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Zouche, John la (1459 - 1525/6)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1459
Death Date: 1526-03

Notes

Marriage and custody of lands granted to Richard Wydevill, 1st Earl Rivers, 1 Sept. 1468. Attainted as supporter of Richard III 7 Nov. 1485; attainder reversed 1489; restored in blood & honours between Oct. and Dec. 1495

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1487-2-26
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 7th Baron Zouche (of Haryngworth)

Titles

  • 7th Baron Zouche (of Haryngworth)
    Assumed: 1467/8-01-15
    Vacated: 1485-11-07 (date attainted)
  • 7th Baron Zouche (of Haryngworth)
    Assumed: 1495-12 (restored to title between Oct. 1495 and this date)
    Vacated: 1525/6-03

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 28 July 1480; wife Joan had licence to enter her portion of her brother's lands 25 Sept. 1501

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Leicestershire 1480/1 1485
JP, Wiltshire 1480/1
JP, Somerset 1480/1 1484
JP, Devon 1481 1484
JP, Dorset 1481 1483
JP, Northamptonshire 1481 1483
JP, Rutland 1481
JP, Rutland 1483
JP, Wiltshire 1483
JP, Devon 1512 1514

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Harringworth, Northamptonshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Leicestershire: Bushby & Thurnby Manors
    Divested: 1485-11-07
    Date of attainder; granted to Giles Daubeney (d. 1508)
  • Somerset: Bridgwater, Stoke Holloway, Wincanton
    Divested: 1485-11-07
    Date of attainder; granted to Giles Daubeney (d. 1508)
  • Somerset: Castle Cary Manor
    Divested: 1485-11-07
    Patrimony; date attainted
  • Somerset: Pitcombe Manor
    Divested: 1485-11-07
    Date of attainder

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Zouche's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Zouche's Performers Zouche, John la (1459 - 1526) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • 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
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]
  • Richardson, Miranda. An Archaeological Assessment of Castle Cary. Taunton: Somerset County Council, 2003
  • The Victoria History of the County of Leicester. 5 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1907--