Pakington, John (1477 - 1551)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 9
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Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1477
Death Date: 1551-08-21

Notes

Member of the Inner Temple before 1505

Siblings

Male

Pakington, Robert (1489 - 1536)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dacres, Anne ( - 1563)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1530
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced at least 1 son, but any sons predeceased their father

Offspring

From Dacres, Anne ( - 1563)

  1. Female offspring: Pakington, Bridget (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Pakington, Ursula (n.d.)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1545
    Vacated 1551-08-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward, Worcestershire n.d. n.d.
Attorney of the Common Pleas, England By 1489 n.d.
Chirographer, Court of Common Pleas, England 1508-9-26 1551-08-21 For life
Solicitor, Mercer's Company, London 1512 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1513 1514 Office possibly held by father
JP, Gloucestershire 1515 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1515 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1520 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1524 1525
JP, Middlesex 1524 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1528 n.d.
Treasurer, Inner Temple, London 1528 1533
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1530 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1 1532/3
JP, Middlesex 1531 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1531/2
Justice, North Wales 1532 n.d.
Council Member, Marches of Wales by 1534 n.d.
Governor, Inner Temple, London 1536 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1537 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1537 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1537/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1537/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Caernarvonshire 1537/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1538 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1538 1540/1
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1538-11-15 1539-11-17
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1539 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540/1
JP, Worcestershire 1539 1540/1
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Middlesex 1539 1540
MP, Worcestershire 1539 n.d.
Recorder, Worcestershire by 1539 1551-08-21
JP, Berkshire 1539/40 1540/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Worcestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540 1540/1
JP, Staffordshire 1540 1540/1
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1540/1
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1540-11-17 1541-11-17
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Glamorgan 1541 1550
JP, Radnorshire 1541 1550
JP, Brecknockshire 1541 1550
Judge, Wales 1541-6-28 1550-11-23 Circuit comprised Breconshire, Glamorgan and Radnorshire
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1542 n.d.
Recorder, Shropshire 1542 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1542/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1542/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1542/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1542/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1542/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1543/4
JP, Staffordshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1543/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1544 1544/5
JP, Cheshire 1544 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1547 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Gloucestershire
    Acquired: 1513
    Granted (possibly to father)
  • Worcestershire: Areley Kings lands
    Acquired: 1544
    Granted
  • Worcestershire: Cleathall Manor & Westwood Manor & Priory
    Acquired: 1539
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Extons Manor
    Acquired: 1521
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Hampton Manor (in Hampton Lovett)
    Acquired: 1524
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Over Hall (or Over Court) Manor (in Hampton Lovett)
    Acquired: 1528
    Half of manor purchased 1528; second half purchased 1544
  • Worcestershire: Wordley Manor in Astley
    Acquired: 1527
    Purchased

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1543-1544 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Mr Pakington's Minstrel
Performance 1545-1545 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Mr Pakington's Minstrels
Performance 1545-1546 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Mr Pakington's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Pakington's Minstrel Pakington, John (1477 - 1551) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Pakington's Minstrels Pakington, John (1477 - 1551) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Hampton Lovett Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
The Victoria History of the County of Worcester. 4 vols and Index. London: Constable & Co [vols 1–3]; St. Catherine's P [vol 4 and Index], 1901–26.
The Visitation of the County of Worcester made in the year 1569.... Phillimore, W.P.W., ed. Publications of the Harleian Society 27. London: npub, 1888.
Weyman, Henry T. 'Recorders of Ludlow.' Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society 2nd ser 11 (1899): 301–25.