Shireburn, Richard (1591 - 1667)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1591
Death Date: 1667

Siblings

Male

Shireburn, Henry ( - 1629)

Female

Shireburn, Katherine ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Molyneux, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Walmsley, -- ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Lancashire 1612 n.d.
Sheriff, Lancashire 1613-11-10 1614

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wigglesworth, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Possibly owned this property
  • Stonyhurst, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1628
    Divested: ca. 1667

Lands

  • Lancashire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1629-1629 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Mr Richard Shireburn's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Richard Shireburn's Players Shireburn, Richard (1591 - 1667) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Stonyhurst House Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Callow, John, and Michael Mullett. 'The Shireburns of Stonyhurst: Memory and Survival in a Lancashire Catholic Recusant Family.' . Region, Religion and Patronage: Lancastrian Shakespeare. Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay and Richard Wilson, eds. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 2003.
Dugdale, William. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1664–5, part III. Raines, F.R., ed. Chetham Society os 88. Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1873.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
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.
The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906–14.
The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906–14.