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LEANTE, Edward, of Shaftesbury, Dorset.
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
Constituency
Dates
1386
Family and Education
Offices Held
Mayor, Shaftesbury Mich. 1374-5, 1379-80.1
Tax collector, Dorset Dec. 1384, Dec. 1985.
Biography
Edward’s kinsman, John Leante, sat for Shaftesbury in the second Parliament of 1383. Although he himself was twice mayor of Shaftesbury, twice a royal commissioner for the collection of parliamentary subsidies in Dorset, and on several occasions a witness to local deeds,2 no personal details about his family or means of livelihood have been discovered.
Ref Volumes: 1386-1421
Author: L. S. Woodger
Notes
Variants: Lawte, Lente.