Cofferer, Bridport Mich. 1390–1; steward by spring 1398-c.1401.
Tax collector, Dorset Jan. 1392, Mar. 1395, Mar. 1401.
Coroner, Dorset 13 Oct. 1395-Feb. 1399.
It is difficult to separate his career from that of a namesake, a rope merchant who made his will at Bridport in Feb. 1384, especially as there is no record of probate (Dorset RO, B3/D2 ff. 106v-107). It was probably this older John who was bailiff in 1359-63, 1365-6, 1367-8, 1369-70, 1372-3, 1376-7 and 1380-1 (D2 ff. 38, 41, 42, 64, 68, 86; CAD, i. C415; ii. C2265, 2736), and MP in 1363, 1372, 1377 (Oct.), 1378, and 1380 (Jan.), but the Member for 1383 (Feb.), and, indeed, on earlier occasions, may quite feasibly have been the younger John.
TRACY, John