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Talbot, John (1384 - 1453)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1384
Death Date: 1453-07-17

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Maud (1392 - 1422)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1407-3-12
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Beauchamp, Margaret (1404 - 1467)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1424-9-6
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 6th Baron Furnivalle
  • 7th Baron Talbot
  • 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

Titles

  • 6th Baron Furnivalle
    Assumed: 1409-10-26 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1453-07-17
  • Baron Strange (of Blackmere)
    Assumed: 1421-12-13
    Vacated: 1453-07-17
  • 7th Baron Talbot
    Assumed: 1421-12-13
    Vacated: 1453-07-17
  • 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Assumed: 1442-05-20
    Vacated: 1453-07-17
  • 1st Earl of Waterford
    Assumed: 1446-07-17
    Vacated: 1453-07-17
  • Count of Cleremont
    Assumed: 1434-16
    Vacated: 1453-07-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Deputy Constable, Montgomeryshire 1404 -12 1406/7 -03
Keeper, Montgomeryshire 1407 -4 -25
JP, Derbyshire 1407/8
Captain, Caernarvonshire 1409
JP, Derbyshire 1409/10
JP, Shropshire 1409/10
JP, Staffordshire 1410
JP, Derbyshire 1412/13
JP, Staffordshire 1412/13
JP, Shropshire 1412/13
Lieut, Ireland 1413/14 -2 -24 1419/20
JP, Derbyshire 1414/15
JP, Staffordshire 1415
JP, Shropshire 1418/19
JP, Shropshire 1423
JP, Derbyshire 1423 1425
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1423
JP, Warwickshire 1423
JP, Oxfordshire 1423
JP, Nottinghamshire 1423
JP, Leicestershire 1423
JP, Hertfordshire 1423
JP, Herefordshire 1423
JP, Gloucestershire 1423
JP, Berkshire 1423
JP, Staffordshire 1423
JP, Shropshire 1424
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1424
JP, Berkshire 1424
JP, Oxfordshire 1424
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424
JP, Staffordshire 1424
JP, Gloucestershire 1424
JP, Leicestershire 1424
JP, Hertfordshire 1424
JP, Herefordshire 1424
Justiciar, Ireland 1424/5 -1 1425 -04
JP, Leicestershire 1426
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, Herefordshire 1427
JP, Hertfordshire 1427
JP, Herefordshire 1427/8
JP, Hertfordshire 1428/9
JP, Nottinghamshire 1429 1432
JP, Derbyshire 1429
JP, Staffordshire 1429/30
JP, Shropshire 1430 1432
JP, Hertfordshire 1430/1
JP, Leicestershire 1430/1
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1432/3
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1431
JP, Berkshire 1431 1433
JP, Derbyshire 1431
JP, Staffordshire 1432
JP, Oxfordshire 1432
JP, Gloucestershire 1432 1432/3
JP, Leicestershire 1432
JP, Hertfordshire 1433
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435 1437
JP, Oxfordshire 1435 1438
JP, Berkshire 1435 1437
JP, Nottinghamshire 1435
JP, Hertfordshire 1435
JP, Gloucestershire 1435
JP, Nottinghamshire 1436
JP, Leicestershire 1436
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7
JP, Hertfordshire 1436/7
JP, Derbyshire 1437
JP, Gloucestershire 1437 1439
JP, Berkshire 1438/9
JP, Shropshire 1438/9
JP, Staffordshire 1438/9
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439
JP, Hertfordshire 1439
Lieut, Ireland 1444/5 -3 -12 1451/2
JP, Shropshire 1445
JP, Hertfordshire 1445
Steward of Ireland, Ireland 1446 -7 -17 1453 -07 -17 Hereditary office
JP, Shropshire 1448 -5 -8
JP, Shropshire 1449 -7 -4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1450/1 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1451
Keeper, Hampshire 1451/2 -2 -17 1453 -07 -17 For life
Keeper of Governance & Survey, Hampshire 1451/2 -2 -17 1453 -07 -17 For life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1452

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Herefordshire
  • Ireland: Wexford
  • Shropshire
  • Yorkshire: West Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainer
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainer
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel/s
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Furnivalle's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Talbot's Entertainers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Talbot's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Talbot's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainers Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainers Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Furnivalle's Entertainers Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Entertainers Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainer Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Entertainer Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrels Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Talbot's Minstrels Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1384 - 1453) 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
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975