Person
John Short
In the printed indexes 1
Short, John coroner for Cumberland pp. 143
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Others in the Short family. Same forename + overlapping dates may be one identity (e.g. a remarried woman, or a mis-split father/son). See the whole family →
- John Shorte same forename · 1376-05-16 – 1391-04-20 · 4 entries
- Robert Short · 1254-09-17 – 1392-05-27 · 28 entries
- Thomas Short · 1324-07-08 – 1434-04-26 · 18 entries
- Richard Short · 1307-09-06 – 1351-06-10 · 12 entries
- Nicholas Short · 1413-03-29 – 1414-01-29 · 8 entries
- Walter Short · 1277-11-08 – 1432-11-06 · 5 entries
- William Short · 1328-04-08 – 1436-12-01 · 4 entries
- Ranulph Shorte · 1276-09-14 – 1276-09-15 · 3 entries
- Hugh Short · undated · 1 entries
Similarly-spelled families (suggestions, not merged)
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Name variants
- “John Short” ×4
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1365-11-07 date: inferred auto-linked
To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to cause a coroner to be elected of John Short who is insufficiently qualified as the king has To the mayor of the city of London. Order speedily to search out, and assay all wines of …
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1376-10-10 date: inferred auto-linked
Pardon in like terms to the following : Isabel late the wife of William de Weston of Huphavene, the elder (senioris), of her waiver for non-appearance to answer William de Weston of Huphavene touching a plea of trespass …
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1400-01-26 date: inferred auto-linked
Order to the escheator in the county of Somerset to cause Short, brother and heir of John Short, to have full seisin all the lands which his said brother held of Richard II in chief was seised of in his demesne as of fee…
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