John Abrahall

Last updated

John Abrahall (died 1443) was an English politician.

He was born of Richard Abrahall, esquire, and Elizabeth Pichard. By September 1413, he entered the service of John, Lord Furnival (afterwards Lord Talbot and Earl of Shrewsbury). During his service "before his first return to Parliament in 1419, he had been implicated in two murders". But these violations didn't spoil his further service in 1417 as royal escheator of Herefordshire and the adjacent marches of Wales. After his first term at Parliament he returned to his land by September 1420 but didn't consent to come to terms with the new Lord Talbot, John, whom he had served before. They began quarrellings with Talbort because of lands possessions. There he again was in charge for murder of two local men and in 1427 he came before "the King’s bench but was dismissed for lack of impartial evidence". [1]

Abrahall was appointed to the Herefordshire bench in 1437, and in 1439 he obtained the office of steward of the castle and town of Bronllys. Both positions were held by him till his death. [1]

He served as Member of Parliament for Hereford in 1419, and for Herefordshire from 1437 to 1442. [1] He was also justice of the peace in Herefordshire from 5 March 1437 to February 1443. [1]

Related Research Articles

Owain Glyndŵr Welsh rebel and prince

Owain ab Gruffydd, lord of Glyndyfrdwy, or simply Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh leader who instigated a fierce and long-running yet ultimately unsuccessful war of independence with the aim of ending English rule in Wales during the Late Middle Ages. He was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales.

Joan of Navarre, Queen of England 14th and 15th-century French noblewoman and queen of England

Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV, and later Queen of England by marriage to King Henry IV. She served as regent of Brittany from 1399 until 1403 during the minority of her son. She also served as regent of England during the absence of her stepson, Henry V, in 1415. Four years later he imprisoned her and confiscated her money and land. Joan was released in 1422, shortly before Henry V's death.

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York 15th-century English noble

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father, and a great-great-great-grandson of the same king through his mother. He inherited vast estates and served in various offices of state in Ireland, France, and England, a country he ultimately governed as Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI.

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset Duke of Somerset

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

John Oldcastle English politician (1378-1417)

Sir John Oldcastle was an English Lollard leader. Being a friend of Henry V, he long escaped prosecution for heresy. When convicted, he escaped from the Tower of London and then led a rebellion against the King. Eventually, he was captured and executed in London. He formed the basis for William Shakespeare's character John Falstaff, who was originally called John Oldcastle.

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury English Earl

Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, KG, known as "Old Talbot", was an English nobleman and a noted military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was the most renowned in England and most feared in France of the English captains in the last stages of the conflict. Known as a tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, Talbot distinguished himself militarily in a time of decline for the English. Called the "English Achilles" and the "Terror of the French", he is lavishly praised in the plays of Shakespeare. The manner of his death, leading a charge against artillery, has come to symbolize the passing of the age of chivalry. He also held the subsidiary titles of 10th Baron Strange of Blackmere and 6th Baron Furnivalljure uxoris.

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Herefordshire was always held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, but after the Restoration, its lieutenants were appointed separately. Since 1714, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.

John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft Speaker of the House of Commons

John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft was a Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Somerset, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Household, Chief Butler of England, Treasurer of the Exchequer and Seneschal of Landes and Aquitaine.

Caus Castle 12th-century castle in England built within an Iron Age hillfort

Caus Castle is a ruin of a hill fort and medieval castle in the civil parish of Westbury in the English county of Shropshire. It is situated up on the eastern foothills of the Long Mountain guarding the route from Shrewsbury, Shropshire to Montgomery, Powys on the border between England and Wales. It was destroyed during the English Civil War and has been in ruins since.

Baron Talbot

Baron Talbot is a title that has been created twice. The title was created first in the Peerage of England. On 5 June 1331, Sir Gilbert Talbot was summoned to Parliament, by which he was held to have become Baron Talbot.

Sir Gruffudd Vychan was a Welsh knight who supported the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr against the English, captured the Lollard John Oldcastle and was finally executed after the murder of Sir Christopher Talbot.

The Honourable John Talbot was a British judge and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1756.

Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley was a loyal supporter of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York during the Wars of the Roses. He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1449 to 1451.

John Eardley Wilmot English judge

Sir John Eardley Wilmot PC SL, was an English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1766 to 1771.

Christopher Curwen was an English soldier, administrator and politician.

Giles Thorndon was a senior official of the English Crown in the fifteenth century, who was noted for his long and loyal service to the House of Lancaster and for his troubled career as Lord Treasurer of Ireland.

Reginald Corbet English serjeant-at-law, politician and Justice of the Kings Bench

Reginald Corbet was a distinguished lawyer in four reigns across the mid-Tudor period, and prospered throughout, although he seems to have been firmly Protestant in sympathy. He was appointed serjeant-at-law and Justice of the King's Bench, and represented Much Wenlock in the parliament of 1542 and Shrewsbury in those of 1547, October 1553 and 1555. He enjoyed great wealth, partly because his wife was an heiress of Sir Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Lord Mayor of London.

Robert Corbet (died 1420) English soldier, politician, landowner

Robert Corbet (1383–1420) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, was an English soldier, politician and landowner who represented Shropshire twice in the House of Commons of England. A retainer of Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, and implicated in his alleged misrule in Shropshire, he accompanied his patron to the Siege of Harfleur and suffered a temporary eclipse after his death.

Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot English nobleman in 14 century

Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (1276/77–1346) was an English nobleman. He was the first of his line to hold the title of Baron Talbot, and the lineal ancestor of the Earls of Shrewsbury.

Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (c.1306–1356), soldier and administrator

Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot was an English nobleman and soldier. As the husband of the heiress Elizabeth de Comyn, he played a role in the Second War of Scottish Independence.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ABRAHALL, JOHN". History of Parliament Online. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Orchard
Member of Parliament for Hereford
1419
With: Richard Strange
Succeeded by
John Falk
Preceded by
Unknown
Member of Parliament for Herefordshire
1437–1442
With: Unknown
Succeeded by
Unknown