Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . f Knebworth, who died , andSir William Hoo, Knt., who was a man of considerableimportance during the reigns of Edward III, Richard II,and Henry IV, He was a legatee under the will of SirThomas Wingfield (of the Suffolk family), bearing date17th July 1378 ;15 but the first notice I find of his publicservices was in the year 1370, on the 18th of May, in whichyear (44 Edward III) he had an allowance of £40 for hiswages whilst he was in the kings service at In1387, he assisted Michael de la Pole
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . f Knebworth, who died , andSir William Hoo, Knt., who was a man of considerableimportance during the reigns of Edward III, Richard II,and Henry IV, He was a legatee under the will of SirThomas Wingfield (of the Suffolk family), bearing date17th July 1378 ;15 but the first notice I find of his publicservices was in the year 1370, on the 18th of May, in whichyear (44 Edward III) he had an allowance of £40 for hiswages whilst he was in the kings service at In1387, he assisted Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk to escapein the disguise of a Flemish poulterer, with his beardshaved, and to reach Calais on his flight from the imminentdanger then threatening him from those in opposition to In the same year, Hoo was made keeper or captainof the castle of Oye, in the marches of Picardy; and on1st October 1387, being about to proceed to the Holy Cityof Jerusalem, and possibly absent for two years, he obtainedthe kings license to appoint his son William, or his brother,. or any other sufficient person, as his deputy keeper during He seems to have been continued in his keeper- 13 Battle Abbey Records, p. 82. 16 Brantingham Issue Roll, p. 136. 14 Cal. Rot. Pat., p. 221. V Vita Ricardi II (Ed. Hearne) p. 96. 15 Anstis, Order of the Garter, vol. i, p. 223. 18 Rym. Foed., vol. iii, part 4, p. 16. FAMILY OF 1100. 107 ship of Oye during the remainder of the reign of Richard,being yearly reappointed: the counterpart of the indenture,dated 16th Nov. 1392 (16th Rich. II), states his reappoint-ment from the following July, with a garrison of ten men-at-arms, each paid 8d. a day for wages; and 30 archers on foot,paid 6d. a day each : his own salary being £10 a quarter, bythe kings favour;19 and to this indenture is appended theseal we engrave. In February 1398, lie was in England, and appeared beforea jury summoned at Westham, to inquire into the non-repairof
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