Chaworth, Thomas (1380 - 1459)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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of Wiverton, Nottinghamshire and Alfreton, Derbyshire

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Braybroke, Nicola ( - 1416)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 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

From Braybroke, Nicola ( - 1416)

  1. Female offspring: Chaworth, Elizabeth (d. 1455)

From Aylesbury, Isabel (1402 - 1458)

  1. Female offspring: Chaworth, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Chaworth, William (b. 1431)

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wiverton, Nottinghamshire

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Nottinghamshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Thomas Chaworth's Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 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. 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.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.