Hesketh, Thomas (1527 - 1588)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 8
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1527
Death Date: 1588-06-20

Notes

Ward of Thomas Holcroft Nov. 1541. Imprisoned for recusancy 1561

Siblings

Female

Hesketh, Ellen ( - )
Hesketh, Jane ( - )

Male

Hesketh, Robert ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Holcroft, Alice ( - 1605)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Holcroft, Alice ( - 1605)

  1. Female offspring: Hesketh, Grace (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Hesketh, Robert (1560 - 1620)
  3. Female offspring: Hesketh, Dorothy (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Hesketh, Thomas (1561 - 1613)
  5. Male offspring: Hesketh, Richard (1562 - 1611)
  6. Female offspring: Hesketh, Margaret (d. 1606)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1553-10-02
    Vacated 1588-06-20

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Lancashire 1562-11 1563-11-14
Commissioner of Musters, Lancashire 1570 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1577 1578
Mayor, Lancashire 1577 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1583 1584

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 2 Dec. 1547

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Rufford Hall & Manor, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1540/1-02
    Divested: 1588-06-20
  • Martholme, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1540/1-02
    Divested: 1588-06-20

Lands

  • Lancashire: Becconsall Manor
  • Lancashire: Croston Manor
  • Lancashire: Great Harwood Manor
  • Lancashire: Hesketh Manor
  • Lancashire: Holmes & Holmes Wood Manor
  • Lancashire: Mawdesley Manor
  • Lancashire: Tottlesworth Manor
  • Lancashire: Wrightington Manor

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Bequest 1569-1569 Read Hall, near Whalley , Lancashire Sir Thomas Hesketh's Minstrel
Performance? 1587-1587 Knowsley Hall, near Prescot , Lancashire Sir Thomas Hesketh's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Hesketh's Minstrel Hesketh, Thomas (1527 - 1588) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Hesketh's Players Hesketh, Thomas (1527 - 1588) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Martholme Lancashire Private Residence
Rufford Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Baines, Edward. History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. 1836 (4 vols). 5 vols. Manchester: John Heywood, 1883–93.
Baines, Edward. History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. 4 vols. London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836.
Coward, Barry. Stanleys, Lords Stanley, and Earls of Derby, 1385–1672. Chetham Society, 3rd ser, 30. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Quintrell, B.W. Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace at the Sherrifs Table During Assizes Week, 1578–1694. Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 121. np: Printed for the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1981.
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire. London: The National Trust, 1998.
The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906–14.