WICHFORD, Benedict (d.1433), of Romsey and Southampton.

Family and Education

s. of John Wichford of Romsey. educ. Winchester college 1395-9. m. (1) by 1415, Isabel, wid. of John Butler of Southampton; (2) by Apr. 1429, Alice Smith, da. and h. of Maud, w. of Thomas Armorer of Southampton.CCR, 1409-13, p. 120; Winchester Scholars ed. Kirby, 22; Black Bk. Southampton (Soton Rec. Soc. xiv), 1; Stowe 846, f. 153. In Queen’s Coll. Oxf. God’s House, R389 (1418-19) Wichford’s 1st w. is called Christine; in the following account, R390, she is named Christine in one place and Isabel in another, and in 1422 (R393) Isabel throughout.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Southampton Mich. 1419–24, 1430–2;J.S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 173. borough attorney in the ct. of common pleas 1428–9.Stewards’ Bks. (Soton Rec. Soc. xxxv), i. 16.

Parlimentarian

WICHFORD, Benedict (d.1433), of Romsey and Southampton.

Main residences: Romsey; Southampton.

Wychford, Wychefort

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

WICHFORD, Benedict (-d.1433)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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