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Bodrugan, Henry (1426 - 1503)

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Trenowith

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1426
Death Date: 1503 (between 1487 and this year)

Notes

Ward of Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon 16 Feb. 1441/2—7; imprisoned in the Fleet for debt 1472; attainted & lands forfeited 22 Sept. 1474, restored 6 Feb. 1474/5; Supporter (with son John Beaumont) of Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel; order for arrest 8 Feb. 1486/7; at Simnel's coronation in Dublin 24 May 1487; poss. with Simnel's army which landed at Furness, Lanc 4 June 1487 & which was defeated in battle at Stoke on Trent 16 June 1487; attainted 11 Nov. 1487; fled to Ireland and died in exile

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Courtenay, Joan ( - 1475)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1454-1-28
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Joan and Henry were involved from ca. 1449, while she and her first husband were estranged; Joan's son Henry was born illegitmately during this period
  2. Herbert, Margaret (1450 - 1488)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1474
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1475-04-18
    Vacated: 1487-11-09

General Lands Note

Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick, John Noreys, esq, and Thomas Lanhegy granted the keeping of Cornwall lands during Henry's minority, 24 Dec. 1441--10 Feb. 1447/8; licence to enter lands (from 10 June 1447) 10 Feb. 1447/8; succeeded to 21 manors

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1454
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1454
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1456
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1456 1457
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1470
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1471/2 1473
JP, Cornwall 1472 1473
MP, Cornwall 1472 -11
JP, Cornwall 1477 1480
JP, Cornwall 1483 1484
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1484

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bodrugan Castle, Cornwall
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1441-12
    Divested: 1487-11
    Patrimony; date attainted

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1447/8-02-10
    Divested: 1487-11-11
    Major holdings (patrimony); date attainted
  • Devon
    Lands via 1st wife; Manors granted 1483, but relinquished 1485
  • Dorset: Knighton Manor
    Via 1st wife
  • Somerset: Bradney near Bridgewater, Brompton Ralph, Elwaorthy, Widecombe & Willett Manors
    Via 1st wife

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Bodrugan's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Henry Bodrugan's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Henry Bodrugan's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Henry Bodrugan's Minstrel/s Bodrugan, Henry (1426 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Henry Bodrugan's Minstrel/s Bodrugan, Henry (1426 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Bodrugan's Minstrels Bodrugan, Henry (1426 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bodrugan Castle Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
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  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936
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