Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE New Parliamentary Peerage Creations, 1330–77: the Sources and Uses of Royal Patronage
- PART TWO The Impact and Rationale of Edward III's Patronage
- Appendices
- 1 The definition of ‘new men’ and other limitations on this study
- 2 Careers of major players
- 3 Escheats, expectancies and forfeitures
- 4 Marriage rights and arrangements
- 5 Wardships and custodies
- 6 Annuities
- 7 Principal geographical interests of new men
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Careers of major players
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE New Parliamentary Peerage Creations, 1330–77: the Sources and Uses of Royal Patronage
- PART TWO The Impact and Rationale of Edward III's Patronage
- Appendices
- 1 The definition of ‘new men’ and other limitations on this study
- 2 Careers of major players
- 3 Escheats, expectancies and forfeitures
- 4 Marriage rights and arrangements
- 5 Wardships and custodies
- 6 Annuities
- 7 Principal geographical interests of new men
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Sources: A Perfect Copy of All Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of the Realm; The Complete Peerage; Dictionary of National Biography; Handbook of British Chronology; Calendars of: Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Fine Rolls.
Only major offices are listed, namely those of the level of sheriff or above. Date in brackets indicates the year(s) in which the appointment was made.
Established Nobility
Beauchamp, Thomas (Earl of Warwick – 1329) d.1369
Captain of the Army against the Scots (1337); Warden of the March of Scotland (1337); Keeper of Southampton (1339); Marshal of England (1344); Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire (1344); Admiral of the Western Fleet (1353); Constable of the Army (1355)
Berkeley, Thomas (summoned 1329–60) d.1361
Chief Warden of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford (1336); Sheriff of Gloucestershire (1338); Marshal of the English Army in France (1340); Captain of the Scottish Marches (1342); Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre South of Trent (1345)
Burghersh, Bartholomew (I) (summoned 1330–54) d.1355
Captain and Admiral of the Western Fleet (1337); Constable of Dover Castle/Warden of the Cinque Ports (1343, 1346); Chamberlain of the Royal Household (1355); Constable of the Tower of London (1355)
Dacre, Randolf (I) (summoned 1321–38) d.1339
Sheriff of Cumberland (1330); Keeper of the Castle of Carlisle (1330); Warden of the March of Cumberland (1333); Warden of the Marches of Cumberland and Westmoreland (1334, 1336)
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- Edward III and the English PeerageRoyal Patronage, Social Mobility and Political Control in Fourteenth-Century England, pp. 167 - 169Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2004