Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 53
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 155
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 11
Bibliographic Sources - 12
Legend

patron legend

Base layers

Data layers

Tag this record 

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1532-06-24 (possibly born 24 June 1533)
Death Date: 1588-09-04

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 26 July 1553 for supporting Lady Jane Grey; condemned 23 Jan. 1553/4; attainted 1554; probably released from the Tower 18 Oct. 1554; pardoned 22 Jan. 1554/5; restored in blood 7 March 1557/8; attainder reversed 1571

Siblings

Male

Dudley, John (1527 - 1554)
Dudley, Ambrose (1528 - 1589/90) (patron)
Dudley, Henry (1531 - 1557)
Dudley, Guildford (1535 - 1553/4)

Female

Dudley, Mary (1530 - 1586)
Dudley, Katherine (1538 - 1620)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Robsart, Amy (1532 - 1560)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1549-6-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: ODNB gives 4 June 1550 as the date of marriage
  2. Howard, Douglas (1542 - 1608)
    Type: other
    Union began: 1573
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Sheffield's involvement with Leicester possibly began as an affair during the 1570s; however Sheffield claimed a private marriage occurred at Leicester's house at Esher, Surrey between 11 Nov. and 25 Dec. of this year
  3. Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1578-9-21
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Private wedding ceremony possibly occurred as early as 1576

Offspring

From Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634)

  1. Male offspring: Dudley, Robert (1581 - 1584)

From Howard, Douglas (1542 - 1608)

  1. Male offspring: Dudley, Robert (1574 - 1649)

Primary Title

14th Earl of Leicester
Lord Robert Dudley

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1550
    Vacated 1588-09-04
  • Lord Robert Dudley
    Assumed By 1551
    Vacated 1564
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1559-04-24 (date nominated; installed 3 June 1559)
  • 1st Baron Denbigh
    Assumed 1564-09-28
    Vacated 1588-09-04
  • 14th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed 1564-09-29
    Vacated 1588-09-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Worcestershire n.d. n.d.
High Steward, Cheshire n.d. n.d.
High Steward, Hertfordshire n.d. n.d. Possibly held this office
MP, Norfolk 1547 n.d.
Constable & Steward, Norfolk 1550-12-13 n.d. Stewardship held jointly with Sir John Robsart
Keeper, London 1552-12-27 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1552 n.d. Held jointly with father-in-law Sir John Robsart
Master of the Buckhounds, England 1552-9-29 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1553 n.d. Held jointly
MP, Norfolk 1553-3 n.d.
Master of the Horse, England 1558-11-18 (dated nominated; letters patent 11 Jan. 1558/9) ca. 1587-06 Surrendered office to step-son Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Lieut, Berkshire 1559-11-24 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Warwickshire 1559-5-10 1560 Held jointly with Sir Ambrose Cave
MP, Norfolk 1559 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1559-4-23 n.d.
Constable, Warwickshire 1561/2-2-26 (date office purchased from Sir Robert Throckmorton) n.d.
Constable, Berkshire 1561/2-2-23 1588-09-4
High Steward, Warwickshire 1561/2-2-26 (date office purchased from Sir Robert Throckmorton) n.d. Gave or sold office to brother Ambrose, Earl of Warwick
JP, Warwickshire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1561/2 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1563-9-9 n.d.
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1563-7-15 1588-09-4
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1564-12-31 1588-09-4
Constable & Master Forester, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564-11-4 n.d.
High Steward & Receiver, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564-11-4 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1564 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1564 n.d.
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1565-7-2 1588-09-4
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1565 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1566 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1567-11-20 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Warwickshire 1568 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1568/9-2-20 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1569 1570
Lord Lieut, Worcestershire 1569-11-20 1570-11-15
High Steward, Bristol 1570-4-20 1588-09-4
High Steward, Northamptonshire 1571-12-4 n.d.
Keeper, Northamptonshire 1571-12-4 n.d.
Master Forester, Northamptonshire 1571-12-4 n.d.
High Steward, Norfolk 1572-6-10 1588-09-4
High Steward, Norfolk 1572-6-18 1588-09-4
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Warwickshire ca. 1573 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Denbighshire ca. 1573 n.d.
High Steward, Hampshire by 1574 n.d.
High Steward, Norwich 1574 1588-09-4
High Steward, Warwickshire by 1575 (reappointed 28 May 1578) n.d.
High Steward, Middlesex after 1575-7-9 n.d.
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Anglesey 1578-9-26 n.d.
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Caernarvonshire 1578-9-26 n.d.
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Merionethshire 1578-9-26 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Caernarvonshire ca. 1579 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Merionethshire ca. 1579 n.d.
High Steward, Hertfordshire after 1579 n.d.
Warden, Hampshire 1580-6-15 n.d.
Warden, Hampshire 1580-6-15 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1581-8-8 n.d.
High Recorder, Essex after 1583 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Anglesey ca. 1584 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Flintshire ca. 1584 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1584 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1584 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1584 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1584 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1584 n.d.
Chief Justice in Eyre & Warden, South of Trent 1585-11-25 1588-09-4
Lord Lieut, Essex 1585-7-3 1588-09-4
Lord Lieut, Middlesex 1585 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Hertfordshire 1585-7-3 1588-09-4
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1587 n.d.
Steward of the Household, England 1587-11-2 1588
Capt-gen & Lieut, Essex 1588-7-1 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Durham Place, (city) in Middlesex
    Acquired: ca. 1564
    Divested: 1569/70-01
  • Wanstead House, Essex
    Purchased Winter 1577--8
    Acquired: ca. 1577
  • Leicester House, London (city-county)
    Purchased.
    Acquired: 1570
  • Leicester House, London (city-county)
    Formerly called 'Paget Place.' Purchased from Thomas, 3rd Baron Paget
    Acquired: 1569/70-01
  • Kew House, Surrey
    Given to Dudley by Elizabeth; sold
    Acquired: 1558-12
    Divested: ca. 1564
  • Kenilworth Castle, Manor & Lordship, Warwickshire
    Granted
    Acquired: 1563-06-09

Lands

  • Denbighshire: Chirk Borough Lordship
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Granted
  • Denbighshire: Denbigh Castle & Lordship
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Divested: 1585
    Granted; mortgaged
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire: Cam, Slimbridge & Hinton Manors
    Acquired: 1585-07-02
    Granted a 'third part' of these manors jointly with Ambrose Dudley
  • Gloucestershire: Churcham
  • Gloucestershire: Dry Marston Manor
    Acquired: 1566-06
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Lower Court
  • Gloucestershire: Simondshall & Wotton under Edge
    Acquired: 1573-07-25
    Granted jointly with Ambrose Dudley
  • Herefordshire: Clifford Manor
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Divested: by 1567
    Granted; sold
  • Herefordshire: Ewias Lacy & Snowshill Manors
    Acquired: ca. 1563
    Divested: 1567
    Granted ca. 1563--66; sold
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire: Burton Lazars Manor
  • Lincolnshire
  • Montgomeryshire: Arwystli & Cyfeiliog Lordships
  • Norfolk: Coxford Priory Lands
    Acquired: 1550-05-24
    Divested: 1554
    Granted by father as part of marriage settlement; year attained
  • Norfolk: Hemsby Manor
    Acquired: 1552/3-02-04
    Granted by father; forfeited upon attainder 1554; restored Jan. 1556/7
  • Norfolk: Robsart Estate
    Acquired: 1556/7-01
    Inherited (via wife)
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire: Cornbury House & Forest
    Acquired: 1583
    Leased
  • Oxfordshire: Langley Manor
    Acquired: 1583
    Leased
  • Rutland
  • Shropshire: Cleobury Mortimer Manor
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Granted
  • Shropshire: Ernewood Manor
    Acquired: 1582
    Purchased (?). Portion of manor also in Worcestershire.
  • Shropshire: Wyre Forest
    Acquired: 1584-07-16
    Leased from the Crown. Portion of forest also in Worcestershire.
  • Staffordshire
  • Staffordshire: Drayton Basset
    Acquired: 1579
    Divested: 1580
    Purchased lease; sold
  • Suffolk
  • Warwickshire: Balsall & Long Itchington
    Acquired: 1572
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Grafton House
  • Warwickshire: Hampton in Arden Manor
    Acquired: 1573-07
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Honiley
    Acquired: 1581
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Kenilworth Abbey site
    Acquired: 1581
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Kenilworth Rectory
    Acquired: 1572
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Knowle Manor
    Acquired: 1573-07
    Divested: 1580
    Granted; sold
  • Warwickshire: Napton on the Hill Rectory
  • Warwickshire: Rudfen Manor
    Acquired: 1565-09
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Sheldon Manor
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Worcestershire: Abberley & Alton Woods
    Acquired: 1588
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Bewdley
    Acquired: 1571-05
    Leased from Crown
  • Worcestershire: Bretferton, Great & Little Hampton Manors
    Acquired: 1566-06
    Granted
  • Worcestershire: Halesowen Monestary Lands
    Acquired: 1556-11-20
    Divested: 1558
    Lands formerly belonging to mother; given to Robert by his brother Ambrose; sold
  • Worcestershire: Wyre Forest
    Acquired: 1584-07-16
    Leased from the Crown. Part of the forest also in Shropshire.
  • Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Beverley Lordship & Borough
    Acquired: 1560/1-03-01
    Divested: ca. 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Meaux Monastery site
    Acquired: 1560/1-03-01
    Divested: ca. 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Watton Monastery site
    Acquired: 1559/60-01
    Divested: ca. 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1573-1573 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1573-1574 Hales' Place, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1574-1574 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1574-1575 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1574-1575 Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1574-1575 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1576-1576 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1576-1577 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1577-1577 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Bearward
Performance 1572-1573 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Bearwards
Performance 1573-1574 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Musicians
Performance 1574-1574 Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Musicians
Performance 1574-1575 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Musicians
Performance 1575-1575 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Leicester's Musicians
Performance 1585-1586 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Musicians
Performance 1575-1575 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Leicester's Player
Performance 1564-1565 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1564-1565 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1565-1565 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1565-1566 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1566-1567 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1567-1567 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1569 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Guildhall, Totnes , Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Poole (Unknown), Poole , Dorset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1570 St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth , Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1570-1571 Town Hall, Maidstone , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1571-1571 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1571-1572 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1571-1572 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1572-1572 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1573-1574 Bewdley (Unknown), Bewdley , Worcestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1573-1573 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1573-1574 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1573-1573 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1573-1573 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1574-1575 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1574-1574 Court Hall, Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1574-1574 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1575-1575 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1575-1575 Magdalen College, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1575-1575 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1576-1577 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1576-1577 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1576-1577 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1578 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1577 Court Hall, Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1577 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1577 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1577 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1577-1577 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1578-1579 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1578-1579 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1579-1580 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1579-1580 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1579-1580 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1579-1580 Town Hall, Fordwich , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1580-1580 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Dismissal 1580-1580 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1580-1580 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Town Hall, Fordwich , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1581-1582 Gullet Tavern, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1581-1582 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1584-1585 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Dismissal 1584-1585 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1584-1585 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1585-1586 Guildhall, Abingdon , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1586 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1587 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1587 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1587 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1587 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1586-1587 Town Hall, Fordwich , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Town Hall, Maidstone , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Lathom House, near Ormskirk , Lancashire Earl of Leicester's Players
Dismissal 1587-1588 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Town Hall, Reading , Berkshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1588 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1587-1587 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Leicester's Players
Performance 1574-1574 Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Leicester's Trumpeters
Performance 1559-1560 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Dudley's Players
Performance 1582-1583 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Drummer and Piper
Performance 1558-1559 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1559-1560 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1559-1560 Dartmouth (Unknown), Dartmouth , Devon Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1559-1560 Dartmouth (Unknown), Dartmouth , Devon Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1559-1560 King's Head , Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Common House, Lydd , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1560 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1562 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1561 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Cancelled Performance 1561-1561 Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle , Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1563-1564 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1564-1565 St Mary's Church, Long Sutton , Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1564-1564 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1564-1564 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance 1587-1588 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Steward's Players
Performance 1588-1588 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lord Steward's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Ashburton (Unknown), Ashburton , Devon Sir Robert Dudley's Bearward
Performance 1561-1561 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Robert Dudley's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 9
Earl of Leicester's Bearwards Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 5
Earl of Leicester's Player Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 103
Earl of Leicester's Trumpeters Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Lord Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 2
Lord Robert Dudley's Drummer and Piper Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Lord Robert Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 34
Lord Steward's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 2
Sir Robert Dudley's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Sir Robert Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

Adams, S.L. 'Office-Holders of the Borough of Denbigh and the Stewards of the Lordships of Denbighshire in the Reign of Elizabeth I.' Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions 25 (1976): 92–113.
Adams, Simon. '"Because I Am of That Countrye & Mynde to Plant Myself There": Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and the West Midlands.' Midland History 20 (1995): 21–74.
Adams, Simon. 'The Dudley Clientele and the House of Commons, 1559–1586.' Parliamentary History 8 (1989): 216–39.
Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honorable the Marquis of Salisbury. 18 vols (24 parts). London: HMSO, 1883–1976.
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.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Gleason, J.H. The Justices of the Peace in England, 1558 to 1640. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1969.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of York . The Victoria History of the Counties of England. London: Archibald Constable, 1907–1913.
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.