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Halsall, Cuthbert (1573 - 1632)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1573
Death Date: 1632

Notes

Matriculated at Oxford early 1588; admitted to Gray's Inn 1593. Imprisoned for debt 1631

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Halsall, Dorothy ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1599-07-22
    Vacated: 1632

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Lancashire 1595 1631
Sheriff, Lancashire 1600 -11 -24 1601 -12 -4
Sheriff, Lancashire 1611 -11 -10 1612
MP, Lancashire 1614
Mayor, Lancashire 1615

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Halsall Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1594
    Divested: 1625
    Passed to Halsall on the death of his illegitimate uncle Edward Halsall; sold
  • Salwick Hall, Lancashire
    Acquired: 1625
    Divested: 1632
    Patrimony (via Halsall grandmother). Residence after sale of Halsall Hall. The Hall of this time does not survive

Lands

  • Lancashire: Clifton Manor
  • Lancashire: Downholland Manor
    Divested: 1625
    Sold

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Sir Cuthbert Halsall's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Cuthbert Halsall's Players Halsall, Cuthbert (1573 - 1632) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Halsall Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Quintrell, B.W. Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace at the Sherrifs Table During Assizes Week, 1578--1694. np: Printed for the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1981
  • Somerville, Robert. Office-Holders in the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from 1603. Chichester: Phillimore, 1972
  • The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906--14