Sapcote, John (1448 - 1500/1)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

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

Notes

Admitted to Lincoln's Inn 1475

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dinham, Elizabeth (1450 - 1516)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 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 n.d.
MP, Huntingdonshire 1472 n.d. 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, Shropshire 1480-11-7 n.d. Receiver-gen of Fulk Bourgchier, 4th Baron FitzWarin
Receiver-gen, Staffordshire 1480-11-7 n.d. Receiver-gen of Fulk Bourgchier, 4th Baron FitzWarin
JP, Devon 1481 1484
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483 n.d.
MP, Devon 1483 n.d. Possibly held this office
Receiver-gen, Duchy of Cornwall 1483-5-21 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1484 n.d.
MP, Devon 1484 n.d. Possibly held this office
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1486/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1486/7 n.d.
JP, Devon 1486/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1488 n.d.
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1488-6 1501
Keeper, Surrey 1488-6 1501
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1490 n.d.
JP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Devon 1494 1496
Member, Council of Arthur, Prince of Wales, Shropshire 1494 n.d.
Keeper, Cornwall 1496/7-2-10 n.d. Keeper of lands of Richard Pomery during minority of his son & heir Edward Pomery
Keeper, Devon 1496/7-2-10 n.d. Keeper of lands of Richard Pomery during minority of his son & heir Edward Pomery

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Elton, Huntingdonshire
  • Bampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Via wife
    Acquired: before 1480-12-07
    Divested: 1500/1-01-05
  • Tawstock Court, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Via wife
    Acquired: before 1480-12-07
    Divested: 1500/1-01-05

Lands

  • Devon
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Somerset

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1477-1478 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Mr Sapcote's Minstrel/s
Performance 1483-1484 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 2

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. 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.