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as Baron Vessy, and continued to be summoned until 1467, though in 1456 he obtained permission to be absent unless he wished and in 1462 was excused for life. At a local level he sought to develop his scattered estates, for example in 1458 he obtained permission for a weekly market and two annual
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On the last day of that year his father died and he inherited not only his lands but also his mother's share in the Aton lands, which included those descended from the last Baron Vescy (killed over 100 years earlier at the battle of
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launched an expedition against France in 1415, he joined as a gentleman leading 12 pikemen and 36 archers under the command of Sir Hartung von Klux. By April 1416 he had married the widow of the
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in 1314). In February 1432 he was one of two ambassadors negotiating with France and in November started a year's term as Sheriff of Yorkshire and Constable of
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as an Esquire of the King's Chamber with an income for life of 33 pounds (equivalent to about 28,000 pounds in 2022). When the next King
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The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant
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in 1431, and negotiated to end the war. From 1437 he also attended some meetings of the
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side. He died on 16 January 1469 and was buried at the church of the
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Born before 1389, he was the only surviving son and heir of Sir
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Margaret Bromflete, born about 1434, who married first in 1454
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landowner, courtier, soldier, administrator and diplomat from
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side and in July 1460 was one of the barons involved in the
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Between 29 September 1415 and 27 April 1416, he married
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Index

English
Yorkshire
Duke of York
Thomas Bromflete
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Edward St John
Londesborough
William Aton
Royal Household
Henry IV
Henry V
first Duke of York
Scotland
Bannockburn
York Castle
General Council
Catholic Church
Basel
Henry VI of England
King of France
Privy Council of England
Parliament of England
Market Weighton
River Humber
Wars of the Roses
Lancastrian
siege of the Tower of London
Edward IV
Yorkist
Whitefriars

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