Talbot, John (1413 - 1460)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1413
Death Date: 1460-07-10

Siblings

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Butler, Elizabeth ( - 1473)

Primary Title

5th Earl of Shrewsbury
Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1426
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • Earl of Waterford
    Assumed 1453-07-17
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • 5th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Assumed 1453-07-17
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • Baron Strange (of Blackmere)
    Assumed 1453-07-17
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • Baron Talbot
    Assumed 1453-07-17
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • 7th Baron Furnivalle
    Assumed 1453-07-17
    Vacated 1460-07-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1440/1 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1441 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1442 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1442 1443
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
JP, Nottinghamshire 1443 1444
JP, Derbyshire 1443 1444
JP, Hertfordshire 1443 n.d.
Keeper, Yorkshire: West Riding 1443-2-12 n.d.
Chancellor, Ireland 1446-8-12 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
JP, Nottinghamshire 1448 1449
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1449 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1449/50 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
Privy Councillor, England before 1453-11-21 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1454 1458
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1459
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1454 1455
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1456 1460
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456 n.d.
Treasurer of England, England 1456-10-5 1458-10
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
JP, Hertfordshire 1457 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1457 1458
Keeper, Oxfordshire 1457-10-30 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 1459
JP, Oxfordshire 1458 1459
Chief Justice, County Palatine of Chester 1458/9-2-24 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1458/9 1460
JP, Derbyshire 1459/60 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Shropshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1457-1458 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrels
Performance 1458-1458 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrels
Performance 1458-1458 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrels
Performance 1456-1457 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Performers
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire John Talbot's Minstrel
Performance 1457-1457 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Treasurer's Minstrels
Performance 1450-1451 Furnival's Inn, London , London (city-county) Sir John Talbot's Fiddler (or Harper)
Performance 1446-1446 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir John Talbot's Minstrel/s
Performance 1450-1451 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir John Talbot's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Shrewsbury's Minstrels Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Earl of Shrewsbury's Performers Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
John Talbot's Minstrel Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Treasurer's Minstrels Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir John Talbot's Fiddler (or Harper) Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Musicians 1
Sir John Talbot's Minstrel/s Talbot, John (1413 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Blackmere Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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)