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LONDON, John, of Leicester.
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
1401
Family and Education
s. of John London of Leicester. m. Elizabeth.
Offices Held
Mayor, Leicester Mich. 1402-3.1
Biography
A member of the important Corpus Christi guild of Leicester, London helped to found the guild chantry in 1392. He owned a house in the town near the north bridge, and between 1378 and 1400 rented, from the duchy of Lancaster, a farm (worth 28s. per year) in ‘Le Holyrodelane’.2