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Ashton, Robert de ( - 1383/4)

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1384-01-05

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1364-10-10
    Vacated: 1383/4-01-05

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chancellor, Ireland 1364 -10 -24 1366/7 -02 -20
Admiral, Western Fleet, England 1369 -4 -28 1369 -06 -11
Admiral, Western Fleet, England 1371 -10 -6 1371/2 -03 -6
Chief Governor, Ireland 1372 -4 -28 1373 -09 -20
Treasurer of the King's Household, England 1375 -9 -26 1376/7 -01 -11
King's Chamberlain, England 1376/7 -1 -11 1377 -06 -21
Constable, Kent 1380/1 -2 -1 1383/4 -01 -5
Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1380/1 -2 -1 1383/4 -01 -5 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1381
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1382
JP, Kent 1382 1383

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Abbot's Hall, Boxley, near Maidstone, Kent Sir Robert de Ashton's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Sir Robert de Ashton's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Robert de Ashton's Minstrels Ashton, Robert de (0 - 1384) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Robert de Ashton's Minstrels Ashton, Robert de (0 - 1384) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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