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Beaufort, John (1371 - 1409/10)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1371
Death Date: 1410-03-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Holland, Margaret (1388 - 1439)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Earl of Somerset

Titles

  • 2nd Earl of Somerset
    Assumed: 1395/6-02-10
    Vacated: 1409/10-03-16
  • 1st Marquess of Somerset
    Assumed: 1397-09-29
    Vacated: 1399-11-03 (degraded from title)
  • 1st Marquess of Dorset
    Assumed: 1396-09-29
    Vacated: 1399-11-03 (degraded from title)
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1391-12-06
    Vacated: 1409/10-03-16

General Lands Note

Patrimony included manors in the midlands and Somerset

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Berkshire 1397 -11 -20 1409/10 -03 -16 For life
JP, Somerset 1397
JP, Berkshire 1397
JP, Staffordshire 1397
JP, Dorset 1397
Constable, Kent 1397/8 -2 -5 1409/10 -03 -16 For life
Warden, Kent 1397/8 -2 -5 1409/10 -03 -16 For life. Cinque Ports in Kent & Sussex
Admiral of the North and West, England 1398 -5 -9 1409/10 -03 -16 For life
Admiral, Ireland 1398/9 -2 -2
JP, Somerset 1399
Lord Chamberlain, England 1399 -11 -7 1409/10 -03 -16 Confirmed for life 10 Feb. 1399/1400
Capt, France 1401 1409/10 -03 -16
Lieut, South Wales 1403 -9 -28
Member, King's Council, England 1403/4 -3 -1
JP, Wiltshire 1404/5 1408
Keeper, Wiltshire 1404/5 -2 -15
JP, Somerset 1405/6 1409
JP, Devon 1405/6 1408
JP, Dorset 1406/7
JP, Leicestershire 1406/7 1408
JP, Northamptonshire 1406/7
Constable, Dorset 1407 -5 -7 1409/10 -03 -16 For life
JP, Northamptonshire 1409
JP, Wiltshire 1409/10
JP, Lincolnshire 1409/10

Lands

  • Dorset: Corfe Castle
  • Wales
    Acquired: 1400-03-08
    Granted; manor and lands formerly owned by Owen Glendower
  • Wales
    Acquired: 1400-03-08
    Granted; manor and lands formerly owned by Owen Glendower

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Somerset's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Somerset's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Somerset's Piper/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Somerset's Minstrels Beaufort, John (1371 - 1410) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Somerset's Minstrels Beaufort, John (1371 - 1410) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Somerset's Piper/s Beaufort, John (1371 - 1410) Musicians 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.