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Clinton, Edward (1512 - 1584/5)

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Fiennes

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1512
Death Date: 1585-01-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Blount, Elizabeth (1500 - 1541)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1535-2-12
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Stourton, Ursula ( - 1551)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1541-6-15
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. FitzGerald, Elizabeth (1528 - 1589/90)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1552-10-1
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of post-nuptial marriage settlement

Offspring

Titles

  • 9th Baron Clinton and Say
    Assumed: 1517-08-07
    Vacated: 1584/5-01-16
  • 16th Earl of Lincoln
    Assumed: 1572-05-04
    Vacated: 1584/5-01-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Lincolnshire 1536 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1543
JP, Lincolnshire 1547
Chief Capt, France 1548 1550 -04 -25
Lord High Admiral, England 1550 -5 -14 1553 -10
Privy Councillor, England 1550 -5 -4
Lord Lieut, Lincolnshire 1552 1584/5 -01 -16
Constable, London Diocese 1553 -7 -7 1553 -07 -12
JP, Lincolnshire 1553/4
JP, Surrey 1553/4
Privy Councillor, England 1557 -4
Lord High Admiral, England 1557/8 -2 1584/5 -01 -16
Privy Councillor, England 1558
JP, Lincolnshire 1561/2
JP, Surrey 1561/2
JP, Lincolnshire 1564
JP, Surrey 1564
Steward of the Household, England 1572 1584

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1574-05
    Divested: 1584/5-01
    Granted

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Herefordshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Worcestershire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Admiral's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Admiral's Musicians
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Deputy of Boulogne's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Deputy of Boulogne's Players Clinton, Edward (1512 - 1585) Players 1
Lord Admiral's Musicians Clinton, Edward (1512 - 1585) Musicians 1
Lord Admiral's Minstrels Clinton, Edward (1512 - 1585) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Tattershall 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.