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York, Richard of (1411 - 1460)

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Plantagenet

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1411-09-21
Death Date: 1460-12-30

Notes

Under father's attainder from 5 Aug. 1415; probably restored in blood 19 May 1426; attainted 20 Nov. 1459; restored & declared heir presumptive to the throne 25 Oct. 1460

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Cecily (1415 - 1495)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1424-10-18
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced at least 5 other children who did not survive infancy

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Duke of York

Titles

  • 3rd Duke of York
    Assumed: 1415-10-25
    Vacated: 1460-12-30
  • 6th Earl of March
    Assumed: 1424/5-01-18
    Vacated: 1445-09-21 (Probably resigned title between this date & 22 Dec. 1445)
  • Baron Mortimer (of Wigmore)
    Assumed: 1424/5-01-18
    Vacated: 1460-12-30
  • 9th Earl of Ulster
    Assumed: 1424/5-01-18
    Vacated: 1460-12-30
  • 5th Earl of Cambridge
    Assumed: 1426-05-19 (date probably restored in blood)
    Vacated: 1460-12-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1432
JP, Gloucestershire 1432/3
JP, Somerset 1432/3
JP, Dorset 1432/3
JP, Essex 1432/3 1435
JP, Suffolk 1432/3 1434
JP, Worcestershire 1433
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435 1437
JP, Cambridgeshire 1435
JP, Worcestershire 1435
JP, Gloucestershire 1435
JP, Somerset 1435
JP, Dorset 1435
JP, Norfolk 1436 1438
JP, Suffolk 1436
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7
JP, Cambridgeshire 1436/7
JP, Essex 1437 1438
JP, Dorset 1437
JP, Worcestershire 1437
JP, Gloucestershire 1437 1441
JP, Suffolk 1437/8 1440
JP, Wiltshire 1437/8
JP, Northamptonshire 1438/9
JP, Lincolnshire 1438/9 1440
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Cambridgeshire 1438/9
JP, Shropshire 1438/9 1441
Privy Councillor, England 1438/9 -2 -24
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1439 1440
JP, Worcestershire 1440
JP, Essex 1440 1443
JP, Wiltshire 1440 1441
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1
JP, Norfolk 1441
JP, Cambridgeshire 1441 1444
JP, Northamptonshire 1441
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1441/2 1443
JP, Lincolnshire 1441/2
JP, Suffolk 1442 1445
JP, Herefordshire 1442/3
JP, Worcestershire 1442/3
JP, Northamptonshire 1443
JP, Wiltshire 1443
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
JP, Gloucestershire 1443/4 1446
JP, Norfolk 1443/4
JP, Northamptonshire 1445 1446
JP, Cambridgeshire 1445/6
JP, Essex 1445/6
JP, Lincolnshire 1446 1448
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Wiltshire 1446/7
JP, Oxfordshire 1446/7
JP, Kent 1447
JP, Norfolk 1447 1448
JP, Northumberland 1447
Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1447 -7 -14 1453 -07
Lieut, Ireland 1447 -9 -29 1452/3 -03
JP, Gloucestershire 1447/8 1449
JP, Berkshire 1447/8
JP, Cambridgeshire 1447/8
JP, Suffolk 1448 1450
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448
JP, Rutland 1448
JP, Essex 1448 1449
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
Chief Governor, Ireland 1449 -7 -6 1450 -09 -8
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449
JP, Wiltshire 1450 1451
JP, Kent 1450 1451
JP, Norfolk 1450
Constable, Northamptonshire 1450/1 -3 -21
JP, Herefordshire 1450/1
Steward & Warden, Northamptonshire 1450/1 -3 -21
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451
JP, Worcestershire 1451
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451
JP, Somerset 1451
JP, Gloucestershire 1451 1452
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2
JP, Berkshire 1451/2 1454
JP, Norfolk 1451/2 1458
JP, Surrey 1452
JP, Suffolk 1452
JP, Northamptonshire 1452
JP, Oxfordshire 1452
JP, Wiltshire 1452/3 1454
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Essex 1453 1455
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1460
JP, Kent 1453 1456
JP, Buckinghamshire 1453 1454
JP, Somerset 1453 1454
JP, Herefordshire 1453
JP, Lincolnshire 1453
JP, Surrey 1454 1455
JP, Cumberland 1454
JP, Derbyshire 1454 1458
JP, Hertfordshire 1454 1455
JP, Oxfordshire 1454 1456
JP, Westmorland 1454
JP, Staffordshire 1454
JP, Middlesex 1454 1458
JP, Gloucestershire 1454 1458
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1460
JP, Worcestershire 1454
JP, Northamptonshire 1454
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454
JP, Suffolk 1454 1455
JP, Leicestershire 1454
Keeper of the Mines, Cornwall 1454 -7 -19 Mines also in Devon
Lieut, Ireland 1454 -12 -1 1459
Protector of the Realm, England 1454 -4 -3 1454/5 -02
JP, Cambridgeshire 1454/5 1460
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1459
JP, Lincolnshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Huntingdonshire 1454/5 1456
Constable, Cardiganshire 1455 -6 -2 1457 -04
Constable, Carmarthenshire 1455 -6 -2 1457 -04
JP, Northumberland 1455
JP, Cornwall 1455
JP, Devon 1455
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455
JP, Dorset 1455 1456
Protector of the Realm, England 1455 -11 -19 1455/6 -02 -25
JP, Berkshire 1455/6
JP, Wiltshire 1455/6 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456
JP, Rutland 1456
JP, Westmorland 1456
JP, Leicestershire 1456 1458
JP, Buckinghamshire 1456 1459
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1460
JP, Essex 1456/7 1459
JP, Surrey 1456/7 1460
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
JP, Somerset 1457
JP, Hertfordshire 1457
JP, Suffolk 1457 1459
JP, Devon 1457 1458
JP, Lincolnshire 1457/8
JP, Oxfordshire 1457/8 1460
JP, Worcestershire 1458 1459
JP, Cornwall 1458 1460
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1460
JP, Kent 1458 1460
JP, Berkshire 1458
JP, Rutland 1458 1459
JP, Dorset 1458
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458
Chief Governor, Ireland 1459 -10 1460 -09
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459
JP, Westmorland 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1459 -2 -24
JP, Leicestershire 1460
JP, Gloucestershire 1460
JP, Shropshire 1460
JP, Derbyshire 1460
JP, Lincolnshire 1460
JP, Norfolk 1460
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1460

Lands

  • Essex
  • Herefordshire
  • Ireland
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Jester
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of York's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrel
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Performers
Performance - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Pipers
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of York's Servant/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Entertainers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Entertainers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Entertainers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Jester York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Performers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Pipers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Musicians 1
Duke of York's Minstrel York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Servant/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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.