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Byron, John (1599 - 1652)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1599
Death Date: 1652-08-13

Notes

Admitted as fellow-commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge University 1615; MA 1618. In exile 4 June 1646

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. West, Cecilia ( - 1637/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Needham, Eleanor (1626 - 1664)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1644
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • Knight of the Bath

Titles

  • 1st Baron Byron of Rochdale
    Assumed: 1643-10-24
    Vacated: 1652-08-13
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed: 1525/6-02
    Vacated: 1652-08-13

General Lands Note

Most Lancashire properties had been sold by father, including Clayton Hall (in 1621)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Governor, Cheshire -02 -6
MP, Nottinghamshire 1624 1625
MP, Nottinghamshire 1626
MP, Nottinghamshire 1628 1629
Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1634 -11 -5
Lieut, London 1641 -12 -26 1641/2 -02 -11 date resignation accepted by the King
Colonel, Regiment of Horse, England 1642 -7 -24 Regiment part of the Royalist Army
Field Marshal, Cheshire 1643 -12 -19
Field Marshal, Lancashire 1643 -12 -19 Accepeted a field command to reconquer Lancashire on 7 Nov. 1643
Field Marshal, North Wales 1643 -12 -19
Governor, Cheshire 1644 -7 -25 (confirmed by the King April 1645) 1645/6 -02 -2 date surrendered to parliamentary forces
Superintendant, Duke of York's Household, England 1651 -4 -30 1652 -08 -13 In exile

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire

Lands

  • Lancashire: Rochdale
    Acquired: 1638
    Divested: 1652-08-13
    Purchased
  • Nottinghamshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Sir John Byron's Musician/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Byron's Musician/s Byron, John (1599 - 1652) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906--14