Seymour, Edward (1539 - 1621)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 19
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1539-05-22 (probably born on this date)
Death Date: 1621-04-06

Notes

Corrupted in blood by father's attainder 12 April 1552; restored in blood ca. 1553--4. Imprisoned in the Tower for marriage to Katherine Grey 5 Sept. 1561; committed into the custody of mother at Hanworth, Middlesex 21 Aug. 1563 and into the custody of Sir John Mason 26 May 1564; released after 27 Jan. 1567/8 but confined in various country houses until 1571. Imprisoned in the Tower for attempt to legitimate his son by Katherine ca. Nov. 1595--3 Jan. 1595/6. On embassy to Brussels April--May 1605

Siblings

Male

Seymour, Edward (1536/7 - 1539)
Seymour, Henry (1540 - )
Seymour, Edward (1548 - 1574)

Female

Seymour, Anne (1538 - )
Seymour, Margaret (1540 - )
Seymour, Jane (1541 - )
Seymour, Mary (1541 - )
Seymour, Catherine (1541 - )
Seymour, Elizabeth (1550 - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Grey, Katherine (1540 - 1567/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1560-12
    Union ended: 1562-5-12
    Note: The marriage was secret and occurred either in Nov. or Dec. of this year; an ecclesiastical high commission declared the marriage invalid and the son Edward illegitimate on 12 May 1562; union legitimized 1606
  2. Howard, Frances (1554 - 1598)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1595-11
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Howard, Frances (1576 - 1639)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1601-5-27
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage licence date

Offspring

From Grey, Katherine (1540 - 1567/8)

  1. Male offspring: Seymour, Edward (1561 - 1612) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Seymour, Thomas (b. 1562)

Primary Title

9th Earl of Hertford

Titles

  • Lord Beauchamp
    Assumed 1539-05-25
    Vacated 1546/7-02-16
  • Earl of Hertford
    Assumed 1546/7-02-16
    Vacated 1552-04-12
  • 1st Baron Beauchamp
    Assumed 1558/9-01-13
    Vacated 1621-04-06
  • 9th Earl of Hertford
    Assumed 1558/9-01-13
    Vacated 1621-04-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Wiltshire 1578 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1578 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Wiltshire 1579 n.d. Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1601-4-24 1621-04-6
Lord Lieut, Wiltshire 1601-4-24 1621-04-6
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Wiltshire 1603 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1610/11 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1610/11 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1610/11 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1610/11 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1610/11 n.d.
High Steward of the Revenues to Queen Anne, England 1612-6 1619-03

General Lands Note

Granted the lands his father had inherited 2 months after Elizabeth I's accession (17 Nov. 1558)

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Somerset House,
    Owned by Elizabeth I; a portion returned to Seymou
  • Hertford House, Cannon Row, (city) in Middlesex
  • Elvetham, Hampshire
  • Wolf Hall, Wiltshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Somerset
  • Wiltshire: Maiden Bradley Manor

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1582-1582 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1590-1590 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1591-1592 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1592-1592 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1592-1593 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1596-1597 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1600-1601 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance Regulations 1601-1601 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1601-1601 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1601-1601 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1604-1605 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1604-1605 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1605-1606 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1606-1606 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1606-1607 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance? 1606-1606 Common Hall, Chester , Cheshire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance? 1606-1606 Lathom House, near Ormskirk , Lancashire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1618-1618 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Hertford's Trumpeter
Performance 1605-1605 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Hertford's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Hertford's Players Seymour, Edward (1539 - 1621) Players 17
Earl of Hertford's Trumpeter Seymour, Edward (1539 - 1621) Musicians 1
Earl of Hertford's Trumpeters Seymour, Edward (1539 - 1621) Musicians 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.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.