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Mordaunt, John (1598/9 - 1643)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1599-01-18 (date of baptism)
Death Date: 1643-06-19

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1621-4-7
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union began between 31 March 1621 (prenuptial settlement) and this date [CP], or 2 March 1620/1 [CP, vol. V, p. 10, n. e]

Primary Title

  • 1st Earl of Peterborough

Titles

  • 5th Baron Mordaunt
    Assumed: 1608/9-02-13
    Vacated: 1643-06-19
  • 1st Earl of Peterborough
    Assumed: 1627/8-03-09
    Vacated: 1643-06-19

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Bedfordshire
JP, Surrey
JP, Northamptonshire 1626
Bailiff, Northamptonshire 1627/8 -3 -7
Chief Forester, Northamptonshire 1627/8 -3 -7
JP, Northamptonshire 1636
Kepper of the King's Game, Bedfordshire 1638 -10 -3
Lord Lieut, Northamptonshire 1640 -7 -16 1643

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Turvey, Bedfordshire
  • Drayton House, Northamptonshire

Lands

  • Northamptonshire: Farming Woods
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Middleham & Richmond

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Peterborough's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Peterborough's Bearward Mordaunt, John (1599 - 1643) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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.