THORPE, Thomas, of Pilton, Rutland.

It is now impossible to tell what connexion, if any, existed between our MP and the Thomas Thorpe who, by October 1395, had become a yeoman of the butlery to Richard II, and was then, and later, the recipient of various gifts from the King (CPR, 1396-9, pp. 224, 254, 625). Another man of the same name served Henry V first as a yeoman and then as a sergeant of the Household: he took part in the Agincourt campaign and was subsequently rewarded with the bailiwick of Rodman (altera pars) in Staffs. (DL42/15 f. 94; E404/31/326; Somerville, Duchy, i. 547; CPR, 1413-16, p. 106; 1422-9, pp. 78, 80). Once again, however, the problem of identification remains unsolved.