Royal record calendars · 1216–1486 Reading the Rolls
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NameActiveFamilyTitlesStatusEntries
Richard de Clare 1236-10-26 – 1464-12-20 Clare → Clerk; Dean of Wymbourn +1 1,294
Robert de Ufford 1238-01-27 – 1442-06-12 Ufford → Earl of Suffolk Suffolk; Earl of Suffork +2 1,284
John de Hampton 1259-09-12 – 1477-07-29 Hampton → Chaplain; Escheator +1 1,269
Ralph Basset 1245-06-06 – 1472-10-20 Basset → Constable of Dover Castle; Lord of Drayton +2 1,257
John Maunsel 1233-10-20 – 1468-10-29 Maunsel → Chancellor of London; Chancellor of St. Paul's +3 1,256
John le Longe 1250-12-12 – 1483-02-26 Longe → Canon of St. Canice; Merchant 1,250
Thomas de Burgh 1234-05-04 – 1484-10-28 Burgh → Chamberlain of Berwick-upon-tweed; Chancellor of Berwick-upon-tweed +4 1,241
Richard de Rodeneye 1303-04-08 – 1440-06-02 Rodeneye → 1,218
John de Crumbewell 1295-04-05 – 1472-02-21 Crumbewell → Knight; Lord of Hope 1,217
William John 1270-05-30 – 1484-03-09 John → 1,205
John de Molyns 1242-08-30 – 1479-05-07 Molyns → Knight 1,204
Hugh de Courteneye 1272-10-23 – 1471-01-16 Courteneye → Earl of Devenesshire; Earl of Devon Cornwall +2 1,197
Thomas de Berkele 1233-08-29 – 1484-10-28 Berkele → Knight; Lord of Berkele +1 1,181
Thomas de Muleton 1232-10-26 – 1483-02-25 Muleton → Chaplain; Knight +3 1,170
Simon de Bereford 1291-08-18 – 1395-05-23 Bereford → Escheator; Knight 1,168
John de Cobeham 1236-11-27 – 1483-08-28 Cobeham → Constable of Rochester Castle; Knight of Kent +3 1,166
William de Weston 1256-03-09 – 1480-11-19 Weston → Canon of Lincoln; Canon of St. Mary's +4 1,164
Edward IIT 1313-02-27 – 1484-03-10 IIT → 1,157
John le Keu 1243-06-27 – 1484-10-28 Keu → 1,154
Peter de Sabaudia 1216-12-08 – 1449-11-10 Sabaudia → Canon of Lincoln; Canon of St. Mary's +4 1,150
Guy de Briene 1264-09-18 – 1479-01-26 Briene → Knight 1,146
John de Bello Campo 1236-01-07 – 1388-03-20 Bello Campo → Constable of Dover Castle; Constable of Dovorre Castle +2 1,131
Robert de Assheton 1274-04-12 – 1437-01-28 Assheton → Chancellor of Ireland; Knight of Gloucestershire +1 1,129
Henry le Scrope 1289-11-26 – 1482-04-26 Scrope → Knight 1,124
John Mautravers 1280-07-17 – 1413-11-29 Mautravers → Knight 1,124
William de Bohun 1238-01-27 – 1438-05-10 Bohun → Earl of Norhampton; Earl of Northampton Oxford +2 1,124
John de Walton 1232-12-15 – 1472-07-06 Walton → Clerk; Knight 1,112
Robert de Bardelby 1287-04-28 – 1354-07-01 Bardelby → Canon of Chichester; Canon of St. Peter's York +2 1,104
William Basset 1233-02-20 – 1478-06-25 Basset → Clerk 1,098
John de Thorpe 1266-12-10 – 1479-05-10 Thorpe → Clerk; Parson of Flamstede +1 1,097
John de Arcy 1306-05-19 – 1474-07-12 Arcy → 1,060
Richard de la Pole 1301-05-22 – 1484-10-28 Pole → Citizen of London; Knight 1,054
Thomas Marshall 1263-01-17 – 1482-03-06 Marshall → 1,046
John de Horton 1234-05-04 – 1483-09-17 Horton → Clerk 1,033
Robert de Brus 1237-12-08 – 1464-06-12 Brus → Clerk; Earl of Carrick +4 1,032
Henry de Cobeham 1242-03-28 – 1368-11-28 Cobeham → Constable of Rochester Castle; Constable of Tonebrugge Castle +3 1,031
Hervey de Staunton 1290-02-08 – 1474-07-30 Staunton → Clerk; Parson of Elm +1 1,023
Thomas de Rokeby 1238-01-28 – 1412-11-03 Rokeby → Keeper of Stryvelyn Castle; Knight +1 1,017
William de Grey 1242-04-07 – 1484-10-11 Grey → Sheriff of Lincoln 1,017
John Lovel 1255-03-01 – 1481-10-09 Lovel → Knight; Sheriff of Middlesex +1 1,015
Robert de Barton 1252-11-25 – 1484-02-12 Barton → Bailiff of Penreth; Bailiff of Tyndale +2 1,015
John de Foxleye 1283-12-26 – 1468-03-15 Foxleye → 1,014
Roger Hillary 1288-05-15 – 1421-05-16 Hillary → Knight 1,006
Roger le Brabanzon 1277-04-19 – 1344-10-20 Brabanzon → Knight 1,006
Nicholas de la Beche 1270-11-12 – 1381-06-08 Beche → Constable; Knight 1,003
Richard de Grey 1224-12-12 – 1485-02-01 Grey → 998
William de Burgo 1237-08-08 – 1484-10-28 Burgo → Bailiff of Salfordshire; Burgess of Northampton +4 996
Roger de Clifford 1216-11-27 – 1472-06-24 Clifford → Clerk; Lord of Westmorland +1 991
Roger le Bray 1248-02-12 – 1473-08-03 Bray → Bailiff of Coventre 980
John de Hothom 1293-07-01 – 1461-11-16 Hothom → Knight 977
Hugh de Audeley 1286-04-21 – 1468-03-15 Audeley → 975
Roger de Northburgh 1308-05-30 – 1348-02-14 Northburgh → Archdeacon of Richemund; Archdeacon of Richmond +2 966
John de Pulteneye 1300-08-19 – 1467-02-26 Pulteneye → Citizen of London; Knight +2 959
John de Donecastre 1287-09-23 – 1375-03-06 Donecastre → Clerk; Knight +1 956
John de Sancto Johanne 1267-06-04 – 1444-02-04 Sancto Johanne → Keeper of Galloway; Knight +2 955
Robert de Sapy 1307-09-06 – 1353-04-16 Sapy → Constable of St. Briavel's Castle; Constable of St. Briavels Castle +1 955
Henry de Clif 1290-01-16 – 1346-04-26 Clif → Canon of Salisbury; Clerk +1 944
John Lestrange 1233-06-15 – 1480-10-21 Lestrange → Abbot of Hagheman; Constable of Muntgumery +2 930
Oliver de Ingham 1253-07-08 – 1378-03-22 Ingham → Justice of Chester; Knight +1 921
Thomas de Normanvill 1273-08-27 – 1469-03-02 Normanvill → Escheator 917