Richard Hyde (1440–1490), of
Stoke Bliss
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was a 15th-century member of the
Herefordshire
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gentry
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and a
Member of parliament for
Worcestershire
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in the
readeption parliament of
King Henry VI
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which sat between 1470–1471 and for the same county under
Edward IV
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the following year. He was a royal official under both kings, acting as
escheator
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,
customer
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and
under-sheriff
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at various times.
Hyde, originally from
Swindon
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, had been in the service of
George, Duke of Clarence
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since at least 1471, and was one of the men the duke sent in 1477 to arrest
Ankarette Twynho
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of
Frome
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, on suspicion that she had murdered the duchess with poison. He became an "esquire and king's servant" to
Richard III
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in 1484 with an
annuity
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of £20 per annum, and the following year received a generic
royal pardon
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in January 1485. He was dead by April 1490 when his will was
proved; he was survived by his wife, Margaret, whom he appointed his
executor
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, and his daughter Agnes, who married one Thomas Hinkley of Worcester.
[Driver, J. T. (1982). The Parliament of 1472-5 with Particular Reference to the Personnel of the Commons (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Liverpool. pp. 504–505. OCLC 59776310.]
See also
*
George, Duke of Clarence and judicial murder
References
1440 births
1490 deaths
Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire
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