Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447)

Biographical Overview

Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 19
Troupes - 5
Venues - 1
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1375
Death Date: 1447-04-11

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Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Dean, Diocese of Bath and Wells 1396-12-20 1398-07-14 (date consecrated as Bishop of Lincoln)
Chancellor, Oxfordshire by 1397-12-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1397 n.d.
Bishop, Lincoln Diocese 1398-7-14 (date consecrated) 1404-11-19 (date translated to bishopric of Winchester) Temporalities restored 19 July 1398
Privy Councillor, England 1402-10-10 n.d.
Chancellor of England, England 1402/3-2-28 1404/5-03-1
Bishop, Winchester Diocese 1404-11-19 (date translated from bishopric of Lincoln) 1447-04-11 Temporalities restored 14 March 1404/5
Keeper, Hampshire 1409-4-28 n.d.
Chancellor of England, England 1412/13-3-21 1417-07-22
Keeper, Essex 1414-6-26 n.d. Held jointly
Keeper, Cheshire 1415-6-26 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Southampton 1420 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Hampshire 1422 n.d.
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1422/3-2-16 n.d. Held jointly.
Chancellor of England, England 1424-7-6 1425/6-03-15
JP, Somerset 1424 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1424 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1424 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1424 n.d.
JP, Devon 1424 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1424 1425
JP, Gloucestershire 1424 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1424 n.d.
JP, Essex 1424 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1424 n.d.
Cardinal, England 1426-4-24 1447-04-11
JP, Shropshire 1426 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1426 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1427 n.d.
JP, Essex 1427 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1427 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1427 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1427 n.d.
JP, Devon 1427 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1429 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1430 1431
JP, Buckinghamshire 1430/1 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1431 1433
JP, Devon 1431 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1431 1433
JP, Somerset 1431 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1431 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1433
JP, Hampshire 1431 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
JP, Gloucestershire 1431/2 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1432 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1432 1433
JP, Buckinghamshire 1432/3 1434
JP, Somerset 1432/3 n.d.
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1432/3-2-13 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1433 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1434/5 1440
JP, Hampshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1435 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1435 1437
JP, Devon 1435 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1437 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1437/8 n.d.
JP, Devon 1438 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Berkshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1439 1446
JP, Surrey 1443 1444
JP, Devon 1444 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
  • Wolvesey Palace, Hampshire
  • Meister Omers, Canterbury, Kent
    House in the precincts of Christ Church
    Acquired: 1445
    Divested: 1446
  • Winchester Palace, Surrey
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1404-11-19
    Divested: 1447-04-11

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1429-1430 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance 1433-1434 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance 1434-1434 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance 1447-1447 Chartham Manor, near Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance 1447-1447 Chartham Manor, near Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance 1444-1445 Eastry Manor, near Sandwich , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1444-1445 Eastry Manor, near Sandwich , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1445-1446 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1429-1430 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1431-1432 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1432-1433 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1432-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1438-1439 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1438-1439 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1439-1440 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1444-1446 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1445-1446 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1429 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1446-1447 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cardinal's Fool Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Cardinal's Harper Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Musicians 2
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 9
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Winchester Palace Surrey Private Residence

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