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Hals, John ( - 1434)

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1434

Parents

Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Bedfordshire 1413
JP, Huntingdonshire 1413
JP, Norfolk 1413/14 1415
JP, Suffolk 1413/14
JP, Norfolk 1413/14 1416
JP, Buckinghamshire 1413/14
JP, Cambridgeshire 1413/14
JP, Cambridgeshire 1413/14 1415
JP, Norfolk 1414 1415
JP, Huntingdonshire 1416
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1416/17
JP, Norfolk 1416/17 1418
JP, Suffolk 1416/17
JP, Cambridgeshire 1417
JP, Norfolk 1417
JP, Huntingdonshire 1417/18
JP, Norfolk 1418
JP, Cambridgeshire 1418
JP, Cambridgeshire 1418/19
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Pembrokeshire 1419
JP, Kent 1420
JP, Devon 1420
JP, Devon 1421/2 1424
JP, Kent 1421/2 1423
JP, Essex 1421/2 1423
JP, Hertfordshire 1421/2 1423
JP, Middlesex 1421/2 1423
JP, Surrey 1421/2 1423
JP, Sussex 1421/2 1423
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1423
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1423
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1423
Justice of the Common Bench, England 1423 -5 -5
Justice of the King's Bench, England 1423/4 -1 -23
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1424
JP, Herefordshire 1424
JP, Gloucestershire 1424
JP, Oxfordshire 1424
JP, Shropshire 1424
JP, Berkshire 1424
JP, Staffordshire 1424
JP, Worcestershire 1424
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1424/5
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, Oxfordshire 1426
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1426/7 1428
JP, Herefordshire 1427 1428
JP, Devon 1427
JP, Worcestershire 1427
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1428
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1428/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1429/30
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1429/30
JP, Staffordshire 1429/30
JP, Shropshire 1430
JP, Worcestershire 1430
JP, Dorset 1430 1433
JP, Somerset 1430 1431
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1430/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1431 1432
JP, Devon 1431
JP, Hampshire 1431
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
JP, Wiltshire 1432 1433
JP, Somerset 1432/3
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1433
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1433
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1434

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Devon: West Prawle
    Purchased

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Mr John Hals' Fool

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr John Hals' Fool Hals, John (0 - 1434) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Keynedon Hall Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910--11
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Foss, Edward. The Judges of England. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1851 4 [1377--1485]:
  • 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]
  • Waterhouse, Robert. 'Keynedon Barton, Sherford, Kingsbridge.'. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society 58 (2000): 127--200.