Lancaster, Henry of (1281 - 1345)

Biographical Overview

Other Last Names
Titles - 3
Properties - 25
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Plantagenet

Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

3rd Earl of Lancaster

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Lancaster
    Assumed 1298/9-02-06
    Vacated 1345-09-22
  • 9th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed 1324-03-29
    Vacated 1345-09-22
  • 3rd Earl of Lancaster
    Assumed 1326-10-26
    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 n.d. Possibly held this office
Constable, Kenilworth 1326-11-27 n.d.
Constable, Monmouthshire 1326-10-25 n.d.
Keeper, Yorkshire: North Riding 1326-12-7 n.d.
Keeper, Lancaster 1326-12-7 n.d.
Keeper, Staffordshire 1326-12-7 n.d.
Steward, Buckinghamshire 1326-12-7 n.d.
Steward, Derbyshire 1326-12-7 n.d.
Chief Guardian of the King, England 1326/7-1 n.d.
Steward, Rutland 1327 n.d.
Steward, Lincolnshire 1327 n.d.
Steward, Leicestershire 1327 n.d.
Steward, Derbyshire 1327 n.d.
Steward, Yorkshire 1327 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1332 n.d.
Steward, Northamptonshire 1332 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1338 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1338 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1338 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1338 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1338 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1338 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1338 n.d.

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1337-1338 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

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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)