John Tyrrell, Speaker of the House of Commons

Abt 1382 - 1437  (~ 55 years)

• Name	John Tyrrell
  Suffix	Speaker of the House of Commons
  Birth	Abt 1382	of Heron in East Horndon, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1437  [4, 5]
  Burial	Church of the Austin Friars, London, England   [4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Edward Tyrrell ,   b. of Hatfield Broadoak, Essex, England d. 17 Dec 1442 ▻ Anne Pashley + 2. John Tyrrell, Speaker of the House of Commons ,   b. Abt 1382, of Heron in East Horndon, Essex, England d. 2 Apr 1437  (Age ~ 55 years) ▻ Alice Coggeshall ,  m. Bef 1411
  Person ID	I18137	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Walter Tyrrell,   b. of Avon, Hampshire, England
  Mother	Eleanor Flambard   d. 29 Mar 1422
  Family ID	F11267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Coggeshall   d. 1422
  Marriage	Bef 1411  [6]
  Children	+ 1. William Tyrrell,   b. of Gipping, Suffolk, England d. 23 Feb 1462, Tower Hill, London, England
  Family ID	F11261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Knight of the shire for Essex 1411, May 1413, Mar 1416, 1417, 1419, May 1421, 1422, 1425, 1429, 1431, 1433, 1437. Knight of the shire for Hertfordshire, 1427. Speaker of the lower house 1427, 1431, 1437. Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire 1413-14 and 1423. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1426-27. Treasurer of the Household 24 May 1431 to his death. From "Tyrell family," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Tyrell's abilities, and perhaps some legal training, are reflected in the links which he forged, from the outset of his career, with the leading landowners in Essex. He acted as feoffee of Anne of Woodstock, the heir of Thomas, duke of Gloucester, and her husband, William Bourchier, and also of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (under whom he had served in France in 1415). It was probably Gloucester who secured for him the office of steward of Clare and Thaxted during the minority of Richard, duke of York, in 1427 -- a connection that was to lead to service to York himself, culminating in Tyrell's appointment as the duke's receiver-general. In the same year he was appointed chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster north of the Trent. In 1431 he was made treasurer of the king's household, a post he was to hold until his death, and knighted. He sat in parliament twelve times between 1411 and 1437, and was chosen speaker on three occasions, the last time being in 1437, when he had to resign because of ill health on 19 March; he died a fortnight later on 2 April. John Tyrell's landed wealth matched his national prominence. In 1412 he was said to be in possession only of Broomfield (his wife's dower from her first marriage) and Heron, Essex, which, if true, would mean that he had not yet inherited all his grandfather's lands, although he was later to do so. His father's Hampshire land had been settled on his widow, Eleanor, daughter and heir of Edmund Flambard of Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, and John had to wait until her death in 1422 to obtain possession. John himself made two good marriages. The first, to Alice, daughter and coheir of William Coggeshall, brought him half the Coggeshall lands at the death of William in 1426. Alice herself had died in 1422 and John had married Katherine, daughter and coheir of William Burgate of Burgate, Suffolk, and widow of Robert Stonham and John Spenser. In 1436 John's annual income was reckoned at £396, which made him the wealthiest non-aristocrat in the county.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., place only. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., date only. [S1773] A History of Coggeshall, in Essex by Geo. Fred Beaumont. London: Marshall Brothers, 1890., place only. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S160] Wikipedia.