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Talbot, John ( - 1550)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1550-12-17 (possibly died by 17 Dec. 1549)

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1513-10-13
    Vacated: 1550-12-17

General Lands Note

Livery of lands of William Troutebeck, uncle of wife Margaret 5 May 1512; livery of brother’s lands (d. 22 Oct. 1542) Feb. 1542/3

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Staffordshire 1525/6
Sheriff, Shropshire 1527 -11 -16 1528 -11 -7
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Staffordshire 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1530
JP, Staffordshire 1530/1 1531/2
JP, Shropshire 1530/1
JP, Shropshire 1532
Sheriff, Shropshire 1533 -11 -17 1534 -11 -14
Sheriff, Shropshire 1537 -11 -14 1538 -11 -15
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1538/9
JP, Shropshire 1539
JP, Staffordshire 1539/40
JP, Worcestershire 1539/40
JP, Shropshire 1539/40
JP, Berkshire 1539/40
JP, Gloucestershire 1539/40
JP, Herefordshire 1539/40
JP, Oxfordshire 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1540/1
Sheriff, Shropshire 1541 -11 -27 1542 -11 -22
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1542/3
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1544 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1544 1545
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1544 -11 -16 1545 -11 -22 Possibly held this office, but probably held by son John
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1546 1547 Possibly held this office, but probably held by son John
JP, Worcestershire 1547

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire: Burghfield Manor
    Via half-brother GIlbert Talbot
  • Cheshire
  • Devon
    Via wife's uncle
  • France
    Lands in Calais, via wife's uncle
  • Gloucestershire
    Via wife's uncle
  • Herefordshire
    Via wife's uncle
  • Shropshire
  • Shropshire: Albrighton Manor
    Acquired: 1512
    Via marriage
  • Wales
    Via wife's uncle
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire: Upton Warren
    Via half-brother Gilbert Talbot

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Mr Rogers' Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire Mr Talbot's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir John Talbot's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir John Talbot's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir John Talbot's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Talbot's Entertainers Talbot, John (0 - 1550) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir John Talbot's Entertainers Talbot, John (0 - 1550) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir John Talbot's Entertainer/s Talbot, John (0 - 1550) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Talbot's Minstrels Talbot, John (0 - 1550) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Grafton Manor Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Blakeway, John Brickdale. The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their armorial bearings; and notices, genealogical and biographical, of their families. Shrewsbury: William & John Eddowes, 1831
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • 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
  • Driver, J. T. Cheshire in the Later Middle Ages 1399-1540. Chester: Chester Community Council, 1971
  • Grazebrook, George, and John Paul Rylands, eds. The Visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623.... With additions from the pedigrees of Shropshire gentry taken by the heralds in the years 1569 and 1584, and other sources. 2 vols. London: Harleian Society, 1889
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • 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