Puckering, John (1543/4 - 1596)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1544

Death Date: 1596-04-30

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

	Began	Ended	Notes
Counsel to St. Albans Town, Hertfordshire		date resigned
Under-Treasurer, Lincoln's Inn, London	1569
Governor, Lincoln's Inn, London	1575
JP, Hertfordshire	1575/6	1577
Council Member, Marches of Wales	1577
Justice, Carmarthen Circuit, Wales	1577 -9 -7	1578
Chief Justice, Carmarthen Circuit, Wales	1578 -9 -15		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		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
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex	1586
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent	1586
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey	1586	1586/7
JP, Sussex	1586	1586/7
JP, Surrey	1586	1586/7
MP, Surrey	1586	1587 -03 -23
Speaker, House of Commons, England	1586
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hertfordshire	1586/7
JP, Essex	1586/7
JP, Hertfordshire	1586/7
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex	1587
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
Recorder, Warwickshire	1590
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

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

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: 1583
Warwickshire: Tachbrook Manor, et al.
Acquired: 1554

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

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

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