Trafford, Edmund (1562 - 1620)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 1
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Male

Trafford, John ( - )

Female

Trafford, Margaret ( - )
Trafford, Elizabeth ( - )

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: after 1595
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Booth, Margaret (1561 - 1595)

  1. Male offspring: Trafford, Edmund (1583 - 1623)
  2. Male offspring: Trafford, Richard (d. 1629)
  3. Male offspring: Trafford, John (d. 1634)
  4. Female offspring: Trafford, Elizabeth (b. 1583)

From Cecil, Mildred ( - 1611)

  1. Male offspring: Trafford, Cecil (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Trafford, Cecilia (b. 1598)

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Lancashire by 1587 1620
MP, Lancashire 1589 n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1593 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1601 1602
Sheriff, Lancashire 1601-12-4 1602-12-14
Ecclesiastical Commissioner, Province of York 1603 n.d.
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 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Trafford Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1590-05-14
    Divested: 1620-05-08

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1588-1588 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Mr Trafford's Bearward
Performance 1586-1586 Smithills Hall, near Bolton , Lancashire Mr Trafford's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. Chetham Society, ns, 51. 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. Raines, F.R., ed. Chetham Society os 88. 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. 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.