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Talbot, Edward (1560/1 - 1617/18)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1561-02-25 (baptism date)
Death Date: 1618-02-08

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1583-12-11
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 11th Earl of Shrewsbury

Titles

  • 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Assumed: 1616-05-08
    Vacated: 1617/18-02-08
  • Earl of Waterford
    Assumed: 1616-05-08
    Vacated: 1617/18-02-08

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Northumberland 1584
MP, Northumberland 1586
JP, Northumberland 1592
Commissioner of Musters, Marches towards Scotland, Middle March 1596
Sheriff, Northumberland 1601 -12 -2
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Northumberland 1603
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1603
Member, Council of the North, England 1603 -7 1617/18 -02
Sheriff, Northumberland 1609
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1616/17 -3 -3
Commissioner & Guardian of the Peace, England 1617/18 -1 -23 Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bothal Castle, Northumberland
  • Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire: West Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Abingdon, Berkshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Players
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Earl of Shrewsbury's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Shrewsbury's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Mr Talbot's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Shrewsbury's Players Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) Players 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Players Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) Players 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Players Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) Players 1
Earl of Shrewsbury's Players Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) Players 1
Mr Talbot's Musicians Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.