Bodrugan, William (1395 - 1441)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 9
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of Newham, Cornwall

Other Last Names

Trenowith

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1395 (possibly born 1398)
Death Date: 1441-12-24

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Arundel, Philippa ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1415
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Arundel, Philippa ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Bodrugan, Henry (1426 - 1503) (patron)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1419-03
    Vacated 1441-12-24

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1419 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1420 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1426 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1427-11-7 1428-11-4
MP, Cornwall 1429 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1431 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1433 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1435/6 n.d.

General Lands Note

Came of age in 1419; inherited 14 manors upon the death of grandmother Joan Bodrugan 15 April 1428

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Newham, Cornwall
    Residence before grandmother's death in 1428
  • Bodrugan Castle, Cornwall
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony. Residence after grandmother's death in 1428
    Acquired: 1416
    Divested: 1441-12-24

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1419
    Divested: 1441-12-24
    Major holdings (patrimony)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1432-1432 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir William Bodrugan's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir William Bodrugan's Minstrels Bodrugan, William (1395 - 1441) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bodrugan Castle Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1929–32.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1933–47.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992.
Whetter, James. The Bodrugans: A Study of a Cornish Medieval Knightly Family. St Austell: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1995.