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NameSir Walter Moyle 
[54, His own article], [76, Moyle article, p.251], [78, Will of Walter Moyle, pp. 349-350], [56, Kent of 1574, pub Harleian 1924, Moyle, vol 2, p. 12], [72, Moyle’s article, p. 467]
[54, His own article], [76, Moyle article, p.251], [78, Will of Walter Moyle, pp. 349-350], [56, Kent of 1574, pub Harleian 1924, Moyle, vol 2, p. 12], [72, Moyle’s article, p. 467]Birthca 1405
Deathbef 31 Jul 1470
GeneralJudge of the Common Pleas: 1454-71.
EducationGray's Inn
FatherThomas Moyle
Spouses
Notes for Sir Walter Moyle
Foss says that his father was Henry, 3rd s. of Thomas of Bodmin.
Will notes for Sir Walter Moyle
In his will, apparently dated 11th December 1479, he lists:
His wife Margaret.
It was proved on 31st July 1480.
His wife Margaret.
It was proved on 31st July 1480.
DNB Main notes for Sir Walter Moyle
Moyle, Sir Walter d. 1470?
Name: Moyle, Sir Walter
Dates: d. 1470?
Active Date: 1450
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Judge
Spouse: Margaret
Sources: Foss's Lives of the Judges; Stevenson's Letters and Papers temp...
Contributor: J. A. H. [John Andrew Hamilton]
Article
Moyle, Sir Walter d. 1470?, judge, was third son of Thomas Moyle of Bodmin. In 1454 he was resident at Eastwell in Kent, and was commissioner for Kent to raise money for the defence of Calais (Proceedings of the Privy Council, vi. 239). When he was called to the bar does not appear, but he was reader at Gray's Inn, in 1443 became a serjeant-at-law, and a king's serjeant in 1454 (Wynne, Serjeants-at-Law, pp. 35, 36). In the same year he was the bearer of a message from the lords to the commons, refusing to interfere on behalf of the speaker, Thorpe, imprisoned by process of law, and on 9 July he was appointed a judge of the king's bench (Cal. Pat. Rolls, p. 296). This office he held till his death. In 1459, 1460, and 1461 he was appointed by parliament a trier of petitions from Gascony and parts abroad. He was one of those knighted in 1465 on the occasion of the coronation of Edward IV's queen, Elizabeth. He died about 1470, seised of numerous lands in Devonshire and Somerset, and his will was proved on 31 July 1480. Through his wife Margaret he acquired the manor of Stevenston in Devonshire. His son John was father of Sir Thomas Moyle [q.v.].
Sources
Foss's Lives of the Judges; Stevenson's Letters and Papers temp. Hen. VI (Rolls Ser.), vol. ii. pt. ii. p. [284]; Rot. Parl. v. 240; Dugdale's Origines, p. 46; Hasted's Kent, vii. 392; Collins's Peerage, iii. 379, viii. 510.
Contributor: J. A. H.
published 1894
Name: Moyle, Sir Walter
Dates: d. 1470?
Active Date: 1450
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Judge
Spouse: Margaret
Sources: Foss's Lives of the Judges; Stevenson's Letters and Papers temp...
Contributor: J. A. H. [John Andrew Hamilton]
Article
Moyle, Sir Walter d. 1470?, judge, was third son of Thomas Moyle of Bodmin. In 1454 he was resident at Eastwell in Kent, and was commissioner for Kent to raise money for the defence of Calais (Proceedings of the Privy Council, vi. 239). When he was called to the bar does not appear, but he was reader at Gray's Inn, in 1443 became a serjeant-at-law, and a king's serjeant in 1454 (Wynne, Serjeants-at-Law, pp. 35, 36). In the same year he was the bearer of a message from the lords to the commons, refusing to interfere on behalf of the speaker, Thorpe, imprisoned by process of law, and on 9 July he was appointed a judge of the king's bench (Cal. Pat. Rolls, p. 296). This office he held till his death. In 1459, 1460, and 1461 he was appointed by parliament a trier of petitions from Gascony and parts abroad. He was one of those knighted in 1465 on the occasion of the coronation of Edward IV's queen, Elizabeth. He died about 1470, seised of numerous lands in Devonshire and Somerset, and his will was proved on 31 July 1480. Through his wife Margaret he acquired the manor of Stevenston in Devonshire. His son John was father of Sir Thomas Moyle [q.v.].
Sources
Foss's Lives of the Judges; Stevenson's Letters and Papers temp. Hen. VI (Rolls Ser.), vol. ii. pt. ii. p. [284]; Rot. Parl. v. 240; Dugdale's Origines, p. 46; Hasted's Kent, vii. 392; Collins's Peerage, iii. 379, viii. 510.
Contributor: J. A. H.
published 1894