Fiennes, Roger (1384 - 1449)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1384-09-14
Death Date: 1449-10 (possibly died Sept. 1449)

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Royal ward under guardianship of Sir John Pelham, 1402--7. Campaigning in France 1412, 1415, 1417--Feb. 1420/1, June 1421-2, June--Nov. 1425, April 1430-2

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Before 1412-11
    Vacated 1449-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Sussex 1416 1419
MP, Sussex 1416 n.d.
Keeper, Hampshire 1421-4-3 1449-11 Held office until death
Sheriff, Surrey 1422/3-2-14 1423-11-13
Sheriff, Sussex 1422/3-2-14 1423-11-13
JP, Sussex 1424 1449
MP, Sussex 1429 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1430 n.d.
Sheriff, Surrey 1434-11-3 1435-11-7
Sheriff, Sussex 1434-11-3 1435-11-7
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1435 1437
JP, Surrey 1436 1437
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1437 n.d.
MP, Sussex 1439 n.d.
Treasurer of the Household, England 1439-4-9 1446-11-12
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1441-6-12 1447-12-11 Office purview included Duchy lands in Wales
JP, Cambridgeshire 1442 1449
JP, Somerset 1442 1449
JP, Suffolk 1442 1449
MP, Sussex 1442 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1443 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1443 1449
JP, Kent 1443 1449
JP, Cornwall 1443 1449
JP, Norfolk 1444 1448
MP, Sussex 1445 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1448 1449

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Essex
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Oxfordshire
  • Sussex: Hoo and Preston Manors
    Acquired: 1440-03-26
    Granted

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1416-1417 Abbot's House, Robertsbridge, Robertsbridge Abbey , Sussex Sir Roger Fiennes' Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Roger Fiennes' Minstrel/s Fiennes, Roger (1384 - 1449) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Herstmonceux Castle Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.