Kemp, John (1380/1 - 1453/4)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1381
Death Date: 1454-03-22

Notes

Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University 1395--1407 (Senior Bursar 1403-4). Ordained subdeacon 14 April 1403; priested 21 May 1407. Doctor of civil law by 1413. On embassy to treat with Aragon 8 Sept. 1415--13 June 1416. Appointed to exercise the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury in France 20 July 1417

Parents

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bishop, -2-28 (date translated by Papal provision) -11-17 Temporalities restored 21 Aug. 1421
Rector, Kent n.d. n.d.
Rector, London 1407-5-21 n.d.
Examiner-general, Court of Arches, Province of Canterbury 1412/13-1-30 by 1414-06
Dean, Court of Arches, Province of Canterbury by 1413/14-2-21 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Court of Admiralty, Kent 1414 1416 Also appointed 4 more times before 1425
Vicar-general to Archbishop Chichele, Province of Canterbury 1415 n.d.
Archdeacon, Durham Diocese 1417-10-13 (date collated) n.d.
Chancellor, France 1417 1422-09
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1418-10-3 1421-10-25
Bishop, Rochester Diocese 1419-6-26 (date provided to the diocese by the Pope) 1420/1-02-28 Temporalities restored 27 July 1419; consecrated (at Rouen) 3 Dec. 1419
Bishop, London Diocese 1421-11-17 (date translated) 1425-07-20 Spiritualities received 22 May 1422; temporalities restored 20 June 1422; enthroned 26 Oct. 1422
King's Councillor, England 1422 1453/4-03-22
Archbishop, Province of York 1425-7-20 (date translated) 1452-07-21 Temporalities restored 22 April 1426; enthroned 1 Sept. 1426
Chancellor of England, England 1425/6-3-18 1431/2-02-25
JP, Kent 1436 1453/4
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7 1451
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1451
JP, Gloucestershire 1437 1439
Cardinal, England 1439-12-18 1453/4-03-22 Cardinal-Priest of St Balbina; appointed Cardinal-Bishop of St Ruffina 21 July 1452
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439 1451
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1441/2 1452
JP, Middlesex 1445 1449
Chancellor of England, England 1449/50-1-31 1453/4-03-22
Commissioner of Oyer & Terminer, Kent 1450 n.d.
Archbishop, Province of Canterbury 1452-6-28 (date elected) 1453/4-03-22 Translated 21 July 1452; temporalities restored 6 Sept. 1462; enthroned 11 Dec. 1452
JP, Sussex 1453 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • York Place, (city) in Middlesex
    Residence of the Archbishop of York; later known as Whitehall
    Acquired: 1425
    Divested: 1452
  • Archbishop's Palace, Kent
    Acquired: 1452
    Divested: 1453/4
  • Lambeth Palace, Surrey
    Residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury
    Acquired: 1452
    Divested: 1453/4

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1453-1453 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Minstrel
Performance 1453-1454 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Minstrel/s
Performance 1447-1447 Chartham Manor, near Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance 1447-1447 Chartham Manor, near Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Harper
Performance 1444-1445 Eastry Manor, near Sandwich , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1444-1445 Eastry Manor, near Sandwich , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1445-1446 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel
Performance 1438-1439 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1438-1439 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1439-1440 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1444-1446 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1445-1446 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1447 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Cardinal's Minstrels
Performance 1453-1453 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Chancellor's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Minstrel Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Minstrel/s Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Cardinal's Harper Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Musicians 2
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Cardinal's Minstrel/s Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 5
Lord Cardinal's Minstrels Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chancellor's Minstrel Kemp, John (1381 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. 1716. 12 vols. London: Athlone Press, 1962–7.
Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. 12 vols. London: U of London Institute for Historical Research, 1969–.
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, 1983.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)