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NIGHTINGALE, William, of Bletchingley, Surr.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
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Constituency
Dates
May 1382
Oct. 1382
Feb. 1388
Jan. 1390
Family and Education
Offices Held
Biography
In February 1375, described as ‘of Bletchingley’, Nightingale witnessed a quitclaim of land in the manor made to Henry atte Helde† and his heirs. Nothing else is known of his career, although the Nightingales became an influential local family in the 15th century.
Surr. RO, 87/16/7; U. Lambert, Blechingley, i. passim.