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Chaworth, Thomas (1380 - 1459)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1380
Death Date: 1459-02-10

Notes

Implicated in Sir John Oldcastle's Lollard uprising and imprisoned in the Tower after Jan. 1413/14 (date of arrest order); released by 1415

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Braybroke, Nicola ( - 1416)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1400
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Aylesbury, Isabel (1402 - 1458)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1416-5
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 4 additional sons

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1401-09-28
    Vacated: 1458/9-02-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Nottinghamshire 1401
Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1403 -11 -5
Sheriff, Derbyshire 1403 -11 -5
JP, Nottinghamshire 1404
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1405
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1405
JP, Nottinghamshire 1405/6 1407
MP, Nottinghamshire 1406
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1408 -11 -15
JP, Nottinghamshire 1412/13
MP, Derbyshire 1413
JP, Nottinghamshire 1416
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1417 1418
MP, Nottinghamshire 1417
Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1417 -11 -10
Sheriff, Derbyshire 1417 -11 -10
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1418 -11 -4
MP, Nottinghamshire 1420
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Nottinghamshire 1421
MP, Nottinghamshire 1421
JP, Nottinghamshire 1421/2 1423
MP, Nottinghamshire 1423 1424
Sheriff, Derbyshire 1423 -11 -13
Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1423 -11 -13
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1426/7
JP, Nottinghamshire 1429 1432
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Nottinghamshire 1432
JP, Nottinghamshire 1435
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1436
JP, Nottinghamshire 1437
MP, Nottinghamshire 1437
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1440
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1440
JP, Nottinghamshire 1440/1
JP, Nottinghamshire 1443 1444
JP, Derbyshire 1444
MP, Nottinghamshire 1445 1446
JP, Nottinghamshire 1448 1449
JP, Derbyshire 1449
JP, Nottinghamshire 1451
JP, Derbyshire 1453 1457
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1458

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wiverton, Nottinghamshire

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Nottinghamshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Thomas Chaworth's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Thomas Chaworth's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Chaworth's Minstrel Chaworth, Thomas (1380 - 1459) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Chaworth's Minstrel/s Chaworth, Thomas (1380 - 1459) 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.
  • 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
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936