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Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1538/9)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1470
Death Date: 1539-01-21 (died between 23 Oct. 1538 and this date)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Son listed under this union is possibly offspring of John Fitzjames' second marriage.
  2. Coningsby, Elizabeth ( - 1538)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1525
    Vacated: 1538/9-01-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Bristol 1491 Probably held this office (possibly held by father)
MP, Bristol 1495
Steward, Somerset 1502
Lent Reader of the Inn, London 1508
Attorney-gen, Duchy of Lancaster 1509 1518/19
JP, Somerset 1509
Treasurer of the Middle Temple, London 1509 1511
Recorder, Bristol 1510 1533
JP, Somerset 1515
Attorney-gen in Courts of Record, England 1518/19 -1 -26 1521 -06
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1519
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1519
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Staffordshire 1519
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1519
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1519
Commissioner of Assize, Shropshire 1520 1521
Commissioner of Assize, Staffordshire 1520 1521
Commissioner of Assize, Worcestershire 1520 1521
Commissioner of Assize, Herefordshire 1520 1521
Commissioner of Assize, Gloucestershire 1520 1521
JP, Gloucestershire 1520
Privy Councillor, England 1520 -6
Attorney-gen, Duchy of Lancaster 1521 1523
Serjeant-at-law, England 1521 -6
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, England 1521/2 -2 -8 1526
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1521/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1521/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1521/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Staffordshire 1521/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1521/2
Puisne Judge, Court of King's Bench, England 1521/2 -2 -6
JP, Dorset 1522
JP, Devon 1522
JP, Cornwall 1522
JP, Wiltshire 1522/3
JP, Hampshire 1522/3 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Somerset 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Oxfordshire 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Hampshire 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Dorset 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Devon 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Cornwall 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Berkshire 1523 1526
Commissioner of Assize, Wiltshire 1523 1526
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Dorset 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hampshire 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Somerset 1523/4 1525
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Wiltshire 1523/4 1525
JP, Devon 1523/4
JP, Dorset 1523/4
JP, Cornwall 1523/4
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1524
JP, Somerset 1524
JP, Wiltshire 1524/5 1526
Chief Justice, Court of King's Bench, England 1525/6 -1 -24 1538/9 -01 -21
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1525/6
JP, Cornwall 1525/6
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Somerset 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Wiltshire 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Dorset 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hampshire 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1527 1528
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1528 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Wiltshire 1528 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Somerset 1528 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hampshire 1528 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1528 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1528 1529
JP, Devon 1528 1530
JP, Hampshire 1528/9
JP, Somerset 1528/9
JP, Dorset 1530
JP, Cornwall 1530
JP, Hampshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Somerset 1530/1 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1531 1532
JP, Cornwall 1531/2
Commissioner of Assize, Berkshire 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Cornwall 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Devon 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Dorset 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Hampshire 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Oxfordshire 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Somerset 1532
Commissioner of Assize, Wiltshire 1532
JP, Dorset 1532
JP, Devon 1532
JP, Dorset 1536 1538
JP, Devon 1536
JP, Cornwall 1536 1539
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hampshire 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Somerset 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Wiltshire 1536/7 1538
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1537
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1538
JP, Somerset 1538 1539
JP, Devon 1538
JP, Hampshire 1538

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Somerset: Brewham, Butchey, Knowle, Moorhouse, and Redlynch Manors
  • Wiltshire: Corsley Manor

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels
Performance - Mayor's House, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chief Justice's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrel/s Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Performers Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chief Justice's Minstrels Fitzjames, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Redlynch House Somerset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Foss, Edward. The Judges of England. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1851 4 [1377--1485]:
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]
  • 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
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936