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Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616)

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Fiennes

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1540
Death Date: 1616-09-29

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hastings, Catherine (1542 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1555-12-10
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married after this date and presumably before 30 April 1557
  2. Morrison, Elizabeth ( - 1611)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1586-10-20
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 1 daughter

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Baron Clinton
  • 17th Earl of Lincoln

Titles

  • Baron Clinton
    Assumed: 1572
    Vacated: 1584/5-01-16
  • 17th Earl of Lincoln
    Assumed: 1584/5-01-16
    Vacated: 1616-09-29
  • 10th Baron Clinton
    Assumed: 1584/5-01-16
    Vacated: 1616-09-29

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Cornwall 1559
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1569
JP, Lincolnshire 1570 1571
MP, Lincolnshire 1571
Vice Admiral, Yorkshire 1572
High Steward, Lincolnshire 1574
Vice Admiral, Lincolnshire 1574
Privy Councillor, England 1603 -3 1603 -05
Keeper & Steward, Lincolnshire 1608 -7 -10

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Montgomeryshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Suffolk
  • Sussex
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Lincoln's Player/s
Performance - Lyme Park, Lyme Park, Cheshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Dismissal - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Earl of Lincoln's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Clinton's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Clinton's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Lord Clinton's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Lord Clinton's Players Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 1
Earl of Lincoln's Player/s Clinton, Henry (1540 - 1616) Players 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.