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Crocker, John (1445 - 1508/9)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1445
Death Date: 1509-03-14

Notes

Yorkist: pardoned 24 Feb. 1483/4. Guardian of (son-in-law) John Carew (ca. 1467--1503) of Haccombe, Devon

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fortescue, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1471-05-04
    Vacated: 1508/9-03-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1470 1472
JP, Devon 1471 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1472
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1473
JP, Devon 1473/4
JP, Devon 1479/80 1483
JP, Devon 1486/7
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1488
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1490
JP, Devon 1491 1492
MP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Devon 1494 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1497
JP, Devon 1501 1502
JP, Devon 1504
JP, Devon 1506

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Crocker's Minstrel/s Crocker, John (1445 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Lyneham House Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Alexander, J.J. 'Devon County Members of Parliament, Part VIII.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
  • Alexander, J.J. 'Devon Magnates in 1434.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 72 (1940): 283--303.
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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
  • Williams, B.H. Ancient Westcountry Families and their Armorial Bearings: A Story of the Old Nobility and Gentry of Devon and Cornwall, with Notes on their Lives, their Manor-Houses and their Charities. 1 vol (only vol ever published). Penzance, Cornw: J.A.D. Bridger, 1916