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Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1390
Death Date: 1450-07-04

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 1450

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Saye and Sele

Titles

  • 1st Baron Saye and Sele
    Assumed: 1446/7-02-24
    Vacated: 1450-07-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Kent 1433
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1435
JP, Kent 1436 1444
Sheriff, Kent 1436 -11 -8
Sheriff, Surrey 1438 -11 -3
Sheriff, Sussex 1438 -11 -3
MP, Kent 1439
Constable, Kent 1442 -4 -27 1442/3 -02 -9
MP, Kent 1442
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1442/3
Bailiff, Kent 1443 -4 -24
Bailiff, Sussex 1443 -4 -24
Bailiff, Hampshire 1443 -4 -24
MP, Kent 1445
JP, Kent 1446 1447
Steward of the Lands of the Duke of Warwick, England 1446 -7 -3
Constable, Kent 1446/7 -2 -24 1450 -07 -4
Steward, Kent 1446/7 -2 -24
Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1446/7 -2 -24 1450 -07 -4 held office until death Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Constable, London 1447 -8 -7
King's Chamberlain, England 1447 -4 -1
MP, Kent 1447
Privy Councillor, England 1447 -4 -1
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1449 -9 -22 1450 -06 -22

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Westminster Palace, (city) in Middlesex
  • Knole, Kent
  • Westminster Palace, London (city-county)
    granted Feb 25, 1445

Lands

  • Kent
  • Sussex
  • Warwickshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Archbishop of Canterbury & Lord Saye's Performer
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Saye's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Saye's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Saye's Minstrel
Performance - Eastry Manor, near Sandwich, Kent Lord Saye's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Saye's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Lord Saye's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Lord Saye's Minstrel/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Saye's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Saye's Performer
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Saye's Performers
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Saye's Performers
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Saye's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Saye's Minstrel Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel/s Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel/s Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel/s Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel/s Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Minstrel/s Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Performer Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Performers Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Performers Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Saye's Performers Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Archbishop of Canterbury & Lord Saye's Performer Fiennes, James (1390 - 1450) 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.