York, Richard of (1411 - 1460)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 22
Troupes - 8
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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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

Siblings

Female

Plantagenet, Isabel ( - 1484)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Neville, Cecily (1415 - 1495)

  1. Female offspring: York, Anne of (1439 - 1477)
  2. Male offspring: Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) (patron)
  3. Male offspring: Plantagenet, Richard (1452 - 1485) (patron)
  4. Male offspring: York, Edward of (1442 - 1483) (patron)
  5. Male offspring: York, Edmund of (1443 - 1460)
  6. Female offspring: York, Elizabeth of (1444 - 1504)
  7. Female offspring: York, Margaret of (1446 - 1503)

Primary Title

3rd Duke of York

Titles

  • 3rd Duke of York
    Assumed 1415-10-25
    Vacated 1460-12-30
  • 9th Earl of Ulster
    Assumed 1424/5-01-18
    Vacated 1460-12-30
  • Baron Mortimer (of Wigmore)
    Assumed 1424/5-01-18
    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)
  • 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 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1432/3 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1432/3 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1432/3 1434
JP, Essex 1432/3 1435
JP, Gloucestershire 1432/3 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1433 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1435 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1435 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1435 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1435 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435 1437
JP, Norfolk 1436 1438
JP, Suffolk 1436 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1437 1441
JP, Worcestershire 1437 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1437 n.d.
JP, Essex 1437 1438
JP, Suffolk 1437/8 1440
JP, Wiltshire 1437/8 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1438/9 1440
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Northamptonshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1438/9 1441
Privy Councillor, England 1438/9-2-24 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1439 1440
JP, Worcestershire 1440 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1440 1441
JP, Essex 1440 1443
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1441 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1441 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1441 1444
JP, Lincolnshire 1441/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1441/2 1443
JP, Suffolk 1442 1445
JP, Worcestershire 1442/3 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1442/3 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1443 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
JP, Northamptonshire 1443 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1443/4 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1443/4 1446
JP, Northamptonshire 1445 1446
JP, Cambridgeshire 1445/6 n.d.
JP, Essex 1445/6 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1446 1448
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Oxfordshire 1446/7 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1446/7 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1447 1448
JP, Kent 1447 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1447 n.d.
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 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1447/8 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1448 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1448 1450
JP, Essex 1448 1449
Chief Governor, Ireland ca. 1449-7-6 ca. 1450-09-8
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1450 n.d.
JP, Kent 1450 1451
JP, Wiltshire 1450 1451
Constable, Northamptonshire 1450/1-3-21 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1450/1 n.d.
Steward & Warden, Northamptonshire 1450/1-3-21 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1451 1452
JP, Somerset 1451 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1451/2 1454
JP, Norfolk 1451/2 1458
JP, Surrey 1452 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1452 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1452 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1452 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1452/3 1454
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Herefordshire 1453 n.d.
JP, Essex 1453 1455
JP, Kent 1453 1456
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1460
JP, Lincolnshire 1453 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1453 1454
JP, Buckinghamshire 1453 1454
JP, Middlesex 1454 1458
JP, Northamptonshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1454 1456
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1460
JP, Surrey 1454 1455
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1454 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1454 1455
JP, Hertfordshire 1454 1455
JP, Westmorland 1454 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1454 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1454 1458
JP, Derbyshire 1454 1458
JP, Worcestershire 1454 n.d.
Keeper of the Mines, Cornwall 1454-7-19 n.d. Mines also in Devon
Lieut, Ireland 1454-12-1 1459
Protector of the Realm, England 1454-4-3 1454/5-02
JP, Lincolnshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Cambridgeshire 1454/5 1460
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1459
JP, Huntingdonshire 1454/5 1456
Constable, Carmarthenshire 1455-6-2 1457-04
Constable, Cardiganshire 1455-6-2 1457-04
JP, Dorset 1455 1456
JP, Devon 1455 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1455 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1455 n.d.
Protector of the Realm, England 1455-11-19 1455/6-02-25
JP, Berkshire 1455/6 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1455/6 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1456 1458
JP, Buckinghamshire 1456 1459
JP, Rutland 1456 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1456 n.d.
JP, Essex 1456/7 1459
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1460
JP, Surrey 1456/7 1460
JP, Somerset 1457 n.d.
JP, Devon 1457 1458
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
JP, Suffolk 1457 1459
JP, Hertfordshire 1457 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1457/8 1460
JP, Lincolnshire 1457/8 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1458 1459
JP, Dorset 1458 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1460
JP, Kent 1458 1460
JP, Rutland 1458 1459
JP, Berkshire 1458 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1458 1460
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 n.d.
Chief Governor, Ireland 1459-10 1460-09
JP, Westmorland 1459 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1459-2-24 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1460 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1460 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1460 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1460 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1460 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1460 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.

Lands

  • Essex
  • Herefordshire
  • Ireland
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1445-1446 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance 1450-1450 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance 1450-1451 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Entertainers
Performance 1457-1457 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Jester
Performance 1433-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of York's Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrel
Performance 1427-1428 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1432-1432 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1433-1434 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1447 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1454 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of York's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1446-1447 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1451-1452 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1457 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of York's Minstrels
Performance 1459-1459 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Performers
Performance 1457-1457 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of York's Pipers
Performance 1458-1458 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of York's Servant/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of York's Entertainers York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Duke of York's Jester York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of York's Minstrel York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Duke of York's Minstrel/s York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 6
Duke of York's Minstrels York, Richard of (1411 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 7
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 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)