Go To Section
WOODWARD, John, of Northampton.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Biography Detail
Related Resources
Constituency
Dates
1395
Family and Education
Offices Held
Bailiff, Northampton Mich. 1395-6.
Tax collector, Northampton May 1398.
Biography
Although described as an ‘esquire’ in the borough records, Woodward remains an obscure figure about whom little is known. During his term as bailiff of Northampton—which occurred shortly after his return to Parliament—he witnessed a conveyance of land in the Northamptonshire village of Drayton. His appointment as a local tax collector certainly suggests that he was a fairly prominent member of the local community, but further details of his career now remain wanting.
Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 556; Add. Ch. 21803.
