Pomery, Richard (1441 - 1496)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1441
Death Date: 1496-08-24

Parents

Titles

  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed 1487-11-24
    Vacated 1496-08-24

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1472 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1473-11-5 1474-11-7
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1490 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1492-11-26 1493-11-7
JP, Devon 1494 1496

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 27 March 1487

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall: Tregony
    Patrimony
  • Devon: Berry Pomeroy Manor, Bridgetown Pomeroy Manor, Brixham Manor (moiety), Huberton Manor (moiety), Sandridge, Stockleigh Pomery Manor
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1474-1475 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Mr Pomery's Harper

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Pomery's Harper Pomery, Richard (1441 - 1496) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Berry Pomeroy Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Brown, Stewart. Berry Pomeroy Castle Devon. London: English Heritage, 1997.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Powley, Edward B. The House of De La Pomerai. London: UP of Liverpool–Hodder & Stoughton, 1944.
Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906.