Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Plantagenet

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1341-06-05
Death Date: 1402-08-01

Siblings

Male

Woodstock, Edward of (1330 - 1376) (patron)
Antwerp, Lionel of (1338 - 1368) (patron)
Gaunt, John of (1340 - 1398/9) (patron)
Woodstock, Thomas of (1354/5 - 1397) (patron)

Female

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Castile, Isabel of (1355 - 1392)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1372-7-11
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1393
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Castile, Isabel of (1355 - 1392)

  1. Male offspring: Conisburgh, Richard of (1385 - 1415) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Plantagenet, Constance (1375 - 1416)

Primary Title

2nd Earl of Cambridge

Titles

  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1361-04
    Vacated 1402-08-01
  • 2nd Earl of Cambridge
    Assumed 1362-11-13
    Vacated 1402-08-01
  • 1st Duke of York
    Assumed 1385-08-06
    Vacated 1402-08-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Kent 1376-6-12 1380/1-02-1
Warden, Kent 1376-6-12 1380/1-02-1 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1377 1378
JP, Kent 1377 1380
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1380 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1386 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1386-11-19 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1392 n.d.
Guardian of the Realm, England 1394-9-29 1395-05-11 (possibly relinquished office 7 May 1395)
Guardian of the Realm, England 1396-8-6 1396-08-22
Guardian of the Realm, England 1396-9-27 1396-11-16 (possibly relinquished office 11 Nov. 1396)
Steward of England, England 1398/9-3-20 1402-08-1
Guardian of the Realm, England 1399-5-29 1399-07-31 (possibly relinquished office 19 July 1399)
JP, Essex 1399 1402
Master of the Falcons and Keeper of the Mews, England 1399-10-10 1402-08-1

Lands

  • Essex
  • London (city-county)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1376-1377 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Cambridge's Entertainers
Performance 1375-1376 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Cambridge's Minstrels
Performance 1380-1380 Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth , Warwickshire Earl of Cambridge's Minstrels
Performance 1381-1381 Leicester Castle, Leicester Castle , Leicestershire Earl of Cambridge's Minstrels
Performance 1381-1381 , Earl of Cambridge's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Cambridge's Entertainers Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Cambridge's Minstrels Langley, Edmund of (1341 - 1402) Entertainers/Minstrels 4

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)