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Dauntsey, John (1591 - 1630)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1591
Death Date: 1630

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1603-07-23
    Vacated: 1630

Details of Offices

Began
Sheriff, Wiltshire 1596 -12 -20
Deputy Lieut, Wiltshire 1624

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bishop's Lavington, Wiltshire
    Also known as West Lavington

Lands

  • Wiltshire: Compton Coombe
    Divested: 1628
    Sold
  • Wiltshire: Great Cheverall, Market Lavington, Melksham & Patney
    Market Lavington also known as East Lavington; Melksham held in trust

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Sir John Dauntsey's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Dauntsey's Waits Dauntsey, John (1591 - 1630) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth [1509-1603]. 11 vols. London: Longman; HMSO, 1860-1912
  • Carrington, F. A.. The Heralds' Visitations of Wiltshire and Pedigrees of Wiltshire Families. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 2 (1855):
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Pugh, R.B. and Elizabeth Crittal. The Victoria History of Wiltshire. 17 vols. London: University of London Institute of Historical Research by the Oxford University Press, 1953-2002