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OXENFORD, Robert, of Wallingford, Berks.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
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Constituency
Dates
1378
Oct. 1382
1385
1386
Jan. 1397
Family and Education
Offices Held
Bailiff, Wallingford Mich. 1397-8.2
Biography
Oxenford, a shoemaker, is frequently mentioned in the records of the borough court of Wallingford, where he served as a juror and was frequently amerced for selling shoes at excessive prices.3 He sometimes witnessed local deeds, and in 1387 served as a member of a jury testifying to the value of the estates pertaining to the honour of Wallingford. Ten years later, a few months after his last known appearance in Parliament, he was elected as one of the town’s bailiffs. Oxenford was wealthy enough to employ a chaplain who, however, was no credit to his calling, for he was involved in a number of affrays in 1401.4