Thomas Metcalfe was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 7 July 1483 to 13 September 1486., page 183 in the first (1836) edition. He was a Privy Councillor in 1460.Metcalf Genealogy by Isaac Stevens Metcalf, The Imperial Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 1898 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 Westminster.
Thomas Metcalfe built Nappa Hall in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire in the 1470s.
He married Elizabeth Hartlington of Hartlington, in Craven, Yorkshire, heiress of an ancient family of Clifford tenants who had been bailiffs of Kettlewelldale.Society, Politics and Culture: Studies in Early Modern England by Mervyn Evans James, Mervyn James p.156
On 30 September 1484, Richard III 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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