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Morton, John (1420 - 1500)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1420
Death Date: 1500-09-15

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower and Brecon Castle (Brecknockshire, Wales) 1483; in exile in Flanders until 1485

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Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England
Chancellor to the Prince of Wales, England 1456 -9 -26
Archdeacon, Norwich Diocese 1460/1 -3 1462 -07
Master of the Rolls, England 1471/2 -3 -16
Archdeacon, Norwich Diocese 1472 1477
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1473 -6 -3
Archdeacon, Coventry & Lichfield Diocese 1474 -5 -9 1478
Archdeacon, Winchester Diocese 1474/5 -3 -5 1478
Archdeacon, Lincoln Diocese 1475 -3 -27 1478
Archdeacon, Salisbury Diocese 1476 -11 -6 1478
Archdeacon, Norwich Diocese 1476/7 -1 -20 1478
Archdeacon, Lincoln Diocese 1477/8 -1 -3
Bishop, Ely Diocese 1478 -8 -8 (date elected) 1486 -10 -6 date translated to the Province of Canterbury Temporalities restored 4 Jan. 1478/9; consecrated 31 Jan. 1478/9
JP, Middlesex 1478/9 1481
JP, Suffolk 1478/9 1483
JP, Norfolk 1478/9 1483
JP, Hertfordshire 1478/9 1480
JP, Essex 1478/9 1480
JP, Cambridgeshire 1478/9 1481
JP, Huntingdonshire 1479 1480
JP, Hertfordshire 1482 1483
JP, Cambridgeshire 1482/3
JP, Essex 1482/3
JP, Middlesex 1483
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483
JP, Dorset 1483
Archbishop, Province of Canterbury 1485/6 -1 -13 (date elected) 1500 -09 -15 Temporalities granted 13 July 1486; translated 6 Oct. 1486; temporalities restored 6 Dec. 1486
JP, Sussex 1486 1488
JP, Cambridgeshire 1486
JP, Middlesex 1486 1487
Chancellor of England, England 1486/7 -3 -6 1500 -09 -15
JP, Devon 1486/7
JP, Cornwall 1486/7 1488
JP, Gloucestershire 1486/7 1490
JP, Kent 1486/7
JP, Lincolnshire 1486/7
JP, Northamptonshire 1486/7 1491
JP, Worcestershire 1486/7 1489
JP, Wiltshire 1487
JP, Somerset 1487 1488
JP, Buckinghamshire 1487
JP, Huntingdonshire 1487
JP, Southampton 1487 1488
JP, Surrey 1487 1488
JP, Bedfordshire 1487
JP, Norfolk 1487
JP, Shropshire 1487
JP, Herefordshire 1487
JP, Warwickshire 1487
JP, Rutland 1487
JP, Oxfordshire 1487/8
JP, Hertfordshire 1487/8 1490
JP, Dorset 1487/8
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1487/8 1489
JP, Suffolk 1488 1490
JP, Essex 1488
JP, Buckinghamshire 1489
JP, Cumberland 1489
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1489
JP, Leicestershire 1489
JP, Kent 1489 1490
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1489
JP, Sussex 1489/90 1491
JP, Warwickshire 1490 1491
JP, Essex 1490
JP, Shropshire 1490
JP, Wiltshire 1490 1491
JP, Huntingdonshire 1490
JP, Oxfordshire 1490
JP, Norfolk 1490
JP, Lincolnshire 1490/1 1493
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1490/1
JP, Middlesex 1490/1
JP, Buckinghamshire 1490/1
JP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Somerset 1491
JP, Dorset 1491
JP, Suffolk 1492
JP, Cornwall 1492 1498
JP, Derbyshire 1492 1493
JP, Herefordshire 1492 1497
JP, Staffordshire 1492/3
JP, Worcestershire 1492/3 1494
JP, Kent 1492/3 1494
JP, Surrey 1492/3 1494
JP, Nottinghamshire 1492/3
JP, Somerset 1492/3 1495
JP, Wiltshire 1492/3 1494
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1492/3 1496
JP, Gloucestershire 1492/3 1494
JP, Shropshire 1492/3
JP, Warwickshire 1492/3 1494
JP, Southampton 1492/3 1494
JP, Middlesex 1492/3
JP, Dorset 1492/3 1494
JP, Sussex 1492/3 1494
JP, Leicestershire 1493 1496
JP, Oxfordshire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1493
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493
JP, Hertfordshire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1493
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493 1494
JP, Northamptonshire 1493 1494
JP, Rutland 1493
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493
JP, Suffolk 1493/4
JP, Berkshire 1494 1495
JP, Norfolk 1494
JP, Devon 1494 1496
JP, Bedfordshire 1494
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1494/5 -1 1500 -09 -15
JP, Northumberland 1494/5 1496
JP, Cumberland 1494/5
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1494/5 1496
JP, Westmorland 1494/5 1496
JP, Lincolnshire 1494/5 1500
JP, Essex 1495 1496
JP, Cambridgeshire 1495 1496
JP, Sussex 1495/6
JP, Staffordshire 1495/6
JP, Buckinghamshire 1495/6 1500
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1496
JP, Nottinghamshire 1496
JP, Huntingdonshire 1496
JP, Oxfordshire 1496 1497
JP, Northamptonshire 1496
JP, Norfolk 1496 1499
JP, Gloucestershire 1496
JP, Shropshire 1496 1497
JP, Suffolk 1496 1497
JP, Wiltshire 1496
JP, Middlesex 1496 1499
JP, Warwickshire 1496 1497
JP, Rutland 1496/7
JP, Berkshire 1496/7
JP, Bedfordshire 1496/7
JP, Surrey 1496/7 1500
JP, Kent 1497 1500
JP, Derbyshire 1497
JP, Dorset 1497 1500
JP, Hertfordshire 1497
JP, Worcestershire 1497
JP, Sussex 1497/8
JP, Somerset 1497/8 1500
JP, Huntingdonshire 1497/8 1499
JP, Essex 1498 1499
JP, Southampton 1498
JP, Oxfordshire 1498
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1498
JP, Cambridgeshire 1498
JP, Nottinghamshire 1498
JP, Wiltshire 1498 1499
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1498
JP, Warwickshire 1498/9
JP, Westmorland 1498/9
JP, Bedfordshire 1499
JP, Staffordshire 1499
JP, Suffolk 1499 1500
JP, Gloucestershire 1499
JP, Cumberland 1499
JP, Cambridgeshire 1499/1500
JP, Leicestershire 1500
JP, Southampton 1500

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wisbech Castle, Cambridgeshire
    Acquired: 1478-08
    Divested: 1486-10
  • Bishop's Palace, Hatfield, Essex
    Acquired: 1478-08
    Divested: 1486-10
  • Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury, Kent
    Acquired: 1485/6-01
    Divested: 1500-09
  • Archbishop's Palace, Croydon, Surrey
    Acquired: 1485/6-01
    Divested: 1500-09
  • Lambeth Palace, Surrey
    Acquired: 1485/6-01
    Divested: 1500-09

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex Lord Cardinal's Entertainer/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Entertainer/s Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936