DAGWORTH, Sir Nicholas (d.1402), of Blickling, Norf.

Family and Education

prob. yr. s. of Nicholas Dagworth (d.1351) of Dagworth, Suff. and Bradwell, Essex, and nephew of Thomas, Lord Dagworth.In some accounts (e.g. CP, iv. 27-31; Norf. Arch. xxxiv. 111-18), he is given as s. of Thomas, Lord Dagworth, by a marriage supposedly contracted before Dagworth’s match with the countess of Ormond, but there is no evidence to support this assumption. m. bef. July 1395, Eleanor (c.1377-28 Dec. 1432), er. da. of Sir Walter Rossall of Rossall nr. Shrewsbury, Salop, and Hunmanby, Yorks. by his w. Beatrice, and event. coh. of her bro. Sir John Rossall (d.1403), wid. of John Inglefield, s.p. Kntd. bef. Dec. 1365.

Offices Held

Capt. of Flavigny, Burgundy 1359-c. Mar. 1360.

Constable of Norham castle and steward, sheriff, escheator and c.j. of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire and Islandshire, Northumb. by appointment of Bp. Hatfield of Durham, 1370-July 1373.DKR, xxxii. 273; CPR, 1381–5, p. 12; Arch. Aeliana (ser. 4), xxi. 81.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Ire. Nov. 1376, Oct. 1377; to survey castles and fortifications in the marches of Calais Nov. 1388;C76/73 m. 7. of inquiry, Norf. Dec. 1392, Feb. 1393 (homicide); to determine an appeal against a judgement in the constable’s ct. Dec. 1394.

Surveyor of crown lands, Ire. 22 Dec. 1376, 7 Oct. 377-Nov. 1378.

Ambassador to treat with Pope Urbam VI, with Wladislas, King of the Romans, and with rulers of Italian states 22 May 1381 – 5 Aug. 1382; with Charles of Durazzo, King of Naples 15 Apr. 1382; in Rome 7 May 1385 – 24 Mar. 1387; in France and Flanders 12 Dec. 1388 – 13 July 1389; in Scorland 14 July – 12 Sept. 1389, 30 Dec. 1389–7 Feb. 1390.

Parlimentarian

DAGWORTH, Sir Nicholas (d.1402), of Blickling, Norf.

Main residence: Blickling, Norf.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

DAGWORTH, Sir Nicholas (-d.1402)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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