162:. His father-in-law left him a substantial bequest in his will that he used to buy property. His marriage enabled him to have a head start in making connections with other city merchants. His first wife died in 1415 and he was left with other property left to her from her second husband's estate. He acquired tenements in Clementhorpe and meadowland in Middlethorpe by 1416. He later acquired land in Stockton-on-the-Moram and Skeldergate. He remarried to another Emma and had two sons and one daughter.
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