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Lovell, John (1342 - 1408)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1342
Death Date: 1408-09-10

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Holland, Matilda (1356 - 1423)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1373-5
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: ODNB; CP states marriage took place 'about 1372'. Union produced at least 5 children [ODNB]

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Lovell

Titles

  • 5th Baron Lovell
    Assumed: 1361-07-12
    Vacated: 1408-09-10
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1405

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1366/7
JP, Berkshire 1381 1386
JP, Oxfordshire 1381 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1382
Keeper, Wiltshire 1382
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1383/4 1386
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1384
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1385
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1385/6 1388
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1385/6
JP, Oxfordshire 1385/6
JP, Wiltshire 1385/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1389 1390
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1391
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1391
JP, Wiltshire 1391
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1394
JP, Wiltshire 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1396 1397
JP, Wiltshire 1396 1397
JP, Oxfordshire 1397
JP, Wiltshire 1399
JP, Oxfordshire 1399
Constable, Dorset 1400
JP, Wiltshire 1401
Keeper, Ludlow 1402
Keeper, Hampshire 1402
JP, Wiltshire 1403 1406
JP, Oxfordshire 1403 1404
Member, King's Council, England 1403
JP, Oxfordshire 1405/6
Member, King's Council, England 1406

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire
  • Wardour Castle, Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Lovel's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Lovel's Minstrels Lovell, John (1342 - 1408) 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.