John de Ipre, John of Ypres, sheriff of Lancashire in 1361
Dates: flourished 1360-1371 or later
Biography
A local landholder and administrative official associated with the Lancastrian affinity. He held the sixty-year lease of Aldcliffe Manor granted by Lancaster Priory in 1360 and served as sheriff of Lancashire in 1361.
Notes / Sources
His interest was a lease from the priory and did not displace the priory's superior manorial ownership.
Research sources:
- R. Bellis, Aldcliffe historical transcript, p. 17, quoting the 1360 indenture of lease from Peter Martin, Prior of Lancaster, to John de Ipre. — https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/rhc/Aldcliffetranscript.pdf
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