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Talbot, Gilbert (1383 - 1418)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1383
Death Date: 1418-10-19

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: other
    Union began: 1392-5-20
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: They were betrothed, but Joan died before they were married.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Talbot

Titles

  • 5th Baron Talbot
    Assumed: 1396-09-09
    Vacated: 1418-10-19
  • 8th Baron Strange (of Blackmere)
    Assumed: 1413-16-01
    Vacated: 1418-10-19
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1408-04 (nominated between this date and April 1409)
    Vacated: 1418-10-19

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 9 Sept. 1403

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Gloucestershire 1406
JP, Herefordshire 1407/8
JP, Shropshire 1407/8
JP, Shropshire 1409/10
Justiciary, Cheshire 1410 -11 -5
JP, Shropshire 1412/13
JP, Herefordshire 1412/13
JP, Shropshire 1412/13
Chief Justice, Cheshire 1413 -10 -27
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1413
JP, Herefordshire 1413
Admiral of England, England 1414/15 -2 -18 Held this office during the absence of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset (Admiral of England for life 21 Sept. 1408--27 Dec. 1426)
JP, Shropshire 1416
JP, Herefordshire 1416
JP, Gloucestershire 1416
Capt-gen of the Normandy Marches, France 1417 -10 -1 1417/18 -01 -28
Capt, Scotland 1418

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Gloucestershire: Moreton Valence, Painswick, Westbury, and Woolstrop Manors
  • Herefordshire
  • Oxfordshire: Bampton Talbot
    Acquired: 1405
    This manor and other lands
  • Shropshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Talbot's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Talbot's Entertainers Talbot, Gilbert (1383 - 1418) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Blackmere Shropshire Private Residence
Goodrich Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910--11
  • 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
  • Kimball, Elisabeth G., ed. The Shropshire Peace Roll, 1400-1414. [Shrewsbury]: Printed for the Shropshire County Council, 1959
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. 9 vols. London; London: A. Constable [vol 2]; Oxford UP [vols 4-11], 1907--2001
  • The Victoria History of the County of Oxford. 15 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1907--