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Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1555-10-12
Death Date: 1601-06-25

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Vere, Mary de (1550 - 1624)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1577-12-25
    Union ended: 1600-4-20
    Note: Married between this date and 12 March 1577/7; separated

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

Titles

  • 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
    Assumed: 1580-09-19
    Vacated: 1601-06-25

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lieut & Capt-gen of English Forces, -12 -4 (commission issued 22 Jan. 1587/8) -08 date formally discharged Resigned 14 March 1588/9; resignation accepted 30 July 1589
General of English Forces sent to aid Henry IV of France, France 1589 -9 -15 1589/90
Governor, Northumberland 1597/8 -3 -13 1601 -06 -25 Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1597/8 -3 -13 1601 -06 -25
Member, Council in the North, England 1599 -8 1601 -06 -25

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Barbican, London (city-county)
  • Eresby Castle, Lincolnshire
    (Performance Venue)
  • Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
  • Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
    Acquired: 1598
    Divested: 1601
    Residence as Governor and Warden of the East March towards Scotland

Lands

  • Nottinghamshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Willoughby's Musicians
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Willoughby's Musicians
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance Regulations - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance Regulations - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Willoughby's Players
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Willoughby's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Willoughby's Musicians Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Musicians 1
Lord Willoughby's Musicians Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Musicians 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Willoughby's Players Bertie, Peregrine (1555 - 1601) Players 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Eresby Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence
Grimsthorpe Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • West, Jane. The Brave Lord Willoughby: An Elizabethan Soldier. Bishop Auckland, Durham: The Pentland Press, 1998