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Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1446/7)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1390-10-03
Death Date: 1447-02-23

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cobham, Eleanor ( - 1454)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1428
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 2nd Duke of Gloucester

Titles

  • 2nd Duke of Gloucester
    Assumed: 1414-05-16
    Vacated: 1446/7-02-23
  • 14th Earl of Pembroke
    Assumed: 1414-05-16
    Vacated: 1446/7-02-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Wiltshire 1403 -12 -1
Keeper, Wiltshire 1403 -12 -1
JP, Essex 1405 1407
Keeper, Wiltshire 1409/10 -3 -17
Keeper, Hampshire 1409/10 -3 -17
JP, Essex 1410 1414
Chamberlain of England, England 1413 -5 -7
Constable, Kent 1415 -11 -27 1446/7 -02 -23 For life
Governor, Isle of Wight 1415 -12 -28
JP, Wiltshire 1415
Privy Councillor, England 1415 -4 -10
Warden, Kent 1415 -11 -27 1446/7 -02 -23 For life. Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Chief Justice, South of Trent 1415/16 -1 -27 1446/7 -02 -23 For life
JP, Essex 1415/16
JP, Kent 1415/16
Warden of Forests, South of Trent 1415/16 -1 -27 1446/7 -02 -23 For life
JP, Gloucestershire 1416
JP, Wiltshire 1416/17
Keeper of the Realm, England 1419 -12 -30
King's Deputy, England 1419 -12 -30
JP, Kent 1420
Chamberlain of England, England 1422 -11 -30
Constable, Gloucestershire 1422 -12 -10
JP, Kent 1422 1424
Protector of England, England 1422 -12 -5
Regent of England, England 1422 -5
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1427
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1427
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1427
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1427
Justice, Cheshire 1427 -5 -10 1439/40 -02 -19
Justice, North Wales 1427 -5 -10 1439/40 -02 -19
JP, Kent 1428 1429
Keeper, Hampshire 1428 -11 -20
JP, Essex 1429
Keeper of the Realm, England 1430 -4 -23
King's Deputy, England 1430 -4 -23
JP, Essex 1431 1435
JP, Kent 1432 1433
JP, Kent 1435 1444
Lieut, Marches of Wales 1435 -11 -1
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7
Justice, Anglesey 1436/7 -3 -16
Justice, Flintshire 1436/7 -3 -16
JP, Essex 1437 1438
JP, Essex 1440 1443
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1
JP, Herefordshire 1442/3
Keeper & Steward, Northamptonshire 1442/3 -1 -4 1446/7 -02 -23 For life
JP, Berkshire 1443/4
JP, Essex 1445/6
JP, Kent 1446

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Greenwich, Kent
  • Baynard's Castle, London (city-county)
  • Baynard's Castle, London (city-county)

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Wales
  • Isle of Wight
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer
Performance - Merton College, Oxford, Oxfordshire Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer/s
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Eastry Manor, near Sandwich, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Reading, Berkshire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - John Joseph's House, New Romney, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Performers
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Performers
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Performers
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Gloucester's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrels Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Entertainer/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Servant/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Servant/s Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Gloucester's Performers Lancaster, Humphrey of (1390 - 1447) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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.