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Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1398/9)

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Plantagenet

Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

Female

Offspring

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])
  • 8th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1362-04-10 (death date of Maud of Lancaster)
    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
  • 12th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed: 1362-04-10 (death date of Maud of Lancaster)
    Vacated: 1398/9-02-04
  • 12th Earl of Lincoln
    Assumed: 1360/1-03-24 (death date of 11th Earl of Lincoln)
    Vacated: 1398/9-02-04
  • King of Castile & Leon
    Assumed: 1371-09
    Vacated: 1388-05 (date resigned title)
  • 2nd Duke of Lancaster
    Assumed: 1362-11-13
    Vacated: 1398/9-02-04
  • Duke of Aquitaine
    Assumed: 1389/90-03-02
    Vacated: 1398/9-02-04
  • Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1359-05-19
    Vacated: 1362-04-10 (date succeeded to title)

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire
  • Leicester Castle, Leicestershire
  • 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
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Scotland
  • Suffolk
  • Sussex
  • Wales
  • Warwickshire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainer/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Entertainers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance - Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance - Leicester Castle, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire Duke of Lancaster's Minstrels
Performance - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Lancaster's Piper/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Richmond's Entertainer

Patronized Troupes

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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.