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Thomas CHALTON (d.1452)
of London. Mercer.
1395-6Apprentice of Robert Shirewynd. (Jefferson p.1064)
1400-1He issued from his apprenticeship. (ibid.)
1401He was admitted to the Mercers’ Company. (ibid.)
1404-5He had an apprentice called William Haddoun(q.v.). (ibid.)
1410-1He had apprentices called John Andrew(q.v.) and Walter Aleyn(q.v.).
(ibid.)
1412-3He had an apprentice called Nicholas Lambert(q.v.). (ibid.)
1414-5Warden of the Mercers’ Company. (ibid.)
1415-6He had an apprentice called Edward Pecche(q.v.). (ibid.)
1421-2He had an apprentice called John Andrewe(q.v.). (ibid.)
1423-4He had a serving man called John Swan(q.v.). (ibid.)
1426-7Warden of the Mercers’ Company. (ibid.)
He had apprentices called Robert Rokewode(q.v.) and William
Widowsone(q.v.). (ibid.)
1430-1He had an apprentice called Richard Vans (?Vaus). (q.v.)
1432-3Warden of the Mercers’ Company. (ibid.)
1433-52Alderman of Bishopsgate Ward. (
1433-4Sheriff of London. (ibid.), with John Lynge(q.v.). (net)
21 Sep.1433He and John Lynge(q.v.) were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Brockley(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
21 Sep.1434He was one of those elected Auditors of the accounts of the Chamberlain
and of the accounts of the Wardens of London Bridge.
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21 Sep.He was present when Thomas Bernewell(q.v.) and Simon Eyre(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs. (ibid.)
13 Oct.He was present when Robert Otley(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
13 Oct.1435He as present when Henry Frowyk(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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21 Sep.1436He was present when Thomas Morstede(q.v.) and William Gregory(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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21 Sep.1437He was present when William Hales(q.v.) and William Chapman(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs.
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13 Oct.Present when William Estfield(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.)
1437-8He had an apprentice called William Wydowson. (Jefferson p.1064)
13 Oct.1438He was present when Stephen Browne(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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13 Oct.1439Present when Robert Large(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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1439-40Warden of the Mercers’ Company. (Jefferson p.1064)
1440Master of the Mercers’ Company. (net)
2 Sep.He was present at a meeting at which certain articles and ordinances
were read and confirmed.
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13 Oct.He was present when John Paddesley(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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1441-2Auditor of London. (net)
21 Sep.1441He was one of those who were elected Auditors of the accounts of the
Chamberlain and of the Wardens of LondonBridge.
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13 Oct.He was present when Robert Clopton(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(ibid.
2 May1442He was one of those who granted a certain shed to John Croxton(q.v.)
and his wife. (ibid.)
13 Oct.He was present when John Hatherley(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(
13 Oct.1443He was present when Thomas Catworth(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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1444-5Warden of the Mercers’ Company. (Jefferson p.1064)
1445Master of the Mercers’ Company. (net)
13 Oct.He was present when Simon Eyre(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
(
11 Nov.He was one of those who granted to John Norman, Alderman(q.v.), a plot
of the common soil in West Smithfield for 60 years. (ibid.)
13 Oct.1446He was present when John Olney(q.v.) was elected Mayor.
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1446-7He had an apprentice called William Yarom(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1064)
21 Sep.1447Present when Thomas Scot(q.v.) and William Abraham(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.Present when John Gedney(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
4 Apr.1448Present when John Tyler(q.v.) was elected Common Hunt of the City.
(ibid.)
21 Sep.Present when William Marrowe(q.v.) and William Cantlowe(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.Present when Stephen Browne(q.v.)
9 Dec.He and William Darell(q.v.) appointed Thomas Denys of Ipswich(q.v.)
as their attorney to deliver certain lands in Suffolk to William
Thomas, rector of St.Albans in Wood Street, London.
( ref. HD 1538/354/5)
1448-9 Settlement of the action taken by him and others against John
Dybesworth(q.v.) and his wife, Joan(q.v.), deforciants of the manor
of Finchley and premises in Finchley and Hendon.
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21 Sep.1449Present when William Hulyn(q.v.) and Thomas Canynges(q.v.) were
elected Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.He was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
28 Oct.He was sworn at the Guildhall. (ibid.)
29 Oct.He was presented, admitted and accepted before the Barons of the
Exchequer. (ibid.)
13 Nov.John Rokesle(q.v.) and others appeared before him and the Aldermen
and entered into a bond with John Middleton, the Chamberlain(q.v.).
(ibid.)
1449-50He had apprentices called John Walker(q.v.), Robert Overton(q.v.) and
John Walkot(q.v.). (Jefferson p.1064)
4 Mar.1450Ralph Verney(q.v.) and other mercers appeared before him and the Aldermen and entered into a bond in £200 with John Middleton, the Chamberlain(q.v.).
(“Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London”: K folio 246)
18 Mar.The Wardens of the Haberdashers appeared before him and the Aldermen
regarding their letters patent licensing them to set up a Gild in honour
of St.Katherine.
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1 Apr.He, the Aldermen and commonality made an ordinance that M.P.s for
London should receive 40s a day expenses when attending a Parliament
not held in London. (ibid.)
1 Aug.Commissioner for a tax in London. (C.F.R.1445-52 p.167)
21 Sep.Present when William Dere(q.v.) and John Middleton(q.v.) were elected
Sheriffs. (
13 Oct.He was present when Nicholas Wyfold(q.v.) was elected Mayor. (ibid.)
23 Jul.1451He was one of those who received and granted a petition from the Master
and Wardens of the Tailors and Linen Armourers of St.John the Baptist.
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4 Sep.He was one of those who decreed that John Bandy(q.v.) should be one
of the permanent Serjeants of the Chamber. (ibid.)
21 Sep.He was present when Matthew Phillip(q.v.) and Christopher Warter(q.v.)
were elected Sheriffs. (ibid.)
29 Nov.He was one of those who received a petition regarding foreign brokers.
(ibid.)
17 Dec.Made his Will. (
16 Mar.1452His Will was proved. (ibid.)
see C.P.R.1446-52
20 April 2014
21 December 2017
© I.S.Rogers 29 October 2018