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Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447)

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Born / Died

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

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Titles

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 1397 -12 -6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1397
JP, Oxfordshire 1397
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
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
Chancellor of England, England 1412/13 -3 -21 1417 -07 -22
Keeper, Essex 1414 -6 -26 Held jointly
Keeper, Cheshire 1415 -6 -26
Commissioner of Musters, Southampton 1420
Commissioner of Musters, Hampshire 1422
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1422/3 -2 -16 Held jointly.
Chancellor of England, England 1424 -7 -6 1425/6 -03 -15
JP, Oxfordshire 1424
JP, Worcestershire 1424
JP, Wiltshire 1424 1425
JP, Surrey 1424
JP, Somerset 1424
JP, Shropshire 1424
JP, Herefordshire 1424
JP, Hampshire 1424
JP, Gloucestershire 1424
JP, Essex 1424
JP, Dorset 1424
JP, Buckinghamshire 1424
JP, Cornwall 1424
JP, Devon 1424
JP, Berkshire 1424
Cardinal, England 1426 -4 -24 1447 -04 -11
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, Dorset 1426
JP, Essex 1427
JP, Surrey 1427
JP, Cornwall 1427
JP, Worcestershire 1427
JP, Somerset 1427
JP, Devon 1427
JP, Hampshire 1429
JP, Worcestershire 1430 1431
JP, Buckinghamshire 1430/1
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1433
JP, Berkshire 1431 1433
JP, Shropshire 1431
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
JP, Hampshire 1431
JP, Somerset 1431
JP, Surrey 1431 1433
JP, Devon 1431
JP, Gloucestershire 1431/2
JP, Oxfordshire 1432
JP, Wiltshire 1432 1433
JP, Somerset 1432/3
JP, Buckinghamshire 1432/3 1434
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1432/3 -2 -13
JP, Worcestershire 1433
JP, Surrey 1434/5 1440
JP, Somerset 1435
JP, Berkshire 1435 1437
JP, Hampshire 1435
JP, Devon 1435
JP, Oxfordshire 1435
JP, Cornwall 1435/6
JP, Buckinghamshire 1437
JP, Wiltshire 1437/8
JP, Devon 1438
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Berkshire 1438/9
JP, Southampton 1439 1446
JP, Surrey 1443 1444
JP, Devon 1444

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Fool
Performance - Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance - Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance - Eastry Manor, near Sandwich, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - Eastry Manor, near Sandwich, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance - 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 1
Lord Cardinal's Fool Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Fool Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Harper Beaufort, Henry (1375 - 1447) Musicians 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Winchester Palace Surrey Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources