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Curwen, Henry (1581 - 1623/4)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1581
Death Date: 1624-03 (died between March 1622/3 and this date)

Notes

Matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge University 1595

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dalston, Catherine (1580 - 1605)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1601-1-1
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Buskell, Margaret ( - 1656)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1609-5
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1606
    Vacated: 1623/4-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Deputy Lieut, Cumberland
JP, Cumberland 1617
Sheriff, Cumberland 1619 -11 -9 1620 -Noiv. -6
MP, Cumberland 1620 1621

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Thornthwaite Hall, Westmorland
    Acquired: 1604/5-01
    Divested: 1612
    Patrimony; sold
  • Workington Hall, Cumberland
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1604/5-01
    Divested: 1623
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Cumberland: Rottington & Workington Manors
    Acquired: 1604/5-01-16
    Divested: 1623
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians
Performance - Naworth Castle, near Carlisle, Cumberland Sir Henry Curwen's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Henry Curwen's Waits Curwen, Henry (1581 - 1624) Musicians 1
Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians Curwen, Henry (1581 - 1624) Musicians 1
Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians Curwen, Henry (1581 - 1624) Musicians 1
Sir Henry Curwen's Musicians Curwen, Henry (1581 - 1624) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Workington Hall Cumberland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Fleming, Daniel. Description of the County of Westmoreland, by Sir Daniel Fleming of Rydal, A. D. 1671. London and Kendal: Bernard Quaritch & T. Wilson, 1882
  • Foster, Joseph, ed. Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, made by Richard St George, Norroy King of Arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms in 1666. Carlisle: C. Thurnam & Sons, [1891?]
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Haswell, Francis. 'The Family of Dalston.'. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society ns 10 (1910): 201--70.
  • Jackson, W. The Curwens of Workington Hall and Kindred Families. Kendal: T. Wilson, [1880]
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Nicolson, Joseph, and Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 2 vols. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906