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Thomas FAUCONER (d.1434)
of London. Mercer.
Son of John Fauconer. (H.O.C.III pp.59-61)
= Philippa. (ibid.)
Daughters: Thomasina = Sir John Graa. (ibid.)
Katherine = 1 William Moleyns(q.v.). (ibid.)
1391-2He had apprentices called Richard Hathewyk(q.v.) and Thomas Welcome(q.v.)
(Jefferson p.1078)
1395-6He had apprentices called Thomas Davy(q.v.) and John Rokewode(q.v.)
(ibid.)
1396-7He had an apprentice called William Maldoun(q.v.). (ibid.)
1397-8He had an apprentice called Robert Strode(q.v.). (ibid.)
1398-9 Warden of the Mercers' Company. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
He had apprentices called Thomas Prentys(q.v.) and John Bernham(q.v.).
(Jefferson p.1078)
1401-2He had an apprentice called Thomas Estoun(q.v.). (ibid.)
28 Oct.1402He was present when John Walcote(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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5 Dec.He, John Warner(q.v.), William Sevenoke(q.v.) and Thomas
Extone(q.v.) were appointed commissioners for levying the subsidy
granted by the last Parliament. (ibid.)
1404-14Alderman of Coleman Street ward.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
21 Sep.1403He and Thomas Polle(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs at the Guildhall.
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29 Sep.They were sworn at the Guildhall. (ibid.)
1 Oct.They were presented before the Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster. (ibid.)
12 Oct.He was at the Guildhall when William Askham(q.v.) was elected Mayor (ibid.)
1403-4 Sheriff of London and Middlesex. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
He had an apprentice called John Juntynge. (Jefferson p.1078)
24 Mar.1404He was one of those appointed to enquire who should be liable to
contribute to the subsidy granted to the King at the last Parliament.
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21 Sep.He was at the Guildhall when William Louthe(q.v.) and Stephen
Speleman(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Hende(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
1405-6 Warden of the Mercers' Company. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
He had apprentices called William Pole(q.v.), Richard Beek(q.v.), John
Drake(q.v.) and Thomas Danyel(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1078)
1406Master of the Mercers’ Company.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
15 May1406He was one of those present when John Newman(q.v.) was convicted of
adultery with Cecilia Brinkill.
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13 Oct.He was present at the Guildhall when Richard Whittington(q.v.) was elected
Mayor for the second time.
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13 Oct.He was one of those who were assembled in the Inner Chamber of the
Guildhall, where they received a petition from the Brewers regarding their
regulation by their Masters and Wardens.
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21 Sep.1407He was one of those present when Henry Halton(q.v.) and Henry
Pountfreyt(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was one of those present at the Guildhall when William Staundon(q.v.) was
elected Mayor. (ibid.)
14 Dec.He was present when Sir William Langford, Chaplain(q.v.), was convicted
of adultery with Margaret, wife of Richard Dod(q.v.).
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21 Sep.1408He was one of those present at the Guildhall when Thomas Duke(q.v.) and
William Norton(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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21 Sep.1409He was present when John Lane(q.v.) and William Chichele(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
11 Oct.He was present when sir Nicholas Nangyll(q.v.) was convicted of adultery.
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13 Oct.He was present when Richard Merlawe(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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7 Mar.1410He was one of those present when John Westone(q.v.) delivered a request on
behalf of the Barbers. (
17 Jun.He was one of those present when Sir Thomas Canell, chaplain(q.v.), was
convicted of adultery. (
13 Oct.He was present when Thomas Knolles(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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1410-1He had apprentices called Richard Boure(q.v.) and John Estoun(q.v.)
(Jefferson p.1078)
1411 M.P.London. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
12 Feb.Geoffrey Loveye(q.v.) was condemned to the pillory for slandering him.
The sentence was respited on condition of his good behaviour the future.
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18 Jul.He was present when it was agreed that the sign of the elephant in Chepe
should remain with Simon Sewale. (ibid.)
21 Sep.He was present when John Reynwell(q.v.) and Walter Cotton(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (ibid.)
13 Oct.He was present when Robert Chichele(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
1411-2 Warden of the Mercers' Company. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
1412Master of the Mercers’ Company.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
21 Sep.At the Guildhall when Ralph Lobenham(q.v.) and William
Sevenoak(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was present when William Waldern(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
19 May1413Geoffrey Lovey(q.v.) was committed to Newgate for cursing and slandering
him. (
13 Oct.He was present when William Crowmer(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
16 Feb.1414He was one of those who appointed John St.Germayn(q.v.) as Keeper of Ludgate
and the prisoners there.
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21 Sep.Present when John Mitchell(q.v.) and Thomas Aleyn(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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29 Sep.He was one of those present when Sir William Nechtone(q.v.), Sir John Sele(q.v.)
and Sir Henry West(q.v.) were convicted of adultery.
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13 Oct.He was elected Mayor.
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28 Oct.He was sworn. (ibid.)
29 Oct.He was presented, admitted and sworn before the Barons of the Exchequer.
(ibid.)
12 Nov.He and the Aldermen discharged Thomas atte Stone(q.v.) from serving on
juries etc. (ibid.)
1414-35Alderman of Cheap Ward.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
6 Mar.1415He and the Aldermen discharged John Lyberd(q.v.) from serving on
juries etc. (
6 Mar.He and John Proffyt(q.v.) granted the guardianship and patrimony of
William Bangor(q.v.) to his step-father, John Bokenham(q.v.).
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7 Mar.He was present when Sir Walter Enstone(q.v.) was convicted of adultery.
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8 Mar.He and the Aldermen received John Talbot(q.v.) and three others from
Hadley, Suffolk, who requested that all tenants of the Archbishop of
Canterbury in Hadley should be exempt of tolls by virtue of royal charters.
They allowed the claim.
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10 Mar.He and the Aldermen were summoned to the Tower by the King, who
informed them of his intention to invade France. (ibid.)
13 Mar.He and John Proffyt(q.v.) granted the guardianship of Robert, Elena
and Emma, daughters of Alan Coterell(q.v.) to William Young(q.v.),
who had married their mother. (ibid.)
3 Apr. Thomas Dowce(q.v.) brought an action for a debt of £100 against Richard
Ryston, Rector of Cooling(q.v.), before him and John Credy, clerk(q.v.).
( ref. C 241/219/75)
19 Apr.He and the Aldermen heard a complaint that servants and journeymen
of the Tailors had behaved in an unruly manner, having assaulted Thomas
Tropenell(q.v.) among others.
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25 Apr.Thomas Whityngham(q.v.), Master of the Tailors, and the Wardens,
appeared before him and the Aldermen to answer to them for the behaviour
of their servants and journeymen, as reported on the 19th. (ibid.)
26 Apr.He and the Aldermen discharged John Fleming(q.v.) from serving on
juries etc. (ibid.)
29 Apr.David Brekenhale(q.v.) John Stanbury(q.v.) and others appeared before
him and the Aldermen for their involvement in the incident reported to
them on the 19th. (ibid.)
2 MayHe and the Aldermen ordained that henceforth servants of the Tailors
should be under the governance of the Master and Wardens. (ibid.)
6 MayHe and the Aldermen appointed Simon Rolf(q.v.) and Richard Wellys
to be surveyors of those exercising the faculty of Surgeons. (ibid.)
13 MayHe and the Aldermen made an ordinance that no city office-holder should
take a livery or clothing except fromthe craft of which he was made free.
(ibid.)
16 Jun.Indenture between him and Richard Courtenay, Bishop of Norwich,
witnessing the delivery of a great collar of gold to the Mayor as security
for the repayment of a loan of 10,000 marks made by the city to the
King. (ibid.)
1 Jul.He and John Credy, clerk(q.v.), heard the action for debt brought by John
Fray(q.v.) against Henry Poley of Clothall, Hertfordshire.
( ref.C 241/209/58)
5 Aug.He and the Aldermen discharged Edmund Grymstone(q.v.) from serving on
juries etc. (ibid.)
21 Aug.He and the Aldermen made an ordnance forbidding brewers from drawing
water from the small pipe below the Great Conduit in Chepe.
(ibid.)
6 Sep.Richard Grove(q.v.), Thomas Clerk(q.v.) and John Chadde(q.v.) came
before him and the Aldermen and paid in 50 marks for the use of Agnes,
daughter of the late William Boxson. (ibid.)
10 Sep.He and John Proffyt(q.v.) granted the guardianship and patrimony of
John Oxney(q.v.) to Thomas Knolles(q.v.).(ibid.)
12 Sep.He and the Aldermen granted the guardianship of Agnes Boxon to Robert
Trenerth(q.v.), who had married Agnes’s mother. (ibid.)
13 Sep.He and the Aldermen received a deputation from the Couriers and
sanctioned their proposals for the government of their mystery. (ibid.)
21 Sep.He was present when William Cauntbrigg(q.v.) and Alan Everard(q.v.) were elected
Sheriffs. (ibid.)
7 Oct.He and the Aldermen discharged Richard Osmer(q.v.) from serving on
juries etc. (ibid.)
27 Nov.He was one of those who were appointed to deliver Newgate Gaol.
(ibid.)
10 Feb.1416He, Richard Merlawe(q.v.), William Weston(q.v.) and
Nicholas James(q.v.) were elected M.P.s of London.
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30 Jul.John Russell(q.v.) was tried for spreading rumour that he had had
Richard Courinyen burned as a heretic, even though he had been pardoned,
causing Thomas to be committed to the Tower and fined £1,000. John
failed to appear, was found guilty of spreading a false rumour and
sentenced to the pillory.
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13 Oct.He was present when Henry Barton(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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21 Sep.1417He was present when Henry Rede(q.v.) and John Gedney(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.He was present when Richard Merlawe(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
1418Master of the Mercers’ Company.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
10 Jan.He was present at a meting of the General Court at the Guildhall.
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10 Jan.He was one of those who seized the guardianship of William, son of John
Bryan. The guardianship was the subject of a dispute between William
Sevenoak(q.v.) and William Haute and his wife, Margaret.
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21 Sep.He was present when John Bryan(q.v.) and Ralph Barton(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.He was present when William Sevenoak(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
21 Sep.1419He was present when John Boteler(q.v.) and Richard Whitingham(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.One of those present at the Guildhall when Richard Whittington (q.v.) was
elected Mayor for the third time.
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1419-20He had an apprentice called John Chyntyng(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1078)
1420 M.P.London. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
21 Sep.He was present when John Boteler(q.v.) and John Wellys(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.He was present when William Cauntbrigge(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
12 Nov.He, John Mitchell(q.v.), John Higham(q.v.) and Salamon Oxney(q.v.)
were elected M.P.s. (ibid.)
21 Sep.1421He was present when John Weston(q.v.) and Richard Gosselyn(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was present when Robert Chichele(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
Dec. M.P.London. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
1422 M.P.London. (ibid.)
26 Sep.Present at a meeting of the Court which resolved differences between
the Weavers and the Linen weavers.
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13 Oct.He was at the Guildhall when William Walderne was elected Mayor.
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1423 M.P.London. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
13 Oct.He was at the Guildhall when William Cromer(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(
He was one of those elected an M.P. for London. (ibid.)
1423-4 Warden of the Mercers' Company. (H.O.C. III pp.59-61)
He had an apprentice called John Strangwyshe(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1078)
1424Master of the Mercers’ Company.
(Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', inThe Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912(London, 1908), pp. 1-20.British History Online [accessed 21 March 2017]. )
14 Apr.He was one of those who agreed that John Haukeslowe, valet of William
Talworth(q.v.), be given the fee and clothing of the chamber, as other
valets had. (
13 Oct.1425He was at the Guildhall when John Coventry(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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24 Dec.He was one of those who tried John Tonard, baker(q.v.), for a second
offence of selling under-weight bread.
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7 Mar.1426He was one of those who agreed that all fresh ells brought by water to the
city should be sold by weight.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Reynwell(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
13 Oct.1427He was present when John Gedney(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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21 Sep.1428He was present when John Abbot(q.v.) and Thomas Duffhous(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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15 Feb.1429He was one of those present when John Rede(q.v.) was convicted of adultery
with Alice(q.v.), wife of Nicholas Clerk(q.v.).
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10 Aug.He was one of those present when Gilbert Taverner(q.v.) was convicted
of adultery with Cecilia(q.v.), wife of Hugh Heggerley(q.v.).
(ibid.)
26 Aug.He was present when John Couper(q.v.) was convicted of adultery with Katherine,
wife of Richard Frensshe(q.v.). (ibid.)
21 Sep.Present when William Russe(q.v.) and Ralph Holand(q.v.) were elected
Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.Present when William Estfield(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
14 Oct.He was present when Sir John Ardyngworth, chaplain(q.v.), was convicted of
adultery with Margaret Skydmore(q.v.).
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31 Oct.He was present when Sir Ralph Wengrave was convicted of adultery with
Mariona Grene(q.v.). (ibid.)
1429-30He had an apprentice called John Derby(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1078)
21 Sep.1430He was at the Guildhall when Walter Chartsey(q.v.) and Robert Large(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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21 Sep.1431He was present when John Hatherley(q.v.) and Stephen Browne(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Welles(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
11 Oct.1432He was present at a meeting of the Common Council.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Perneys(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
21 Sep.1433He was present when Thomas Chalton(q.v.) and John Lynge(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
(
13 Oct.He was present when John Brockley(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
21 Sep.1434He was present when Thomas Bernewell(q.v.) and Simon Eyre(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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1434-5He had an apprentice called Richard Thorpe(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1078)
1435-6? He had apprentices called Ralph Verney(q.v.) and Robert Strangways(q.v.).
(ibid.)
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