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Beaufort, John (1404 - 1444)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1404-04
Death Date: 1444-05-27

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beauchamp, Margaret ( - 1482)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Earl of Somerset

Titles

  • 4th Earl of Somerset
    Assumed: 1418-11-25
    Vacated: 1444-05-27
  • 1st Duke of Somerset
    Assumed: 1443-08-28
    Vacated: 1444-05-27
  • 2nd Earl of Kendal
    Assumed: 1443-08-28
    Vacated: 1444-05-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Dorset 1439
JP, Northamptonshire 1441
JP, Somerset 1441 1444
JP, Lincolnshire 1441/2
JP, Dorset 1442 1443
JP, Northamptonshire 1443

Lands

  • Herefordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Somerset's Minstrels Beaufort, John (1404 - 1444) Entertainers/Minstrels 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.