Pakington, John (1477 - 1551)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1477

Death Date: 1551-08-21

Notes

Member of the Inner Temple before 1505

Parents

Mother: Washbourne, Elizabeth ( - )

Father: Pakington, John ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

Pakington, Robert (1489 - 1536)

Offspring

From Dacres, Anne ( - 1563)
Female offspring: Pakington, Bridget ( - )
From Dacres, Anne ( - 1563)
Female offspring: Pakington, Ursula ( - )

Titles

Knight
Assumed: 1545
Vacated: 1551-08-21

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire
(Performance Venue)
Acquired: 1528
Divested: 1551-08

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	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	1
Mr Pakington's Minstrels	Pakington, John (1477 - 1551)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1

Owned Venues

Venue Name	County	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. London: HMSO, 1898
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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.... London: npub, 1888
Weyman, Henry T. 'Recorders of Ludlow.'. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society 2nd ser 11 (1899): 301--25.