Woodstock, Thomas of (1354/5 - 1397)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 13
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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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

Siblings

Male

Woodstock, Edward of (1330 - 1376) (patron)
Antwerp, Lionel of (1338 - 1368) (patron)
Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1398/9) (patron)
Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402) (patron)

Female

Woodstock, Isabella of (1332 - 1379) (patron)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Bohun, Eleanor de (1366 - 1399)

  1. Female offspring: Woodstock, Anne of (1382 - 1438) (patron)

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, Herefordshire 1376 n.d.
JP, Essex 1376 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1376 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1377 n.d.
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377-5-24 n.d.
Keeper, Brecknockshire 1377-5-24 n.d.
Keeper, Huntingdonshire 1377-5-24 n.d.
Keeper, Monmouthshire 1377-5-24 n.d.
Chief Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1381 n.d.
Commissioner, Gloucestershire 1381 n.d. Appointed to various commissions
Commissioner, Herefordshire 1381 n.d. Appointed ot various commissions
Commissioner, Essex 1381 n.d. Appointed to various comissions
JP, Herefordshire 1385 n.d.
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 n.d.
Sheriff, Rutland 1390-5-6 n.d.
Lieut, Ireland 1392-4-29 1392-07-23 (date patent cancelled) Did not go to Ireland
JP, Essex 1394 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1394 n.d.

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: after 1386
  • Norfolk: Castle Rising
    Acquired: 1386-05-17
    Granted
  • Oxfordshire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Rutland
    Acquired: after 1390
  • Wiltshire
    Acquired: after 1390
  • Wiltshire
    Acquired: 1374-04-03
    Granted
  • Yorkshire: East Riding
    Acquired: after 1390

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1393-1394 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Duke of Gloucester's Minstrel/s
Performance 1381-1382 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)