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Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1389-06-20
Death Date: 1435-09-15

Parents

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 1st Duke of Bedford

Titles

  • 1st Duke of Bedford
    Assumed: 1414-05-16
    Vacated: 1435-09-15
  • 1st Earl of Kendal
    Assumed: 1414-05-16
    Vacated: 1435-09-15
  • 12th Earl of Richmond
    Assumed: 1414-11-24
    Vacated: 1435-09-15

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Capt, Northumberland 1403 -11 -18 1414 Part of the Marches towards Scotland.
JP, Northumberland 1403
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1403 -11 -18 1414
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1404/5
JP, Northumberland 1405
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1405
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1405
JP, Gloucestershire 1406
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1406/7
JP, Northumberland 1406/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1407
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1407
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1407
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1407
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1407
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1407
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1408
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1409
JP, Northumberland 1410
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1410/11 1412
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1411 1414
JP, Westmorland 1411 1414
JP, Lincolnshire 1412 1414
JP, Northumberland 1412/13
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1412/13 1416
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1412/13
Guardian of the Realm, England 1415 -8 -11 1415 -11 -16
JP, Lincolnshire 1415/16
JP, Westmorland 1415/16
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1416
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1416
Guardian of the Realm, England 1417 -7 -23 (possibly appointed to office 25 July 1417) 1420/1 -02 -3 possibly relinquished office 1 Feb. 1420/1
Guardian of the Realm, England 1421 -6 -10 1422 -09 -1
Protector of the Realm, England 1422 -12 -5 1429 -11 -5
Lord High Admiral, England 1426 -7 -26
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1433/4

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Dorset
  • Essex
  • Oxfordshire
  • Somerset
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Bedford's Entertainers
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Bedford's Entertainers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Bedford's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Bedford's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Bedford's Taborer
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord John, the King's Son's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Bedford's Entertainers Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Entertainers Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrels Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Minstrels Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord John, the King's Son's Minstrel/s Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Bedford's Taborer Lancaster, John of (1389 - 1435) Musicians 1

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