Puckering, John (1543/4 - 1596)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 11
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1544
Death Date: 1596-04-30

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Educated Lincoln's Inn 10 April 1559; called to the bar 1567

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Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1592-05-28
    Vacated 1596-04-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Counsel to St. Albans Town, Hertfordshire n.d. (date resigned)
Under-Treasurer, Lincoln's Inn, London 1569 n.d.
Governor, Lincoln's Inn, London By 1575 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1575/6 1577
Council Member, Marches of Wales After 1577 n.d.
Justice, Carmarthen Circuit, Wales 1577-9-7 1578
Chief Justice, Carmarthen Circuit, Wales 1578-9-15 n.d. Held jointly with Richard Atkyns; secured letters patent to act by deputy in Wales
JP, Hertfordshire 1578/9 1585
Serjeant-at-law, England 1580-10 n.d. Named Queen's Serjeant-at-law 3 July 1585
MP, Bedfordshire 1584-11-2 1585-03-29
Speaker, House of Commons, England 1584-11-23 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1586 1586/7
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1586 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1586 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1586 1586/7
JP, Surrey 1586 1586/7
MP, Surrey 1586 1587-03-23
Speaker, House of Commons, England 1586 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hertfordshire 1586/7 n.d.
JP, Essex 1586/7 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1586/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1587 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1588/9 1591/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1588/9 1591/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1588/9 1591
JP, Surrey 1588/9 1595/6
JP, Kent 1588/9 1595/6
JP, Sussex 1588/9 1595/6
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1589 1592
JP, Essex 1589 1595
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hertfordshire 1590 1592
JP, Hertfordshire 1590 1595/6
Justice of Assize, SE Counties, England 1590 n.d.
Recorder, Warwickshire 1590 n.d.
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1592-5-28 1596-04-30
Privy Councillor, England 1592-5-28 1596-04-30
High Steward, Wiltshire 1595 1596-04-30

Details of Properties

Residence

  • York House, London (city-county)
    Official residence of the Keeper of the Great Seal; purchased lease from Robert Devereux, 19th Earl of Essex
    Acquired: by 1593-06
    Divested: 1596-04-30
  • Kew, Surrey
  • Priory Park, Warwickshire
    Alias St. Sepulchre's Priory or The Priory
    Acquired: 1582
    Divested: 1596-04-30

Lands

  • Hertfordshire: Harpenden Manor
    Acquired: 1579-12-23
    Held jointly with John Mauchell
  • Hertfordshire: St Michael & Sandridge Manors
    Acquired: 1579-12-01
    Alienated from John Mauchell; held jointly with John Mauchell from 23 Dec. 1579
  • Hertfordshire: Weston Manor
    Acquired: 1593
  • Lincolnshire
  • Surrey: Oxted Manor
    Acquired: 1582-06-26
    Alienated from William Burgh
  • Warwickshire: St Michael's Piece
    Acquired: after 1583
  • Warwickshire: Tachbrook Manor, et al.
    Acquired: 1554

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1591-1592 Guildhall, Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire Mr Puckering's Jester

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Puckering's Jester Puckering, John (1544 - 1596) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Acts of the Privy Council of England [1542–1631]. ns. 46 vols. London: HMSO, 1890–1964.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547–1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856–72.
Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Essex Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1978.
Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Hertfordshire Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1975.
Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Kent Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1979.
Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Surrey Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1980.
Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Sussex Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1975.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Warwick. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable & Co. [vols 1-–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3-–8], 1904–8 [vols 1–2]; 1945–69 [vols 3–8].