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Dinham, John (1433 - 1500/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1433
Death Date: 1501-01-28

Notes

Attainted as a Yorkist 20 Nov. 1459; restored 9 Oct. 1460

Parents

Siblings

Female

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Dinham

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Dinham
    Assumed: 1466/7-02-28 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1500/1-01-28
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1487-04-23

General Lands Note

Livery of father's lands 16 June 1458; licence to enter lands held by parents 20 April 1497

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Devon 1460 1466
Keeper of the Great Seal, Ireland 1460 -11 -5 1461 -07 -18
Sheriff, Devon 1460 -11 -7 1461 -11 -7
JP, Devon 1467/8 1472
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1468 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1469
Keeper, Devon 1469 -10 -17 1500/1 -01 -28 For life
Steward, Devon 1469 -10 -17 Steward of this and other manors in Devon belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall
Steward of Earldom of Devon's Lands, Devon 1469 -11 -9 1500/1 -01 -28 For life. Lands formerly in the possession of Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, and Humphrey Stafford, 15th Earl of Devon: Okehampton & Plymouth Borough & Manor, Cadeleigh, Colcombe, Colyford, Colyton, Musbury, Sampford Courtenay, Tiverton & Whitford Manors
Warden of the Stannaries, Devon 1469 -10 -17
Keeper, Somerset 1469/70 -3 -16 1500/1 -01 -28 For life. Exmoor Forest also in Devon
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1471/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1471/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1472
JP, Essex 1473 1480
JP, Devon 1473/4 1484
JP, Worcestershire 1474
JP, Somerset 1474
JP, Gloucestershire 1474
Member, King's Council, England 1475 -9 -22 (date confirmed)
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1478
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1479/80
JP, Essex 1482/3
Chief Forester, Devon 1483 -6 -24
Deputy Capt, France 1483
Steward, Devon 1483 -6 -24 Steward of this and other manors in Devon belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall
Warden of the Stannaries, Devon 1483 -6 -24
Chief Steward & Surveyor of Castles & Lordships, Duchy of Cornwall 1483/4 -2 -27
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1486 -7 -14 1500/1 -01 -28 Held office until death
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1487
JP, Surrey 1492/3 1494
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1493/4 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1493/4 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1494/5 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1494/5
JP, Surrey 1496/7 1500

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire: Eythorpe, Cranwell & Little Kimbell Manors
  • Cornwall: Cardinham Honour & Manor
    Patrimony (Cardinham and 2 other manors) supplemented by 3 manors via 2nd wife
  • Devon: Hartland Manor
    Patrimony (Hartland and at least 15 other manors) supplemented by grants on 21 May 1464 and 4 July 1480
  • Essex: Ashdon, Burnham on Crouch, Henham, Lexden, Little Dunmow, Roydon, Sheering, Wimbush & Woodham Walter Manors
    Acquired: 1467
    Via 1st wife
  • Hampshire
  • Norfolk: Diss & Hempnall Manors
    Acquired: 1467
    Via 1st wife
  • Oxfordshire: Dornford, Rousham & Steeple Barton Manors
    These manors supplemented by lands granted 21 May 1464
  • Somerset: Buckland Denham & Corton Denham Manors
  • (city-county) in Hampshire
  • Suffolk: Shrimpling & Thurston Manors
    Acquired: 1467
    Via 1st wife

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Dinham's Performer
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Dinham's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s Dinham, John (1433 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s Dinham, John (1433 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Dinham's Minstrel/s Dinham, John (1433 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Dinham's Performer Dinham, John (1433 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Dinham's Performers Dinham, John (1433 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Nutwell Court Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • Chope, R. Pearse. 'The Last of the Dynhams.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 50 (1918): 431--92.
  • Chope, R. Pearse. 'The Lord Dynham's Lands.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 43 (1911): 269--92.
  • Chope, R. Pearse. The Book of Hartland. Torquay: Devonshire P, 1940
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.