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Sapcote, John (1448 - 1500/1)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1448
Death Date: 1501-01-05

Notes

Admitted to Lincoln's Inn 1475

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1480-12-7
    Union ended: n.d.

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1487-16-16
    Vacated: 1500/1-01-05

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Huntingdonshire 1471
MP, Huntingdonshire 1472 Absentee
JP, Huntingdonshire 1473 1475
Sheriff, Rutland 1475 -11 -5 1476 -11 -5
Sheriff, Devon 1477 -11 -5 1478 -11 -5
JP, Huntingdonshire 1479 1480
Receiver-gen, Staffordshire 1480 -11 -7 Receiver-gen of Fulk Bourgchier, 4th Baron FitzWarin
Receiver-gen, Shropshire 1480 -11 -7 Receiver-gen of Fulk Bourgchier, 4th Baron FitzWarin
JP, Devon 1481 1484
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483
MP, Devon 1483 Possibly held this office
Receiver-gen, Duchy of Cornwall 1483 -5 -21
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1484
MP, Devon 1484 Possibly held this office
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1486/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1486/7
JP, Devon 1486/7
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1488
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1488 -6 1501
Keeper, Surrey 1488 -6 1501
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1490
JP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Devon 1494 1496
Member, Council of Arthur, Prince of Wales, Shropshire 1494
Keeper, Cornwall 1496/7 -2 -10 Keeper of lands of Richard Pomery during minority of his son & heir Edward Pomery
Keeper, Devon 1496/7 -2 -10 Keeper of lands of Richard Pomery during minority of his son & heir Edward Pomery

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Elton, Huntingdonshire
  • Bampton Castle, Devon
    Acquired: 1480-12
    Divested: 1500/1-01
    Via wife
  • Tawstock Court, Devon
    Acquired: 1480-12
    Divested: 1500/1-01
    Via wife

Lands

  • Devon
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Sapcote's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Sapcote's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Sapcote's Minstrel/s Sapcote, John (1448 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Sapcote's Minstrel/s Sapcote, John (1448 - 1501) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tawstock Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • 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
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936