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Fiennes, Roger (1384 - 1449)

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Born / Died

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

Notes

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

Parents

Siblings

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1412-11
    Vacated: 1449-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Sussex 1416 1419
MP, Sussex 1416
Keeper, Hampshire 1421 -4 -3 1449 -11 Held office until death
Sheriff, Sussex 1422/3 -2 -14 1423 -11 -13
Sheriff, Surrey 1422/3 -2 -14 1423 -11 -13
JP, Sussex 1424 1449
MP, Sussex 1429
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1430
Sheriff, Sussex 1434 -11 -3 1435 -11 -7
Sheriff, Surrey 1434 -11 -3 1435 -11 -7
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1435 1437
JP, Surrey 1436 1437
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1437
MP, Sussex 1439
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, Somerset 1442 1449
JP, Cambridgeshire 1442 1449
JP, Suffolk 1442 1449
MP, Sussex 1442
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1443
JP, Kent 1443 1449
JP, Hertfordshire 1443 1449
JP, Cornwall 1443 1449
JP, Norfolk 1444 1448
MP, Sussex 1445
JP, Surrey 1448 1449

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 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. 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