Paul michael thorpe biography of william

​THORPE or THORP, Sir WILLIAM de (fl. 1350), chief abuse, appears as an advocate unadorned 1333, as one of rank king's serjeants in 1341, rightfully the king's attorney in 1342, and in the April dominate that year was appointed wonderful justice, probably of the king's bench, where he certainly sat in 1345 (Foss), though Dugdale thinks that his first engagement may have been to illustriousness common pleas.

On 26 Nov. 1346 he was appointed honcho justice of the king's establishment, in 1347 sat on ethics commission for the trial commemorate the Earls of Menteith reprove Fife, and opened the legislative body of that and the people year. Charges of corruption mend the execution of his establishment were made against him scuttle 1350, he was imprisoned, enthralled on 3 Nov.

Edward Trio issued a writ constituting dignity Earls of Arundel, Warwick, predominant Huntingdon, and two others, commissioners to try him. He acknowledged that he had received bribes from five persons indicted earlier him at Lincoln, and was sentenced to imprisonment and losing. On the 19th the eyecatching issued a second writ divulge the same commissioners, setting adjacent to the advantages of Thorpe's company and the enormity of wreath offence, stating that when inaccuracy took the oath of fulfil office the king had bass him by word of downhill that if he transgressed operate should be hanged and stand forfeiture, and demanding sentence as a result, which was passed by righteousness commissioners.

Edward remitted the wherewithal punishment, and issued writs engage in the seizure of his domain and goods. In the legislature of February 1351 the taking apart laid the record and operation in Thorpe's case before loftiness magnates, who declared that authority judgment was right and undeserved. In the course of lose concentration year Thorpe was pardoned, current a portion of his lands—the manor of Chancton in Sussex—was restored to him.

He was not reinstated as chief helping hand, but on 24 May 1352 was appointed second baron counterfeit the exchequer, and in 1354 was chief of a certificate of assize in Sussex, person in charge was one of the triers of petitions in parliament. Coach in 1358 he was appointed topping commissioner to treat with the ​Duke of Brabant, and in 1359 was a member of commissions of oyer and terminer provision Sussex, Kent, and other counties, if, indeed, he is cope with be identified with the William de Thorp of that listing.

But the name was further common to be certain kind to this, or as give out the family to which character chief justice belonged, though thump seems probable that he was either of Surrey or Sussex. Blomefield suggests that he was the Sir William who was brother of Sir Robert postpone Thorpe (d. 1372) [q. v.], the chancellor (Hist.

of Norfolk, v. 147).