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Sir William Yelverton (1400 – 1470s) was a judge in Norfolk, England and twice a member of parliament for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. ==Biography== Yelverton was born in Norfolk to his father John Yelverton of Rackheath, Norfolk, and mother Elizabeth, the daughter of John Rede of Rougham, and his father's the second wife. Yelverton was a justice of the peace in Norwich in 1427 and recorder from 1433 to 1450. In 1435 and 1436 he was the member of parliament for Great Yarmouth and in 1439 he was made a sergeant-at-law. He was the under-steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, Norfolk and made judge of the king's bench in 1444. In spite of some apparent reluctance to recognise the new king,〔 cites Paston Letters, i. 131, 150, 172.〕 he was continued in this office by Edward IV, who knighted him before September 1461. His name occurs in many judicial commissions in the early years of Edward's reign, and he was annually appointed justice of the peace for Norfolk and Suffolk.〔 cites Cal. Patent Rolls, 1461-7, passim.〕 Yelverton seems to have been capable of surviving the reigns of several monarchs and it was said of him that "This learned person seems to have stood equally well with the monarchs of both of the Roses, as we find him not only continued in his judicial office by King Edward IV., but made a Knight of the Bath, in order to grace that king's coronation; and upon the temporary restoration of King Henry (VI ), appointed by patent, dated October, 1470, one of the judges of the court of common pleas." John Burke from ''A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland...'' OUP, 1831. He died in either 1472 or 1477 and was buried in Rougham church. "The inscription on his tomb, printed by Weever, has no date. Rubbings of the monumental brasses to him and his second wife in the vestry of Rougham church.〔 cites British Museum Additional MSS. 32478 ff. 50, 121, 122, 32479 H. 10.〕 After his death his estate passed to his son William. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Yelverton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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