.

Family and Education

m. (1) bef. 1381, Joan, prob. wid. of Robert Plympton of Bridgwater; (2) bef. 1394, Eleanor, 1da.Bridgwater Bor. Archs. (Som. Rec. Soc. liii), 405; (ibid. lviii), 560; Som. Feet of Fines (ibid. xvii), 162; E364/14 m. Hd.

Offices Held

Tax collector, Som. May 1379, Nov. 1388; assessor Dec. 1380.

Portreeve, Bridgwater Oct. 1379–80; steward of the guild by Feb. 1391 and again by Oct. 1402.Bridgwater Bor. Archs. (liii), 330, 450; (lviii), 515.

Commr. of arrest, Bridgwater June 1381; to requisition ships, Som. May 1401; of inquiry Jan. 1405 (evasion of customs and unlawful aid to Welsh rebels).

Lt. of John Holand, earl of Huntingdon, admiral of the west by 20 Aug. 1388.Sel. Pleas Ct. Admiralty (Selden Soc. vi), 167.

Coroner, Som. 14 Dec. 1388–?C242/7/13.

Parlimentarian

THOMER (TOMERE), William, of Bridgwater, Som.

Main residence: Bridgwater, Som.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

THOMER (TOMERE), William

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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