Copplestone, John (1395 - 1458)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 9
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1395
Death Date: 1458-10-21

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hawley, Elizabeth (1412 - 1457)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Hawley, Elizabeth (1412 - 1457)

  1. Male offspring: Copplestone, Philip (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Copplestone, John (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Copplestone, Walter (n.d.)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward of Estates, Exeter Diocese 1417-9-24 after 1440 From Sept. 1419--29 Sept. 1420, Copplestone was joint Keeper of the diocese's temporalities; he was reappointed Steward in 1420
Escheator, Cornwall 1418-11-4 1419-11-23
Escheator, Devon 1418-11-4 1419-11-23
MP, Devon 1421-12 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1422 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1422 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1422 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1422 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1422 n.d.
Escheator, Cornwall 1422-5-20 1423-11-13
Escheator, Devon 1422-5-20 1423-11-13
Receiver-gen & Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1422-5-28 n.d. Held jointly. Office purview initially only for the Duchy's Devon estates, but was expanded 24 Nov. 1422 to cover the Duchy's estates in all other counties
Steward & Warden of the Stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall 1422-5-28 1422/3-02-10 Held jointly. The stannaries were in Cornwall & Devon
Steward of Earldom of Devon's Estates, England 1422-7-3 ca. 1435 During the minority of Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon. Held solely, then jointly with Nicholas Radford from 16 Feb. 1422/3
Escheator, Cornwall 1425/6-1-24 1426-12-17
Escheator, Devon 1425/6-1-24 1426-12-17
Surveyor of Warrens, Devon 1428-7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1431 1432
JP, Devon 1431 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1431 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1432 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1433 n.d.
JP, Devon 1435 n.d.
MP, Devon 1435 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Devon 1438 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1439 n.d.
MP, Devon 1439 1440
JP, Devon 1440 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1442/3 n.d.
JP, Devon 1443 1444
JP, Devon 1447 1448
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1451 n.d.
JP, Devon 1453 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1453/4 n.d.
JP, Devon 1455 1458
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1459 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon: Copplestone, Exeter

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 (1395 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
John Copplestone's Minstrel Copplestone, John (1395 - 1458) 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 V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
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.