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Woodstock, Thomas of (1354/5 - 1397)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1355-01-07
Death Date: 1397-09-09 (possibly died 8 Sept. 1397)

Notes

Imprisoned 10 July 1397

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Bohun, Eleanor de (1366 - 1399)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

Female

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Duke of Gloucester

Titles

  • 4th Earl of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1377-07-16
    Vacated: 1397-09-09
  • 13th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1380-10-26
    Vacated: 1397-09-09
  • 1st Duke of Gloucester
    Assumed: 1385-08-06
    Vacated: 1397-09-09

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Guardian of the Kingdom, England 1355 -7 1360 -05 Held office during Edward II's absence
JP, Essex 1376
JP, Gloucestershire 1376
JP, Herefordshire 1376
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1377
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377 -5 -24
Keeper, Monmouthshire 1377 -5 -24
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1377 -5 -24
Keeper, Brecknockshire 1377 -5 -24
Chief Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1381
Commissioner, Essex 1381 Appointed to various comissions
Commissioner, Gloucestershire 1381 Appointed to various commissions
Commissioner, Herefordshire 1381 Appointed ot various commissions
JP, Herefordshire 1385
JP, Essex 1386 1387
Justice, Cheshire 1388 -6 -8 1394 -03 -30
Justice, North Wales 1388 -6 -8 1394 -03 -30
Constable, Gloucestershire 1388/9 -2 -14 1397 -09 -9 For life, but imprisoned 10 July 1397
JP, Essex 1390
Sheriff, Rutland 1390 -5 -6
Lieut, Ireland 1392 -4 -29 1392 -07 -23 date patent cancelled Did not go to Ireland
JP, Herefordshire 1394
JP, Gloucestershire 1394
JP, Essex 1394

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Pleshey, Essex

Lands

  • Essex
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Essex: High Easter & Pleshey Manors
    Acquired: 1376
    Acquired via wife
  • Gloucestershire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: St Briavel's Castle
    Acquired: 1384-05-17
    Granted
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Norfolk
    Acquired: 1386
  • Norfolk: Castle Rising
    Acquired: 1386-05-17
    Granted
  • Oxfordshire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Rutland
    Acquired: 1390
  • Wiltshire
    Acquired: 1390
  • Wiltshire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Yorkshire: East Riding
    Acquired: 1390

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance - Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex Earl of Buckingham's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s Woodstock, Thomas of (1355 - 1397) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Woodstock, Thomas of (1355 - 1397) 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.