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Trafford, Edmund (1562 - 1620)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1562
Death Date: 1620-05-08

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Booth, Margaret (1561 - 1595)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1573
    Union ended: 1592
    Note: Marriage contract 1564. A 1592 complaint in the Bishop of Chester's Visitation Books for the Deanery of Manchester noted that the couple no longer lived together. At some later date, the children of this union were disinherited
  2. Cecil, Mildred ( - 1611)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1595
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1603-04-17
    Vacated: 1620-05-08

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Lancashire 1587 1620
MP, Lancashire 1589
MP, Lancashire 1593
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1601 1602
Sheriff, Lancashire 1601 -12 -4 1602 -12 -14
Ecclesiastical Commissioner, Province of York 1603
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1608 1609
Sheriff, Lancashire 1608 -11 -11 1609 -11 -6
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1616 1617
Sheriff, Lancashire 1616 1617
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1620

Details of Properties

Residence

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Congleton (Unknown), Congleton, Cheshire Mr Trafford's Bearward
Performance - Smithills Hall, near Bolton, Lancashire Mr Trafford's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Trafford's Musicians Trafford, Edmund (1562 - 1620) Musicians 1
Mr Trafford's Bearward Trafford, Edmund (1562 - 1620) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Trafford Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Baines, Edward. History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. 4 vols. London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1836
  • 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
  • Dugdale, William. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1664--5, part III. Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1873
  • 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
  • Quintrell, B.W. Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace at the Sherrifs Table During Assizes Week, 1578--1694. np: Printed for the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1981