Thomas Metcalfe (courtier)

Thomas Metcalfe was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 7 July 1483 - 13 September 1486.[1] He was a Privy Councillor in 1460.[2] He was a trusted member of King Richard III's council,[3] and, by reason of his position, judge of the Duchy court that sat at Westminster.[4]

Canting arms of Metcalfe: Argent, three calves sable

Thomas Metcalfe built Nappa Hall in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire in the 1470s.

He married Elizabeth Hartlington of Hartlington, in Craven, Yorkshire, heiress of an ancient family of Clifford tenants who had been bailiffs of Kettlewelldale.[5]

On 30 September 1484, Richard III granted him wardship and control of the marriage of Henry Gage, the son and heir of John Gage, a gentleman who had held land direct from the Crown.[6]

References
  1. Baines, Edward; Whatton, William Robert & Croston, James (1888). The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 1 (third ed.). Manchester, England: John Heywood. p. 75. OCLC 822231748., page 183 in the first (1836) edition.
  2. Metcalf Genealogy by Isaac Stevens Metcalf , The Imperial Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 1898
  3. Etty, Claire (2012). "'Noo Man Indented for the Keping of the Borders': Royal Administration of the Marches, 1483–1509". In King, Andy; Simpkin, David (eds.). England and Scotland at War, c.1296–c.1513. Brill. pp. 329–353, page 335. ISBN 978-90-04-22982-2.
  4. Baines, Whatton & Croston 1888, p. 74
  5. Society, Politics and Culture: Studies in Early Modern England by Mervyn Evans James, Mervyn James p.156
  6. The National Archives: DL42/20, folio 41.


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