Copplestone, John ( - 1433)

Biographical Overview

Properties - 1
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 11
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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: ca. 1433

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Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Graas, Katherine ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1384 n.d.
Warden of the Stannaries, Devon 1387/8-3-16 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1393 1394
JP, Devon 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1396 1398
JP, Devon 1397 n.d.
Receiver, Duchy of Cornwall 1398-11 1399-08
JP, Devon 1399 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1399/1400 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1402 1403
JP, Devon 1402 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1403 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1404/5 n.d.
JP, Devon 1404/5 1406
Steward, Exeter Diocese Before 1407 1413-09-26
JP, Devon 1408 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1409 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1411 n.d.
JP, Devon 1412/13 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1413 n.d.
JP, Devon 1421/2 1424
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1423 n.d.
JP, Devon 1427 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1427/8 n.d.

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Residence

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1433-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon John Copplestone's Entertainer
Performance 1433-1434 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon John Copplestone's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
John Copplestone's Entertainer Copplestone, John (0 - 1433) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
John Copplestone's Minstrel Copplestone, John (0 - 1433) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Copplestone House Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Alexander, J.J. 'Devon County Members of Parliament Part III: The Later Plantagenet Period (1399–1485).' Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art 46 (1914)
Alexander, J.J. 'Devon Magnates in 1434.' Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 72 (1940): 283–303.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903–9.
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 Patent Rolls, Richard II [1377–99]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1895–1905.
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.
Radford, G.H. 'Nicholas Radford (1385?–1455).' Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art 35 (1903): np.
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.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, with additions by Lieut-Col J.L. Vivian. Exeter: For the Author by H.S. Eland, [1895].
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.