Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1593/4)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 27
Troupes - 5
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Male

Brydges, William (1548 - 1602) (patron)

Female

Brydges, Katharine ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Clinton, Frances ( - 1623)

  1. Female offspring: Brydges, Elizabeth (1578 - 1617)
  2. Female offspring: Brydges, Catharine (1580 - 1657)

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 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1572 n.d.
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, 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
Lord Lieut, Gloucestershire 1586-11-17 1593/4-02-21
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1590-12-16 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1571/2-03-11
    Divested: 1593/4-02-21

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1573-1574 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1579-1580 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1581-1582 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1582-1583 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1580-1581 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Lord Chandos' Bearwards
Performance 1577-1578 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1581-1582 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1582-1583 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1582-1582 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1583-1584 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1583-1583 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1584-1584 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1585-1585 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1586-1586 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1586-1587 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1587-1587 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1588-1589 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1589-1589 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1590-1636 Lyme Park, Lyme Park , Cheshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1590-1590 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1591-1591 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1591-1592 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1592-1593 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1592-1593 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1593-1593 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1590-1590 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Puppet Players
Performance 1576-1577 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Chandos' Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 4
Lord Chandos' Bearwards Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Performing Animals 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 20
Lord Chandos' Puppet Players Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Trumpeter Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.