Family and Education
1st s. of Robert Wilford (d.1396) of Exeter by his w. Elizabeth; bro. of John. m. between 1393 and 1400, Margaret, da. of Sir Robert Cornu (d.1399), of Thornbury, Devon, wid. of Robert Cruwys of Morchard, Rackenford and East Anstey,Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. xiii. 136. 1s. 1da.
Offices Held
Steward, Exeter Mich. 1396–7; receiver 1397 – 98; member of the council of 12, 1398 – 99, 1401 – 02, 1403 – 04, 1405 – 06, 1407 – 08, 1409 – 10, 1411 – 12; mayor 1400 – 01, 1402 – 03, 1404 – 05, 1406 – 07, 1408 – 09, 1410 – 11, 1412–d.
Constable of the Staple, Exeter Mar. 1398 – May 1400; mayor c. Oct. 1406–7, Jan. 1410–11.
Commr. of inquiry, West Country Jan. 1405 (customs evasion); oyer and terminer, Devon July 1412.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
WILFORD, William (-d.1413)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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