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William Vernon (died 1467)

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169:, would have allowed Vernon to command the nation's army in the king's absence and to hold the Constable Court. This position was described as having "cognizance of contracts touching deeds of arms and of war out of the realm, and also of things which touch war within the realm, which cannot be determined or discussed by common law." Vernon, who was granted the office for life, was the last individual to hold the office, as it was considered too powerful for a subject to hold. 33: 180:
Vernon married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Swynfen of Pipe. Her identity has been often confused, with various sources noting her as "daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Pype"; while she was an heiress of Pype, she was not his daughter, as her relation to the Pypes was through her paternal
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Vernon represented Derbyshire in Parliament in 1442, 1449–50, and 1450-51. He assumed the position of Treasurer of Calais in 1450, his father having resigned the position in his favour. That same year, he was engaged in suppressing
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He returned to Parliament representing Staffordshire in 1455-56, and possibly 1459, then Derbyshire in 1467.
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Vernon's highest position was Knight-Constable of England. This position, not to be confused with the
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Vernon wrote his will in June 1467, and died on the 30th of that month. He was buried in
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grandmother. They had seven sons and five daughters. The eldest son,
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landowner, politician, and soldier who held the posts of
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Members of the Parliament of England for Derbyshire
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Noble family
Vernon
Richard Vernon
Haddon
English
Treasurer of Calais
family
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Richard Vernon
Speaker of the House of Commons
Treasurer of Calais
Hodnet, Shropshire
Jack Cade's Rebellion
Lord High Constable of England
Henry
Controller of the household
Arthur, Prince of Wales
St Bartholomew's Church, Tong
Shropshire
"The Owners of Haddon Hall"



"Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol. 22"
"Companion to Wars of the Roses"
"A History of Tong, Shropshire"
Burke, John
"The Peerage and Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland"

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