Family and Education
b. c.1358, s. and h. of Sir Ralph Bagot (d. by 1376) of Blithfield and Bagots Bromley by Elizabeth Blithfield; prob. half-bro. of Sir William Bagot. m. by c.1388, Beatrice, da. of Sir Anketin Mallory (d.1393) of Kirkby Mallory, Leics. by Alice (d.1412), da. of John Dryby of Breedon and wid. of Ralph, Lord Basset of Sapcote (d.1378), 1s. Kntd. by Mich. 1379.Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiii, 130, 155; Lincoln Rec. Soc. lviii. 275; J. Nichols, Leics. iv. 761-2; CP, ii. 7-8. The date of Bagot’s marriage is not known, but his son, Richard, was of age by 1409, when a settlement of property was made upon him (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. xi. 43, 54, 117).
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Staffs. July, Nov. 1384, Derbys., Leics., Staffs. July 1394, Staffs. July 1394, Suss. Dec. 1413 (theft of merchandise bound for Calais), Staffs. July 1419 (concealments); array Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, Mar. 1419; to suppress treasonous rumours May 1402; of arrest, Staffs., Salop May 1407; to raise a royal loan, Staffs. Nov. 1409, Jan. 1420, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431.

Controller of a tax, Staffs. Mar. 1404.

J.p. Staffs. 8 Feb. 1406 – Feb. 1407, 4 Dec. 1417 – d.

Escheator, Staffs. 9 Nov. 1406–2 Nov. 1407.

Dep. capt. of Calais for Sir Thomas Beaufort, 20 June 1408–9.W. Bagot, Mems. Bagot Fam. app. E, p. viii.

Ambassador to treat for a truce with the duke of Burgundy 30 May 1409, 29 Nov. 1410.PPC, ii. 5, 353. Bagot was also commissioned to plead the case of the bishop of Rochester, who, in March 1410, was suing the duke of Burgundy for wrongful arrest (Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. n.s. xi. 38).

Sheriff, Staffs. 6 Nov. 1413 – 10 Nov. 1414, 15 Jan.-12 Dec. 1426.

Main residences: Blithfield; Bagots Bromley, Staffs.
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Commons 1386-1421
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BAGOT, Sir John (c.1358-c.1437)

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