Tuchet, John (1425 - 1490)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1425
Death Date: 1490-09-26

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1456
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

6th Baron Audley (of Heleigh)

Titles

  • 6th Baron Audley (of Heleigh)
    Assumed 1459-09-23
    Vacated 1490-09-26

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Warwickshire 1446-6-15 n.d.
MP, Sussex 1453 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1456 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1456/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1456/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1456/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Dorset 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Hampshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1461 1462
JP, Shropshire 1461 1462
JP, Staffordshire 1461 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1461 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1461 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1461 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1461 1463
Keeper, Wiltshire 1461-5-2 1490-09-26 For life
Keeper & Steward, Dorset 1461-5-2 1490-09-26 For life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1463 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1463 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1463 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1463 1465
JP, Wiltshire 1463 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1465 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1465/6 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1465/6 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1465/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1466 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1466 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1466/7 1469
JP, Southampton 1467 1468
JP, Dorset 1467 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1468 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1468 1469
JP, Shropshire 1468 1469
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1469 1471
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1469 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1469/70 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1470 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1471 1472
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1471 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1471 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1471 1475
JP, Wiltshire 1471 1473
JP, Dorset 1471 1475
Privy Councillor, England 1471-7-5 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1472 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1472 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1472 1475
JP, Somerset 1472 1476
JP, Shropshire 1472/3 1475
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1474 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1474 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1474 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1474 1479
JP, Worcestershire 1474 n.d.
JP, Devon 1474 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1474 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1475 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1476 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1476/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1477 1478
Constable & Keeper, Dorset 1477/8-3-2 1485
JP, Staffordshire 1477/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1478 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1478 1479
JP, Wiltshire 1478 1481
JP, Somerset 1478/9 1483
JP, Surrey 1479 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1479/80 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1480 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1480/1 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1483 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1484 1485
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1484-12-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1484/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1487 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1487 1488
Commissioner of Musters, Surrey 1488 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1490 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire

Lands

  • Staffordshire
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1461-1462 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord Audley's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Audley's Minstrel/s Tuchet, John (1425 - 1490) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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)