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33: 84:(MP) for Oxfordshire. In 1399 he was briefly imprisoned by Henry IV for his support of King Richard but in 1404 was reappointed sheriff. He was afterwards appointed sheriff for 1414 and 1424. During much of this period he also served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Oxfordshire. 109:" tomb in the Golafre chantry which he founded in St Nicholas' church, Fyfield. On the lower tier he is portrayed by a stone carving of a cadaver in an advanced state of decay with sunken eyes, taut neck and exposed ribs. On the upper tier he is presented in full plate armour. 91:
in 1401 and re-elected on another 11 occasions between then and 1429. He also served on a number of commissions and was tax controller (1404), escheator (1409–1410), controller and surveyor of
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He was amongst Henry V's army on his second French expedition in 1417 and was appointed Receiver-General of the Duchy of Normandy and all occupied France in 1418.
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in Berkshire; and thirdly Margaret, the daughter of Sir John Heveningham, and widow of Sir Walter de la Pole of Dernford in
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In 1396 he inherited the extensive estates of his uncle, another Sir John Golafre. The older Sir John was the Constable of
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He married three times: firstly Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Edmund de la Pole of
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On his death in 1442 he was buried under a remarkable two-tier "
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Manor in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), which he made his home.
43:(died 1442) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament. 125: 850:Members of the Parliament of England for Berkshire 756: 217:"Victoria County History of Berkshire Volume 4" 46:He was born the only son of Thomas Golafre of 238:"GOLAFRE, John (d.1442), of Fyfield, Berks" 171:. David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History 36:Memento Mori in St Nicholas Church, Fyfield 739:High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 712:High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 687:High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 662:High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 31: 14: 757: 65:and had married Philippa, daughter of 163: 161: 80:. He was also that year elected as a 27:Member of the Parliament of England 24: 183: 158: 25: 861: 136:and widow of John Englefield of 240:. 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Golafre

Radley Manor
Berkshire
Oxfordshire
Wallingford Castle
Lord Mohun
Sheriff of Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Knight of the Shire
Berkshire
Woodstock Palace
Fyfield
memento mori
Boarstall Castle
Buckinghamshire
South Ockendon
Essex
Greatham
Hampshire
Englefield House
Sawston
Cambridgeshire


"John Golafre (d. 1442)"
"Inventory of Monuments of Westminster Abbey: The Church Pages 17-76 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 1, Westminster Abbey"
"Victoria County History of Berkshire Volume 4"
"GOLAFRE, John (d.1442), of Fyfield, Berks"
Parliament of England

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