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Booth, George (1566 - 1652)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1566
Death Date: 1652-10-24

Notes

Succeeded in minority in 1579; wardship granted to Robert Dudley, 14th Earl of Leicester; came of age 20 Oct. 1587

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Carrington, Jane (1562 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1576-2-18
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1591
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

  1. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Male offspring: Booth, William ( - 1636)
  2. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
  3. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
  4. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
  5. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Male offspring: Booth, John ( - )
  6. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Mary ( - )
  7. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Alice ( - 1622/3)
  8. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Frances ( - )
  9. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Susan ( - 1637)
  10. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Katharine (1606 - )
  11. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Cicely ( - )
  12. From Anderson, Katherine ( - 1637/8)
    Female offspring: Booth, Elizabeth ( - )

Primary Title

  • Knight Baronet

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1599
    Vacated: 1652-10-24
  • Knight Baronet
    Assumed: 1611-05-22
    Vacated: 1652-10-24

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Cheshire Held office for over 60 years
Sheriff, Cheshire 1596 -11 -22 1597 -11 -15
Deputy Lieut, Cheshire 1619
Sheriff, Cheshire 1621 -11 -26 1622
Sheriff, Lancashire 1622 -11 -12 1623

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cheshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Sir George Booth's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir George Booth's Bearward Booth, George (1566 - 1652) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Dunham Massey Hall Cheshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Armytage, George J. and John Paul Rylands, eds. Pedigrees made at the visitation of Cheshire, 1613, taken by Richard St. George and Henry St. George, and some other contemporary pedigrees. 1st ed [1909]. 1 vol. London: Record Society, 1909
  • Kimber, E., & R. Johnson, eds. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets Now Existing: With their Descents, Marriages, and Memorable Actions both in War and Peace. Wotton, Thomas, ed. 4 vols (in 5 parts), 1741. 3 vols. London: G. Woodfall et al, 1771
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Ormerod, George. History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. 1st ed 1819. 3 vols. London: Routledge, 1882
  • Rothwell, James. Dunham Massey, Cheshire. London: The National Trust, 2000