Morton, John (1420 - 1500)

Biographical Overview

Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 5
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

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

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Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England n.d. n.d.
Chancellor to the Prince of Wales, England 1456-9-26 n.d.
Archdeacon, Norwich Diocese by 1460/1-3 before 1462-07
Master of the Rolls, England 1471/2-3-16 n.d.
Archdeacon, Norwich Diocese by 1472 1477
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1473-6-3 n.d.
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 n.d.
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, Hertfordshire 1478/9 1480
JP, Essex 1478/9 1480
JP, Suffolk 1478/9 1483
JP, Norfolk 1478/9 1483
JP, Middlesex 1478/9 1481
JP, Cambridgeshire 1478/9 1481
JP, Huntingdonshire 1479 1480
JP, Hertfordshire 1482 1483
JP, Cambridgeshire 1482/3 n.d.
JP, Essex 1482/3 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1483 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1483 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483 n.d.
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, Middlesex 1486 1487
JP, Cambridgeshire 1486 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1486 1488
Chancellor of England, England 1486/7-3-6 1500-09-15
JP, Cornwall 1486/7 1488
JP, Northamptonshire 1486/7 1491
JP, Lincolnshire 1486/7 n.d.
JP, Kent 1486/7 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1486/7 1489
JP, Gloucestershire 1486/7 1490
JP, Devon 1486/7 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1487 1488
JP, Huntingdonshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1487 1488
JP, Southampton 1487 1488
JP, Buckinghamshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1487 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1487 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1487 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1487/8 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1487/8 1490
JP, Oxfordshire 1487/8 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1487/8 1489
JP, Suffolk 1488 1490
JP, Essex 1488 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1489 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1489 n.d.
JP, Kent 1489 1490
JP, Buckinghamshire 1489 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1489 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1489 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1489/90 1491
JP, Essex 1490 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1490 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1490 1491
JP, Norfolk 1490 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1490 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1490 1491
JP, Oxfordshire 1490 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1490/1 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1490/1 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1490/1 1493
JP, Middlesex 1490/1 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1491 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1491 n.d.
JP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Herefordshire 1492 1497
JP, Cornwall 1492 1498
JP, Suffolk 1492 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1492 1493
JP, Middlesex 1492/3 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1492/3 1494
JP, Sussex 1492/3 1494
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1492/3 1496
JP, Shropshire 1492/3 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1492/3 1494
JP, Nottinghamshire 1492/3 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1492/3 1494
JP, Southampton 1492/3 1494
JP, Somerset 1492/3 1495
JP, Worcestershire 1492/3 1494
JP, Staffordshire 1492/3 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1492/3 1494
JP, Warwickshire 1492/3 1494
JP, Kent 1492/3 1494
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1493 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1493 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1493 1496
JP, Northamptonshire 1493 1494
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1493 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493 1494
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1493/4 n.d.
JP, Devon 1494 1496
JP, Bedfordshire 1494 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1494 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1494 1495
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1494/5-1 1500-09-15
JP, Cumberland 1494/5 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1494/5 1496
JP, Lincolnshire 1494/5 1500
JP, Westmorland 1494/5 1496
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1494/5 1496
JP, Cambridgeshire 1495 1496
JP, Essex 1495 1496
JP, Staffordshire 1495/6 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1495/6 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1495/6 1500
JP, Huntingdonshire 1496 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1496 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1496 1497
JP, Middlesex 1496 1499
JP, Suffolk 1496 1497
JP, Oxfordshire 1496 1497
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1496 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1496 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1496 1497
JP, Wiltshire 1496 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1496 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1496 1499
JP, Surrey 1496/7 1500
JP, Berkshire 1496/7 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1496/7 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1496/7 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1497 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1497 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1497 n.d.
JP, Kent 1497 1500
JP, Dorset 1497 1500
JP, Somerset 1497/8 1500
JP, Huntingdonshire 1497/8 1499
JP, Sussex 1497/8 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1498 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1498 1499
JP, Oxfordshire 1498 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1498 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1498 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1498 n.d.
JP, Essex 1498 1499
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1498 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1498/9 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1498/9 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1499 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1499 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1499 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1499 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1499 1500
JP, Cambridgeshire 1499/1500 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1500 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1500 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wisbech Castle, Cambridgeshire
    Acquired: 1478-08-08
    Divested: 1486-10-06
  • Bishop's Palace, Hatfield, Essex
    Acquired: 1478-08-08
    Divested: 1486-10-06
  • Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury, Kent
    Acquired: 1485/6-01-13
    Divested: 1500-09-15
  • Archbishop's Palace, Croydon, Surrey
    Acquired: 1485/6-01-13
    Divested: 1500-09-15
  • Lambeth Palace, Surrey
    Acquired: 1485/6-01-13
    Divested: 1500-09-15

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1498-1499 Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle , Sussex Lord Cardinal's Entertainer/s
Performance 1498-1499 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1499-1500 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1500-1501 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1498-1498 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel
Performance 1499-1499 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s
Performance 1500-1500 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s
Performance 1498-1499 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels
Performance 1498-1499 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cardinal's Entertainer/s Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrel/s Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord of Canterbury's Minstrels Morton, John (1420 - 1500) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.