Tiptoft, John (1378 - 1442/3)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Tybetot, Tibetot

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1378
Death Date: 1443-01-27

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1408-2-24
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Cherleton, Joyce (1403 - 1446)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1421-2-28
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Cherleton, Joyce (1403 - 1446)

  1. Male offspring: Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Tiptoft, Jane (d. 1494)

Primary Title

1st Baron Tiptoft

Titles

  • 1st Baron Tiptoft
    Assumed 1425/6-01-07 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated 1442/3-01-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Cambridgeshire n.d. n.d.
Seneschal, -5-8 before -07-13 (date of his successor's appointment)
Speaker, -3-2 -12-22
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1402 n.d.
MP, Huntingdonshire 1404 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1405 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1405 n.d.
Steward, Cambridgeshire 1405-11-1 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1405/6 1407
JP, Huntingdonshire 1405/6 1407
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1406-12-8 1442/3-01-27
MP, Huntingdonshire 1406 n.d.
Treasurer of the Household, England 1406-12-8 1408-07
JP, Somerset 1408 1409
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1408-7-14 1409-12-11
JP, Huntingdonshire 1408/9 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1410 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1410/11 n.d.
Constable & Steward, Monmouthshire 1412-5-20 n.d.
Constable & Steward, Brecknockshire 1412-5-20 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1412 1414
JP, Huntingdonshire 1412/13 n.d.
MP, Somerset 1414 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1416 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1421/2 1425
Councillor of Regency, England 1422-8-22 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1422 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1422 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1422 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1422-12-9 1442-08-24
Steward of the Household, England before 1426-7-28 1431/2-03-1
JP, Cambridgeshire 1428/9 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1429 1430
JP, Huntingdonshire 1429 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1431 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1431/2 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1437 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1437 1438
JP, Cambridgeshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1439 1442
JP, Cambridgeshire 1441 1442

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Burwell Castle, Cambridgeshire

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Wales

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1423-1424 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord John Tiptoft's Entertainer
Performance 1424-1425 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord John Tiptoft's Entertainer/s
Performance 1427-1428 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Tiptoft's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord John Tiptoft's Entertainer Tiptoft, John (1378 - 1443) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord John Tiptoft's Entertainer/s Tiptoft, John (1378 - 1443) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Tiptoft's Minstrel/s Tiptoft, John (1378 - 1443) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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)