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Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1477/8)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1449-10-21
Death Date: 1478-02-18

Notes

Minority ended 10 July 1466. In exile 9 April--13 Sept. 1470. Arrested 1477 for treason; tried, attainted & executed

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Isabel (1451 - 1476)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1469-6-11
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Duke of Clarence

Titles

  • 3rd Duke of Clarence
    Assumed: 1461-06-28
    Vacated: 1477/8-02-18
  • 17th Earl of Warwick
    Assumed: 1471/2-03-25
    Vacated: 1477/8-02-18
  • 12th Earl of Salisbury
    Assumed: 1471/2-03-25
    Vacated: 1477/8-02-18

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1461
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1461
Chief Governor, Ireland 1461/2 -2 1469/70 -03
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465
JP, Wiltshire 1465/6
JP, Dorset 1465/6 1475
JP, Lincolnshire 1465/6 1468
JP, Norfolk 1465/6
JP, Shropshire 1465/6
JP, Somerset 1465/6
JP, Sussex 1465/6
JP, Warwickshire 1465/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1466
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1466 1468
JP, Southampton 1466 1468
JP, Surrey 1466
JP, Nottinghamshire 1466 1468
JP, Huntingdonshire 1466
JP, Devon 1466
JP, Cornwall 1466 1467
JP, Suffolk 1466 1468
JP, Berkshire 1466/7
JP, Derbyshire 1466/7
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1467 1468
JP, Essex 1467 1470
JP, Kent 1467
JP, Leicestershire 1467
JP, Northumberland 1467 1473
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1467/8
JP, Sussex 1467/8 1477
JP, Bedfordshire 1467/8 1473
JP, Warwickshire 1467/8 1475
JP, Surrey 1467/8 1470
JP, Devon 1467/8 1472
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1468 -9 -3 1477/8 -02 -18 For life.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1468
JP, Staffordshire 1468 1475
JP, Shropshire 1468 1471
JP, Buckinghamshire 1468
JP, Somerset 1468 1470
JP, Norfolk 1468/9 1476
JP, Worcestershire 1469
JP, Derbyshire 1469 1473
JP, Cornwall 1469 1477
JP, Kent 1469 1471
JP, Leicestershire 1469 1470
JP, Herefordshire 1470
JP, Cambridgeshire 1470
JP, Buckinghamshire 1470 1471
JP, Nottinghamshire 1470 1476
JP, Gloucestershire 1470 1471
JP, Lincolnshire 1470 1475
JP, Huntingdonshire 1470 1471
JP, Rutland 1470
JP, Wiltshire 1470 1473
JP, Hertfordshire 1470 1471
JP, Oxfordshire 1470 1471
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1470
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1470
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1470
JP, Southampton 1470
JP, Suffolk 1470 1471
JP, Berkshire 1470 1471
JP, Worcestershire 1470/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1470/1
JP, Westmorland 1470/1
JP, Middlesex 1470/1 1475
JP, Cumberland 1470/1
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Oxfordshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Rutland 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1471/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1471/2
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1471/2
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 1473
Chamberlain of England, England 1472 -5 -20
Chief Governor, Ireland 1472
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1472
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1472
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1472
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1472
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1472
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Leicestershire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1472
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1472
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1472
JP, Somerset 1472 1476
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1472 1473
JP, Surrey 1472 1475
JP, Essex 1472 1477
JP, Herefordshire 1472/3 1476
JP, Worcestershire 1472/3 1475
JP, Shropshire 1472/3 1475
JP, Gloucestershire 1472/3 1475
JP, Rutland 1473
JP, Cumberland 1473
JP, Hertfordshire 1473
JP, Oxfordshire 1473 1476
JP, Huntingdonshire 1473 1475
JP, Suffolk 1473
JP, Buckinghamshire 1473
JP, Cambridgeshire 1473
JP, Kent 1473 1475
JP, Berkshire 1473 1476
JP, Devon 1473/4 1477
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1474
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1474
JP, Leicestershire 1474 1475
JP, Westmorland 1474 1476
JP, Southampton 1474 1477
JP, Cumberland 1475
JP, Rutland 1475 1476
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1475 1477
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1475 1477
JP, Wiltshire 1475
JP, Suffolk 1475 1476
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1475
JP, Derbyshire 1475 1476
JP, Hertfordshire 1475
JP, Northumberland 1475 1477
JP, Bedfordshire 1475 1476
JP, Buckinghamshire 1475
JP, Cambridgeshire 1475
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1476/7
JP, Gloucestershire 1476/7
JP, Lincolnshire 1476/7
JP, Surrey 1476/7
JP, Hertfordshire 1477
JP, Shropshire 1477
JP, Worcestershire 1477

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1466
    Divested: 1473
    Took up residence here upon attaining majority; lost castle due to actions in trying to claim the Warwick inheritance
  • Tiverton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1471-04
    Divested: 1477/8-02
    Granted
  • Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1473
    Resided here after losing Tutbury Castle

Lands

  • Cheshire: Chester Honour & Lordship
    Acquired: 1464-08-30
    Granted
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Gloucestershire: Tewkesbury
    Manor
  • Surrey
  • Warwickshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Richmond Honour & Lordship
    Acquired: 1462-09-20
    Granted

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Launceston (Unknown), Launceston, Cornwall Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearwards
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance - Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Clarence's Trumpeters
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Clarendon's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearward Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Lord Clarendon's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Trumpeters Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Musicians 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Clarence's Bearwards Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Tiverton Castle Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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.