Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1477/8)

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1469-6-11
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Neville, Isabel (1451 - 1476)

Primary Title

3rd Duke of Clarence

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire
    Took up residence here upon attaining majority; lost castle due to actions in trying to claim the Warwick inheritance
    Acquired: 1466
    Divested: 1473
  • Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
    Resided here after losing Tutbury Castle
    Acquired: 1473
  • Tiverton Castle, Devon
    Granted
    Acquired: after 1471-04-14
    Divested: 1477/8-02-18

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1470-1471 Launceston (Unknown), Launceston , Cornwall Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1471-1472 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1472-1473 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1473-1474 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1475-1475 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1476-1477 Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Clarence's Bearward
Performance 1475-1476 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Bearwards
Performance 1468-1469 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1471-1472 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1471-1472 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1472-1473 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1472-1473 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1473-1474 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1473-1473 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1473-1474 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1474-1474 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1474-1475 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1475-1476 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1476-1476 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1477-1477 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1477-1477 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1477-1478 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s
Performance 1471-1472 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1471-1472 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1472-1473 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1472-1473 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1473-1474 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1474-1475 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1474-1474 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1474-1475 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1474-1475 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1475-1475 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1476-1476 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1476-1477 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1476-1477 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1477-1477 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Clarence's Minstrels
Performance 1473-1473 Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Clarence's Trumpeters
Performance 1464-1465 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 6
Duke of Clarence's Bearwards Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Clarence's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 15
Duke of Clarence's Minstrels Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 14
Duke of Clarence's Trumpeters Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Musicians 1
Lord Clarendon's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, George (1449 - 1478) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Tiverton Castle Devon Private Residence

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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)