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Lancaster, Henry of (1281 - 1345)

Other Last Name

Plantagenet

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1281
Death Date: 1345-09-22

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
  2. Mother unknown

Primary Title

  • 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Lancaster
    Assumed: 1298/9-02-06
    Vacated: 1345-09-22
  • 3rd Earl of Lancaster
    Assumed: 1326-10-26
    Vacated: 1345-09-22
  • 9th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed: 1324-03-29
    Vacated: 1345-09-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Lancashire 1321/2 -3 -22 1345 -09 -22 Hereditary office
Steward of England, England 1324 -3 -29 Possibly held this office
Constable, Monmouthshire 1326 -10 -25
Constable, Kenilworth 1326 -11 -27
Keeper, Lancaster 1326 -12 -7
Keeper, Staffordshire 1326 -12 -7
Keeper, Yorkshire: North Riding 1326 -12 -7
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1326 -12 -7
Steward, Derbyshire 1326 -12 -7
Chief Guardian of the King, England 1326/7 -1
Steward, Yorkshire 1327
Steward, Leicestershire 1327
Steward, Rutland 1327
Steward, Derbyshire 1327
Steward, Lincolnshire 1327
JP, Leicestershire 1332
Steward, Northamptonshire 1332
JP, Leicestershire 1338
JP, Derbyshire 1338
JP, Nottinghamshire 1338
JP, Oxfordshire 1338
JP, Staffordshire 1338
JP, Warwickshire 1338
JP, Worcestershire 1338

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cumberland
  • Derbyshire
  • Dorset
  • Durham
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Monmouthshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northumberland
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Lancaster's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Lancaster's Minstrels Lancaster, Henry of (1281 - 1345) 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.