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- William SNAWSELL (d.1495)
of York. Coiner, jeweller and goldsmith.
Younger son of William Snawsell(q.v.) and his wife, Margaret. (H.P.pp.779-80)
= Jane, daughter of John Thweng of Heworth. (ibid.)
Son: Seth(q.v.)
1436 Made a Freeman by patrimony. (ibid.)
1455 He and Jane entered the Gild of Corpus Christi. (ibid.)
12 May1458 Pardoned. (ibid.)
1459 Chamberlain. (ibid.)
4 Feb.1462 Pardoned. (ibid.)
1463 He entered the Merchants? Gild. (ibid.)
1464-5 Sheriff. (ibid.)
1468 Mayor and Alderman. (ibid.)
Pardoned. (ibid.)
1470-1 M.P.York. (ibid.)
1471 Pardoned. (ibid.)
27 Jun. 1476 Fined 6s 8d for wilfully withdrawing from the Council after a warning. (ibid.)
19 Jul. He attended the meeting of York city council. (www.richardiii.com - website no longer available)
31 Dec. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Jul. 1478 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
19 Apr.1480 He missed the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
6 May He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
13 Aug. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Aug. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
30 Aug. He was absent from the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Mar.1481 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
27 Apr. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Mar.1482 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
16 Mar. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
29 Mar. He was absent from the meeting of the city council. (ibid.)
14 May Promised to provide two men for the force of men from York going to
Scotland with Richard. (Y.R.p.127)
17 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (www.richardiii.com)
29 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
13 Jul. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
20 Dec. He attended both meetings of York city council. (ibid.)
6 Mar.1483 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
24 Apr. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
16 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
17 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Jul. One of those who were to ride to Middleham with a present for Prince
Edward. (Y.R.p.158)
Aug. Gave £5 towards presents for Richard and Anne. (ibid.p.168)
1492 He was allowed to retire from the Council due to illness.
(Kermode p.45)
1495 Died. (H.P.p.780)
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WILLYAM SNASELL, esquier, maried Jenet, doughter of John Thawing, esquier: and had yssue, Sethe, son and heyre; Alice, maried to John Stoker of Newington Grene; Isabel, maried to John Home of Huntyngton, beside Yorke.
Alderman WILLIAM SNAWSELL, M.P., Sheriff of York 1464-65, Mayor of York in 1468, of Barley Hall, York.
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William Snawsell was born in about 1415, in York. His family had originally come to York from the parish of Snowshill in Gloucestershire in the early fourteenth century, but we first hear of William himself in 1429, when his grandmother Alice bequeathed him her "red chest"; Mistress Alice's will is preserved in the records of the Minster. William's father was a goldsmith and William followed his father in this trade. In 1457, he had a shop built in the Minster Gates. Right next to the minster close itself, this was the most prestigious trading address in the city, so Master William was clearly doing very well
Master William Snawsell rose to become an important man in the government of York. In 1459 he was a City Chamberlain, with financial responsibilities, and in 1464 he was Sheriff of York. It was around this time that he moved into the property now known as Barley Hall. The upward trajectory of his career was fixed, and in 1468 he was made Lord Mayor of York. Lord Mayors of York serve for a year, but it was one of the peculiarities of the office in medieval times that, although the Mayor himself is a lord only for a year, his wife gets to keep the title of Lady: the Mayor's a lord for a year and a day, but his lady's a lady for ever and aye. Presumably, this must have pleased Lady Joan...
After his year in office as mayor, William Snawsell continued to serve the city as an alderman for a further twenty-three years, and he is frequently referred to in the records of the city. Notably, on the accession of Richard III in 1483, he was one of the aldermen who undertook the gruelling ride to Middleham Castle to congratulate Richard's son and heir Edward. Certainly it would appear that like most of the leading men of York William was known to, and approved of, King Richard; once again, when the city council marked the news of Richard's death at Bosworth in 1485 "to the great heaviness of this city", William's name is near the head of the list of councillors. Nevertheless, he went on to serve loyally under King Henry VII before resigning as an alderman in 1492 on the grounds of ill health. He would have been well into his seventies.
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See Barley Hall by Charles Kightly (1999).
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1416 - 1495 (79 years)
