Tudor, Mary (1515/16 - 1558)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 1
Total events naming patron - 47
Troupes - 16
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1516-02-18
Death Date: 1558-11-17

Siblings

Male

Tudor, Henry (1511 - 1511)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Habsburg, Philip (1527 - 1598)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1554-7-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

Queen of England

Titles

  • Princess of England
    Assumed 1515/16-02-18
    Vacated 1533-09
  • Princess of Wales
    Assumed 1525-09
    Vacated 1533-09
  • Princess of England
    Assumed 1544
    Vacated 1553-07-19 (accession date)
  • Queen of England
    Assumed 1553-07-19 (date acceded as Mary I; crowned 1 Oct. 1553)
    Vacated 1558-11-17

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Resident at Ludlow and other places in the Marches of Wales for 19 months
    Acquired: 1525
    Divested: 1527

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1532-1532 Battenhall Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Bearwards
Performance 1525-1526 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Princess' Interluders
Performance 1526-1527 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Princess' Interluders
Performance 1530-1531 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Princess' Interluders
Performance 1527-1527 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Minstrel
Performance 1525-1525 Battenhall Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Minstrels
Performance 1527-1527 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Minstrels
Performance 1531-1531 Abbot's House, Whalley, near Whalley , Lancashire Princess' Minstrels
Performance 1530-1531 Magdalen College, Oxford , Oxfordshire Princess' Performers
Performance 1526-1526 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Players
Performance 1528-1529 Drapers' Hall, London , London (city-county) Princess' Players
Performance 1530-1531 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Princess' Players
Performance 1531-1531 Crowle Manor House, near Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Players
Performance 1532-1532 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Princess' Players
Performance 1532-1532 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Princess' Players
Performance 1532-1532 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Princess' Players
Performance 1533-1533 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Princess' Players
Performance 1526-1526 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Princess' Servants
Performance 1556-1556 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Queen's Bearward
Performance 1554-1555 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Queen's Jester
Performance 1555-1556 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Queen's Jester
Performance 1555-1555 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Queen's Jester
Performance 1554-1555 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Queen's Jester/s
Performance 1555-1555 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Queen's Jester/s
Performance 1553-1554 Hereford (Unknown), Hereford , Herefordshire Queen's Minstrel/s
Performance 1555-1556 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Queen's Minstrel/s
Performance 1555-1556 Mayor's House, Barnstaple , Devon Queen's Minstrels
Performance 1556-1557 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Queen's Minstrels
Performance 1557-1557 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Queen's Player/s
Performance 1557-1557 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Queen's Player/s
Performance 1557-1558 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Queen's Player/s
Performance 1553-1554 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Queen's Players
Performance 1555-1556 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Queen's Players
Performance 1555-1556 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Queen's Players
Performance 1556-1557 St James' Church, Louth , Lincolnshire Queen's Players
Performance 1556-1557 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Queen's Players
Performance 1556-1557 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Queen's Players
Performance 1557-1557 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Queen's Players
Performance 1557-1557 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Queen's Players
Performance 1558-1558 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Queen's Players
Performance 1558-1559 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Queen's Players
Performance 1558-1558 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Queen's Players
Performance 1555-1555 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Queen's Trumpeter/s
Performance 1556-1556 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Queen's Trumpeter/s
Performance 1557-1557 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Queen's Trumpeter/s
Performance 1553-1553 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Queen's Trumpeters
Performance 1557-1558 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Queen's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Princess' Bearwards Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Performing Animals 1
Princess' Interluders Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Players 3
Princess' Minstrel Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Princess' Minstrels Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Princess' Performers Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Princess' Players Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Players 8
Princess' Servants Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Players 1
Queen's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Performing Animals 1
Queen's Jester Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Queen's Jester/s Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Queen's Minstrel/s Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Queen's Minstrels Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Queen's Player/s Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Players 3
Queen's Players Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Players 11
Queen's Trumpeter/s Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Musicians 3
Queen's Trumpeters Tudor, Mary (1516 - 1558) Musicians 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Ludlow Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.