Henry Webbe was a 14th-century English politician. Webbe was a

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for Devizes, Wiltshire in 1385 and January 1397. The first mention of Webbe is in 1379, when he paid 1s towards the

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in Devizes. In June 1380, he was appointed one of the three deputies of the royal

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of cloth, MP William Hervy. The last mention of him was in 1407, when he stood surety for Simon Skinner at Parliament. There is a mention of a Henry Webbe 'of Wiltshire' in 1412, who was owed money by John Prentys, and this may have been him.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing 14th-century births English MPs 1385 15th-century English people 15th-century deaths People from Devizes English MPs January 1397 {{14thC-England-MP-stub