William Brampton
Mayor of Oxford
1420/1, 1421/2, 1422/3,
1425/6, 1430/1, 1431/2, 1436/7, and 1439/40
William Brampton (or Brompton) (d. 1443) originated from Burford. He is listed as a collector of taxes in Oxford in 1400/1.
Brampton owned Gloucester Hall from 1403 to 1406. In 1403 Thomas Forsthill, a burgess of Oxford, granted and confirmed to Brampton "all his tenement called of old Gloucestre Hall, situated in the parish of S. Aldate in the lane commonly called Kepeharme Lane"; and in 1406 Brampton conveyed it in turn to John Hicks.
Brampton was elected Junior Bailiff in 1404. In 1406 a presentment was made against Brompton for laying timber and stocks of trees in a lane leading to the Castle to the hindrance of passengers.
In 1415, 1419, 1423, 1424, 1427, 1428, 1432, and probably again in 1435, Brampton was elected one of the four Alderman. He was also elected Member of Parliament for Oxford on 16 March 1415/16, 16 October 1419, 2 May 1421, and 30 April 1425.
By 1420, Brampton had been knighted. He was elected Mayor eight times in all between 1420 and 1439.
In 1430 Brampton owned a tenement on the site of 4 Castle Street.
By the time Brampton died in 1443, he had returned to his native Burford. He left property to the City of Oxford to help pay the annual fee-farm to the King.
See also:
- City Archives: Certificate of 1 October 1425 of William Brampton having duly taken the Mayor’s Oath, dated from Westminster with J. Juyn[?] for witness.
- VCH references: Reg. Chichele, ii (Cant. & York Soc.) 606–8; R. H. Gretton, Burford Rec. 334, 360, 665