Submitted by legacy on
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b. 1347, s. and h. of John Threlkeld (d.v.p.), by Alice (d. by Jan. 1387), da. of John Hodelston; gds. and h. of Sir William Threlkeld (d. Oct. 1371) of Threlkeld and Crosby Ravensworth. m. (1) by 1385, Margaret (d. aft. Dec. 1393), 2da.; (2) by 1399, Katherine, 1s. Kntd. by Apr. 1379.Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ix. ped. facing p. 298, 303-6; n.s. xxiii. 154, 172-4; CCR, 1409-13, pp. 16-17, 20-21; CIPM, xiii. no. 150.
Offices Held

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Cumb. Nov. 1375, Jan. 1376 (attacks on Roger, Lord Clifford’s property at Kirkowsald), Westmld. Dec. 1376, July 1377 (poaching in Lord Clifford’s parks); array Feb. 1379, Dec. 1383, Mar., Aug. 1384, June, Aug. 1388,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 58, 61, 67, 95. Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of inquiry, Cumb. Sept. 1393, Aug. 1394 (claim by Maud, countess of Northumberland, to the castle of Cockermouth); to prevent the spread of treasonous rumours, Westmld. May 1402.

Collector of taxes, Westmld. Aug. 1379, Nov. 1392, Mar. 1395, Cumb. May 1398.

Chief forester of Inglewood forest, Cumb. 8 June 1387–27 Dec. 1389.

J.p. Westmld. 12 Dec. 1393 – Mar. 1397, 28 Nov. 1399 – Dec. 1405, 8 Feb. 1407 – d.

Parlimentarian
THRELKELD, Sir William (1347-1408), of Threlkeld, Cumb. and Crosby Ravensworth, Westmld.
Main residences: Threlkeld, Cumb.; Crosby Ravensworth, Westmld.
Thrilkeld, Thrylkeld(e)
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C.R.
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Commons 1386-1421
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THRELKELD, Sir William (1347-1408)

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