Beaufort, John (1371 - 1409/10)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 4
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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.

Primary Title

2nd Earl of Somerset

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Berkshire 1397-11-20 1409/10-03-16 For life
JP, Somerset 1397 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1397 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1397 n.d.
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 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1399 n.d.
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 n.d.
Member, King's Council, England 1403/4-3-1 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1404/5 1408
Keeper, Wiltshire 1404/5-2-15 n.d.
JP, Devon 1405/6 1408
JP, Somerset 1405/6 1409
JP, Northamptonshire 1406/7 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1406/7 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1406/7 1408
Constable, Dorset 1407-5-7 1409/10-03-16 For life
JP, Northamptonshire 1409 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1409/10 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1409/10 n.d.

General Lands Note

Patrimony included manors in the midlands and Somerset

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1402-1403 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Somerset's Minstrels
Performance 1409-1410 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Somerset's Minstrels
Performance 1402-1403 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 2
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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)