Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1398/9)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 9
Properties - 27
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 6
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Plantagenet

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1340-03
Death Date: 1399-02-04

Siblings

Male

Woodstock, Edward of (1330 - 1376) (patron)
Antwerp, Lionel of (1338 - 1368) (patron)
Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402) (patron)
Woodstock, Thomas of (1354/5 - 1397) (patron)

Female

Woodstock, Isabella of (1332 - 1379) (patron)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Roelt, Katherine (1350 - 1403)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1396-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Roelt, Katherine (1350 - 1403)

  1. Female offspring: Beaufort, Joan de (1379 - 1440)

Primary Title

2nd Duke of Lancaster

Titles

  • 10th Earl of Richmond
    Assumed 1342-09-20
    Vacated 1372-06-25 (date he surrended the title when that Earldom reverted to the Crown [CP X])
  • Earl of Derby
    Assumed 1359-05-19
    Vacated 1362-04-10 (date succeeded to title)
  • 12th Earl of Lincoln
    Assumed After 1360/1-03-24 (death date of 11th Earl of Lincoln)
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04
  • 5th Earl of Lancaster
    Assumed 1361-08-14 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04
  • 8th Earl of Derby
    Assumed 1362-04-10 (death date of Maud of Lancaster)
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04
  • 12th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed 1362-04-10 (death date of Maud of Lancaster)
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04
  • 2nd Duke of Lancaster
    Assumed 1362-11-13
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04
  • King of Castile & Leon
    Assumed 1371-09
    Vacated 1388-05 (date resigned title)
  • Duke of Aquitaine
    Assumed 1389/90-03-02
    Vacated 1398/9-02-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward of England, England 1362-4-10 1398/9-02-4 Hereditary office
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1363/4 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1363/4 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1363/4 1365
JP, Lincolnshire 1363/4 1366
JP, Hertfordshire 1363/4 1365
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1363/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1364 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lancashire 1364 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1364 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1364/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1365 1366
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1365 1366
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1366 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1366 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1366 1371
JP, Derbyshire 1368 1370
JP, Lincolnshire 1368 1373
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1368 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1368 1369
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1368 1370
JP, Norfolk 1368 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1368/9 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1369 1370
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1369 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1369 1370
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1369 1370
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1369 1370
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lancashire 1370 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1370 n.d.
Sheriff, Lancashire 1370-9-29 1398/9-02-4 For life
JP, Leicestershire 1371 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1372 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1373 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1373 1374
JP, Derbyshire 1373 1376
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1373 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1373 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lancashire 1374 1376
JP, Lancashire 1374 1375
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1375 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1375 1376
JP, Hertfordshire 1375 1377
JP, Lincolnshire 1375 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1375 1378
JP, Leicestershire 1375 1377
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1375/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1376 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1376 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1376 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1376/7 1378
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1377/8 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1378 n.d.
Lieut, Marches towards Scotland 1378/9-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1380 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1380 1384
JP, Staffordshire 1380 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1380 1383
JP, Leicestershire 1380 1381
JP, Hertfordshire 1380 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1380 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1380 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1380 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1380 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1380 1383
JP, Derbyshire 1380 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1381 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1381 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1381 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1381 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1381/2 1384
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1381/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1381/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1381/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1381/2 1384
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1381/2 1383
JP, Derbyshire 1381/2 1383
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1381/2 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1382 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1382 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1382 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1382 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1382 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Feckenham 1382 1384
JP, Staffordshire 1382 n.d.
Keeper, Lancashire 1382-6-14 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1382/3 1384
JP, Hertfordshire 1383/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1384 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1384/5 1386
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1384/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1384/5 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1384/5 1386
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1385 1386
JP, Cumberland 1385 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1385 1386
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1385 1386
JP, Nottinghamshire 1385 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1385 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1385/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1386 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1386 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1387 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1387 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1390 1392
JP, Sussex 1390 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1390 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1390 1394
JP, Northamptonshire 1390 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1390 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1390 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1390 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1390 1392
JP, Lincolnshire 1390 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1390 1392
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1390 n.d.
JP, Newcastle upon Tyne 1390 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1390 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1390 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1390 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1390 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1391 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1391 1392
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1391 1392
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1391 1392
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1391/2 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1391/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1392 1394
JP, Northamptonshire 1392 1394
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1392 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1393 1394
JP, Sussex 1393 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1394 1395
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1394 1395
JP, Leicestershire 1394 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1394 1395
JP, Nottinghamshire 1394 1395
JP, Herefordshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1394 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1394 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1394 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1395 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1395 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1395 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1395 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1396 1397
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1396 1398
JP, Dorset 1396 1397
JP, Suffolk 1396 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1396/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1396/7 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1396/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1396/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1396/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1396/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1396/7 1398
JP, Northumberland 1396/7 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1396/7 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1396/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1396/7 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1396/7 1398
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1396/7 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1396/7 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1397 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1397 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1397 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1397 1398
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1397 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1397 1398
JP, Middlesex 1397 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1397 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1397 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1397 1398
JP, Lincolnshire 1397 1398
JP, Surrey 1397 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1397 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1397 1398
JP, Herefordshire 1397 n.d.
Lieut, Marches towards Scotland 1397/8-3 n.d.
Constable, Cheshire 1398-8 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire
  • Leicester Castle, Leicestershire
  • The Savoy, London (city-county)
    Acquired via 1st wife; destroyed by followers of Wat Tyler
    Acquired: 1361
    Divested: 1381
  • Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland
  • Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire
  • Kingston Lacy Manor, Dorset
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Derbyshire: High Peak Castle
  • Herefordshire
  • Herefordshire: Hereford Castle
    Acquired: 1360
    Granted
  • Hertfordshire
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Lancashire
  • Lancashire: Lancaster Castle
    Acquired: 1361/2-03-24
    Divested: 1398/9-02-04
    Acquired via marriage
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
    Acquired: after
    Divested: after
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Scotland
  • Suffolk
  • Sussex
  • Wales
  • Warwickshire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1369-1370 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer
Performance 1375-1375 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer/s
Performance 1375-1375 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer/s
Performance 1363-1364 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance 1366-1367 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance 1372-1373 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance 1375-1376 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance 1380-1380 Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth , Warwickshire Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance 1381-1381 Leicester Castle, Leicester Castle , Leicestershire Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance 1398-1398 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Lancaster's Piper/s
Performance 1358-1359 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Richmond's Entertainer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer/s Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Duke of Lancaster's Piper/s Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Musicians 1
Earl of Richmond's Entertainer Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1399) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Kingston Lacy Dorset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

Armitage-Smith, Sydney. John of Gaunt. London: Archibald Constable, 1904.
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)