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Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1593/4)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1548
Death Date: 1594-02-21

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Clinton, Frances ( - 1623)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1573-9
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley
    Assumed: 1572/3-03-11
    Vacated: 1593/4-02-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Gloucestershire 1570 1571
MP, Wiltshire 1571
MP, Gloucestershire 1572
Chief Steward, Gloucestershire 1573 -6 -19 1593/4 -02 -21 For life; succeeded father
Keeper, Wiltshire 1573 -6 -19 1593/4 -02 -21 For life; succeeded father
Steward, Gloucestershire 1573 -6 -19 1593/4 -02 -21 For life; succeeded father
Steward, Wiltshire 1573 -6 -19 1593/4 -02 -21 For life; succeeded father
Lord Lieut, Gloucestershire 1586 -11 -17 1593/4 -02 -21
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1590 -12 -16

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1571/2-03
    Divested: 1593/4-02
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Gloucestershire: Bourton, Haresfield & Stoke Orchard Manors
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Lord Chandos' Bearwards
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Lyme Park, Lyme Park, Cheshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Puppet Players
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Chandos' Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Bearwards Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Puppet Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Trumpeter Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970