Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1483 (1482 or 1483)
Death Date: 1542-11-27 (or 26 Nov)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stafford, Elizabeth ( - 1532)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1505-7-23
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Stanley, Margaret ( - 1533/4)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1532-5-11
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married between this date and 1 Sept 1532
  3. Arundell, Mary ( - 1557)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1537-1-14
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union may have produced an elder son who died in infancy

Offspring

From Stanley, Margaret ( - 1533/4)

  1. Female offspring: Radcliffe, Anne (d. 1561)
  2. Female offspring: Radcliffe, Jane (1531 - 1552)

From Arundell, Mary ( - 1557)

  1. Male offspring: Radcliffe, John (1539 - 1568)

From Stafford, Elizabeth ( - 1532)

  1. Male offspring: Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Radcliffe, Humphrey (1508 - 1566)
  3. Male offspring: Radcliffe, George (d. 1532)

Primary Title

6th Earl of Sussex

Titles

  • 7th Baron FitzWalter
    Assumed 1505-11-03 (date restored to title)
    Vacated 1542-11-27
  • 1st Viscount FitzWalter
    Assumed 1525-16-18
    Vacated 1542-11-27
  • 6th Earl of Sussex
    Assumed 1529-12-08
    Vacated 1542-11-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Norfolk 1511 1512
JP, Essex 1511 1515
JP, Suffolk 1511 1515
Capt, Essex 1512/13-1-28 n.d. Held jointly
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1512/13 n.d. Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1514 1515
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1520 n.d.
JP, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Essex 1523 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1524 n.d.
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
Privy Councillor, England by 1525/6-2-5 n.d.
JP, Essex 1528 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1530/1 1532
JP, Norfolk 1530/1 1532
JP, Essex 1531/2 n.d.
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1532-6-3 1542-11-27
Chief Steward, Essex 1536-5-28 n.d.
JP, Essex 1536 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Sussex 1537/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1538 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1538 n.d.
JP, Essex 1538 n.d.
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1539-12-5 1540-11
JP, Essex 1539/40 1541
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1540-8-3 1542-11-27 For life
Chief Steward, Essex 1540-8-1 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1540 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1540 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1540 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1540 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1540 n.d.
JP, Devon 1540/1 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Attleborough, Norfolk

Lands

  • Essex
  • Somerset

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1541-1541 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Sussex's Minstrels
Performance 1538-1538 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1538-1539 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1540-1541 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1541-1541 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1542-1542 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1542-1542 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1542-1543 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance 1541-1542 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Chamberlain's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Sussex's Minstrels Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 7
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 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.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)