Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 12
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1427-05-08
Death Date: 1470-10-18

Notes

Attended Oxford University 1440-3. Summoned to parliament 1449-50. Pilgrim in Holy Land and resident in Padua, May 1458--1 Sept. 1461. Resigned or sold most English offices in 1467 in anticipation of departure to Ireland; reappointed upon his return in 1467/8. Taken prisoner and condemned for treason Oct 15, 1470; beheaded

Siblings

Female

Tiptoft, Jane ( - 1494)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Cecily (1425 - 1450)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1449-4-3
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage license date
  2. Greyndour, Elizabeth (1420 - 1452)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1451-6-10
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Hopton, Elizabeth ( - 1498)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1467-9
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Hopton, Elizabeth ( - 1498)

  1. Male offspring: Tiptoft, Edward (1469 - 1485)

Primary Title

4th Earl of Worcester

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Tiptoft
    Assumed 1442/3-01-27
    Vacated 1470-10-18
  • 4th Earl of Worcester
    Assumed 1449-07-01 (possibly created to title on 16 July 1449)
    Vacated 1470-10-18

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441-10-17 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441-10-17 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441-10-17 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441-10-17 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1441-10-17 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1442-7-7 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1442-7-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1451-1-27 1452-09-8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1451-10-22 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1451-6-26 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1451-5-20 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1451-11-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1451-5-20 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1451-5-20 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1451-5-20 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1451-11-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1452-7-30 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1452-9-28 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1452-1-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1452-7-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1452-1-8 n.d.
Treasurer of England, England 1452-4-15 1454/5-03-15
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1453-8-19 n.d. Location unidentified: Possibly Burnham, Kent or Brockhampton, Dorset
Privy Councillor, England 1453-12-6 (possibly held office before this date) n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1454-4-22 n.d.
Keeper of the Sea, England 1454-4-3 1455-07-30 Held jointly
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1455-4-30 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1455-2-12 1456-11-29
JP, Cambridgeshire 1455-3-6 1466-02-16
Deputy, Ireland 1456 1457
Ambassador to Pope Calixtus III, England 1457-8-5 n.d. Held jointly
JP, Worcestershire 1458-7-8 n.d.
Ambassador to Pope Pius II, England 1459-5-16 n.d. Held jointly
Constable, Gloucestershire 1459 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1459-1-25 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459-7-11 1462-01-7
Warden, Cornwall 1459 n.d.
Chief Justice, North Wales 1461-11-25 1467-08-28 Originally appointed for life
Constable, London 1461-12-2 1470-10-15 (date arrested for treason) For life; re-appointed jointly 18 Feb. 1467/8
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1461-7-10 n.d.
Constable of England, England 1461/2-2-7 1467-08-24
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1462-6-14 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1462-2-3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1462-11-21 n.d.
Constable, Hampshire 1462-8-28 1467-11-19
Treasurer of England, England 1462-4-14 1463-06-24
Steward of the Household, England after 1462/3-1-9 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1463-2-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1463-2-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1463-6-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1463-6-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1463-2-8 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1463-5-20 1468-01-10
Keeper of the Sea, England 1463-8-5 n.d. Held jointly.
Chancellor, Ireland 1463/4-1-31 1468 Originally appointed for life.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1464-3-27 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1464-1-25 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1464-1-25 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1464-6-8 1466-05-16
JP, Huntingdonshire 1464-11-11 1466-07-25
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465-11-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465-11-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1466-7-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1466-7-18 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1466-2-20 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1466-2-20 1469-01-4
JP, Somerset 1466-2-20 1466-11-15
Deputy Lieut, Ireland 1467-9 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1468-2-16 1469-07-8
JP, Cambridgeshire 1468-11-18 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1468-10-27 1469-11-15
JP, Warwickshire 1468-1-3 1469-05-8
JP, Worcestershire 1469-11-27 n.d.
Constable of England, England 1469/70-3-14 1470-10-18 (date arrested for treason) For life
Lieut, Ireland 1469/70-3-23 1470-10-15 (date arrested for treason)
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1470-4-30 1470-10-15 (date of arrest for treason) For life
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1470-6-2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470-7-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470-7-11 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1470-4-30 n.d.
Treasurer of England, England 1470-7-10 1470-10-15 (date arrested for treason)

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Shropshire
  • Sussex
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1466-1467 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Worcester's Minstrel/s
Performance 1466-1467 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Worcester's Minstrels
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Treasurer of England's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Worcester's Minstrel/s Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Worcester's Minstrels Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Treasurer of England's Entertainers Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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)