Eure, William (1395 - 1465)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1395
Death Date: by 1465 (died between 1461 and 1465 [Wedgwood])

Siblings

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1411
    Union ended: by

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1415
    Vacated 1465

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1420 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1421/2 1424
MP, Yorkshire 1422 n.d.
MP, Yorkshire 1431 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1431/2 1433
Sheriff, Northumberland 1436-11-8 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7 n.d.
Steward, Yorkshire: East Riding 1438-10-24 n.d.
Steward, Lincolnshire 1438-10-24 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
MP, Yorkshire 1442 n.d.
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1444-11-6 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
MP, Yorkshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1458
Commissioner of Array, Durham 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1460 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Witton, Durham
  • Old Malton, Yorkshire: North Riding

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir William Eure's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir William Eure's Minstrels Eure, William (1395 - 1465) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.