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Fiennes, William (1428 - 1471)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1428
Death Date: 1471-04-14

Notes

Fled to the Low Countries with Edward IV; returned to England with Edward IV and slain at the Battle of Barnet

Parents

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Saye and Sele

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Saye and Sele
    Assumed: 1450
    Vacated: 1471-04-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1452
Privy Councillor, England 1453/4 -3
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1456 1457
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1456 1457
JP, Oxfordshire 1456 1458
JP, Kent 1460 1469
Constable, Southampton 1461 -6 -13 1462 -08 -28 For life; the position was regranted on 20 Jan. 1461/2, but Fiennes surrendered the office, the grant was cancelled, and the office granted to John Tiptoft, 4th Earl of Worcester
Keeper, Southampton 1461 -7 -14 1466/7 -02 -26 For life; surrendered and office granted to William Fitz Alan, 21st Earl of Arundel
Keeper, Southampton 1461 -7 -14 1471 -04 -14
JP, Southampton 1463 (possibly appointed in this year or 1464) 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1560

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
    Acquired via marriage
  • Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Hampshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Fiennes' Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Fiennes' Minstrel/s Fiennes, William (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Herstmonceux Castle Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • 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