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Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stafford, Elizabeth ( - 1532)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 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

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, Suffolk 1511 1515
JP, Essex 1511 1515
JP, Norfolk 1511 1512
Capt, Essex 1512/13 -1 -28 Held jointly
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1512/13 Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1514 1515
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1520
JP, Suffolk 1520
JP, Essex 1520
JP, Essex 1523
JP, Norfolk 1523/4
JP, Suffolk 1524
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
Privy Councillor, England 1525/6 -2 -5
JP, Essex 1528
JP, Suffolk 1528/9
JP, Suffolk 1530/1 1532
JP, Norfolk 1530/1 1532
JP, Essex 1531/2
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1532 -6 -3 1542 -11 -27
Chief Steward, Essex 1536 -5 -28
JP, Essex 1536
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Sussex 1537/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1538
JP, Essex 1538
JP, Norfolk 1538
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
JP, Norfolk 1540
JP, Yorkshire 1540
JP, Westmorland 1540
JP, Northumberland 1540
JP, Lancashire 1540
JP, Cumberland 1540
JP, Devon 1540/1

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Attleborough, Norfolk

Lands

  • Essex
  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Minstrels Radcliffe, Robert (1483 - 1542) Entertainers/Minstrels 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.