Lovell, John (1342 - 1408)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1342
Death Date: 1408-09-10

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1373-5
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: ODNB; CP states marriage took place 'about 1372'. Union produced at least 5 children [ODNB]

Offspring

From Holland, Matilda (1356 - 1423)

  1. Female offspring: Lovell, Philippa (d. 1465)
  2. Male offspring: Lovell, John (1378 - 1414)
  3. Male offspring: Lovell, Ralph (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Lovell, Thomas (n.d.)

Primary Title

5th Baron Lovell

Titles

  • 5th Baron Lovell
    Assumed 1361-07-12
    Vacated 1408-09-10
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed Circa 1405

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1366/7 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1381 1386
JP, Oxfordshire 1381 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1382 n.d.
Keeper, Wiltshire 1382 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1383/4 1386
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1384 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1385/6 1388
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1385/6 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1385/6 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1385/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1389 1390
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1391 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1391 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1391 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1396 1397
JP, Wiltshire 1396 1397
JP, Oxfordshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1399 n.d.
Constable, Dorset 1400 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1401 n.d.
Keeper, Ludlow 1402 n.d.
Keeper, Hampshire 1402 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1403 1406
JP, Oxfordshire 1403 1404
Member, King's Council, England 1403 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1405/6 n.d.
Member, King's Council, England 1406 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire
  • Wardour Castle, Wiltshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1405-1406 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Lovel's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Lovel's Minstrels Lovell, John (1342 - 1408) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)