Sir John Cavendish (c. 1346 – 15 June 1381) was an English judge and politician from
Cavendish, Suffolk
Cavendish is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Stour, Suffolk, Stour Valley in Suffolk, England.
History
It is believed that Cavendish is called so because a man called Cafa once owned an ''eddish'' (pasture ...
, England. He and the village gave the name
Cavendish
Cavendish may refer to:
People
* The House of Cavendish, a British aristocratic family
* Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), British poet, philosopher, and scientist
* Cavendish (author) (1831–1899), pen name of Henry Jones, English auth ...
to the aristocratic families of the Dukedoms of
Devonshire
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,
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
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*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
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and
Portland
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.
Biography
John Cavendish was descended from the
Norman
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Robert de Guernon, who lived during the reign of
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the No ...
and who gave a large amount of property to the Abbey of
Gloucester
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. Robert's son, Roger de Gernon, of Grimston Hall, in
Trimley St Martin
Trimley St. Martin is a parish and village that lies between the rivers Orwell and the Deben, on the long narrow tongue of land from Ipswich to Felixstowe referred to as the Colneis Hundred.
The village, and its neighbour Trimley St. Mary, are ...
,
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
, married the heiress of John Potton of Cavendish and obtained a landed estate in the lordship and manor of Cavendish. In consequence, his four sons exchanged their father's name for that of the estate each inherited. Until about 1500 this family are recorded as Gernon ''alias'' Cavendish.
Sir John Cavendish married Alice de Odingsells, became a lawyer and was appointed as a
Justice of the Common Pleas
Justice of the Common Pleas was a puisne judicial position within the Court of Common Pleas of England and Wales, under the Chief Justice. The Common Pleas was the primary court of common law within England and Wales, dealing with "common" pleas ...
in 1371 and
Chief Justice of the King's Bench
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* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
in 1372.
![Peasants' Revolt (death of Wat Tyler)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Peasants%27_Revolt_%28death_of_Wat_Tyler%29.jpg)
On 15 June 1381, he was murdered by rebels during the
Peasants' Revolt
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black ...
at
Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – ...
.
Notes
External links
Stirnet: GZmisc01(shows Cavendish's place in the de Gernon family)
Stirnet: Cavendish01 (shows Cavendish as the patriarch of the Cavendish family)
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1340s births
1381 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
John Cavendish
Sir John Cavendish (c. 1346 – 15 June 1381) was an English judge and politician from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. He and the village gave the name Cavendish to the aristocratic families of the Dukedoms of Devonshire, Newcastle Newcastle us ...
Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
Justices of the Common Pleas
Lord chief justices of England and Wales
People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury
Knights Bachelor