Skip to main content

Trafford, Edmund (1526 - 1590)

Tag this record

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1526-06-23
Death Date: 1590-05-14

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Howard, Mary (1518 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Leycester, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1578
    Vacated: 1590-05-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Lancashire 1561
Commissioner of Musters, Lancashire 1570
Sheriff, Lancashire 1570 -11 -14 1571
MP, Lancashire 1572
Ecclesiastical Commissioner, Province of York 1574
Steward of Lands, Lancashire 1575
Sheriff, Lancashire 1579 -11 -18 1580 -11 -18
Sheriff, Lancashire 1583 -11 -25 1584 -11 -20

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Lancashire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Manchester (Unknown), Manchester, Lancashire Sir Edmund Trafford's Minstrels
Performance - Smithills Hall, near Bolton, Lancashire Sir Edmund Trafford's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Edmund Trafford's Minstrels Trafford, Edmund (1526 - 1590) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Edmund Trafford's Musicians Trafford, Edmund (1526 - 1590) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Trafford Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • Baines, Edward. History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. 4 vols. London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836
  • Coward, Barry. Stanleys, Lords Stanley, and Earls of Derby, 1385--1672. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983
  • Crofton, H.T.. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish. Manchester: Chetham Society, 1903
  • Croston, James. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire. London: John Heywood, 1887
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898