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Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1578 (possibly born 1579)
Death Date: 1621-08-10

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet for taking part in Essex's rebellion 14 Feb. 1600/1; released into father's custody 31 March 1601. From 1610, spent increasing amounts of time abroad; died at Spa, Germany

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stanley, Anne (1580 - 1647)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1608-2-28
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union possibly produced a third daughter named Anne

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley

Titles

  • 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley
    Assumed: 1602-11-18
    Vacated: 1621-08-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Wiltshire 1597
JP, Gloucestershire 1603
JP, Wiltshire 1603
Lord Lieut, Gloucestershire 1603 -8 1621 -08 -10 Held jointly with Henry, 7th Baron Berkeley, then solely from 26 Nov. 1613
Keeper, Buckinghamshire 1609 -7 -2 1614 -08 -10 For life; sold office
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Gloucestershire 1613/14
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1617

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1602-03
    Divested: 1621-08
    Patrimony (via brother)

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Cirencester (Unknown), Cirencester, Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Musicians
Performance - Lyme Park, Lyme Park, Cheshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Weymouth-Melcombe Regis (Unknown), Weymouth-Melcombe Regis, Dorset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players
Payment for Hall Rental by Troupe - Parish House, Somerton, Somerset Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - Court Hall, Canterbury, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Dismissal - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Chandos' Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chandos' Players
Dismissal - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chandos' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Players 1
Lord Chandos' Musicians Brydges, Grey (1578 - 1621) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire 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
  • Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886
  • 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