John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft

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John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft (died 27 January 1443) was a Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Somerset, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Household, Chief Butler of England, Treasurer of the Exchequer and Seneschal of Landes and Aquitaine.

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Early life

This English nobleman was the eldest son and heir of Sir Pain Tiptoft (died c. 1413) by his spouse, Agnes, née Wrothe (d. bef. 1413). He was Lord of the Manors of Burwell and Eversden, in Cambridgeshire. In 1413, he was heir to his first cousin, Elizabeth Wrothe, wife of Sir William Palton, Kt., by which he inherited the manors of Nether Wallop, Hampshire, Worcesters (in Enfield), Middlesex, and Redlynch (in Downton, Wiltshire).

Through his father, he is a descendant of Charlemagne.

Career

He was knighted in 1399. He was returned to Parliament as knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire in January and October, 1404 and again in 1406, when he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons. He represented Somerset in 1414.

He was appointed Treasurer of the Household (1406–1408), Chief Butler of England in 1407, Treasurer of the Exchequer (1408–1409), Seneschal of Aquitaine (1415–1423), Councillor of Regency to Henry VI (1422–1443) and Lord Steward of the Household (1426–1432).

On 7 January 1426 he was summoned to the House of Lords whereby he was created Baron Tiptoft.

Marriage and progeny

John Tiptoft married twice, leaving progeny by his 2nd marriage only:

Death and burial

Sir John, 1st Lord Tiptoft, was buried at Enfield in Middlesex, early in February 1443.

Joice Lady Tiptoft buried in St. Andrews Church, Enfield Town 1446c (deceased wife of Sir John, 1st Lord Tiptoft) [5]

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Notes

  1. As for example quartered by the Barons Scrope of Bolton, (the 2nd baron (d. 1403) married one of the co-heiresses of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Baron Tibetot (d. 1372)) to be seen in quarterings of John Wyndham (1558–1645), Watchet Church, Somerset
  2. Royal licence required for marriages of heiress and widows of a tenant-in-chief
  3. Ward, J.S.M. (1912). Brasses. p. 27. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. Lee 1920, p. 90.
  5. Kellys 1899 Directory for Middlesex pg.640

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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the House of Commons
1405–1406
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord High Treasurer
1408–1410
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Butler of England
1434–1443
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Tiptoft
1426–1443
Succeeded by