Thomas Metcalfe was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 7 July 1483 - 13 September 1486. He was a Privy Councillor in 1460. He was a trusted member of King Richard III's council, and, by reason of his position, judge of the Duchy court that sat at

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. Thomas Metcalfe built Nappa Hall in Wensleydale,

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in the 1470s. He married Elizabeth Hartlington of

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, in

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, heiress of an ancient family of Clifford tenants who had been bailiffs of Kettlewelldale. On 30 September 1484,

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granted him wardship and control of the marriage of Henry Gage, the son and heir of John Gage, a gentleman who had held land direct from the Crown.The National Archives: DL42/20, folio 41.

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