Edgcumbe, Piers (1477 - 1539)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 10
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1477
Death Date: 1539-08-14

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Student of Lincoln's Inn, London 1488; Member, Council of Katharine Plantagenet, Dowager Countess of Devon (wife of the 18th Earl), 1511--27; Member, Council of Henry Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon & 1st Marquess of Exeter by 1530 until death

Siblings

Female

Edgecumbe, Margaret ( - )
Edgecumbe, Agnes ( - )
Edgecumbe, Elizabeth ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dernford, Joan ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1499
    Union ended: before
  2. St John, Catherine ( - 1553)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1525
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Dernford, Joan ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Edgcumbe, John (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Edgcumbe, James (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Edgcumbe, Anne (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Edgcumbe, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Edgcumbe, Agnes (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Edgcumbe, Mary (d. 1527)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1494
    Vacated 1539-08-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Cornwall 1489-11-15 1539-08-14
Escheator & Feodary, Duchy of Cornwall 1489 1539-08-14 (held office until death)
Sheriff, Devon 1494-11-5 1495-11-5
Sheriff, Devon 1497-11-5 1498-11-5
JP, Cornwall 1498 n.d.
Undersheriff, Cornwall 1498 1499 Undersheriff to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
JP, Devon 1501 1502
JP, Cornwall 1502 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1504 n.d.
JP, Devon 1504 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1505-12-1 1506-11-27
JP, Cornwall 1506 n.d.
JP, Devon 1506 n.d.
JP, Devon 1509 1515
JP, Cornwall 1509 1515
Keeper, Cornwall 1509-6-22 1539-08-14 (held office until death)
Reciever gen, Earldom of Devon, Devon 1510-4-18 1511 (possibly held office until later date)
MP, Cornwall 1515 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1516-11-10 1517-11-9
JP, Devon 1517 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1517-11-9 1518-11-8
JP, Devon 1519 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1520 1522
Recorder, Cornwall by 1521 1539-08-14 (held office until death)
JP, Devon 1522 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1523/4 1526
JP, Devon 1523/4 n.d.
Assessor of the Stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall 1525-7-11 n.d. Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon
JP, Devon 1525/6 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1528-11-7 1529-11-9
MP, Cornwall 1529 n.d.
JP, Devon 1530 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1530 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1531/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1532 n.d.
JP, Devon 1532 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1534-11-14 1535-11-22
Chief Steward, Devon by 1535 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1536 1539
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1537 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1538 n.d.
JP, Devon 1538 1539
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1539 n.d.
Member, Council in the West, England 1539 n.d. Comprising Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall: Bodrugan, Tregehan & Tremodret Manors
    Acquired: 1496/7-02-24
    Patrimony
  • Cornwall: Rame Manor
    Via 1st wife
  • Devon: Cornworthy Manor, Huish, Loddiswell, North Molton, Totnes Borough, Castle & Manor
    Acquired: 1496/7-02-24
    Patrimony
  • Devon: Valletort Manor House, Plymouth & West Stonehouse Manor
    Via 1st wife

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1537-1538 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Piers Edgcumbe's Minstrels
Performance 1537-1538 Guildhall, Bodmin , Cornwall Sir Piers Edgcumbe's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Piers Edgcumbe's Minstrels Edgcumbe, Piers (1477 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Cotehele House Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
Carew, Richard. Richard Carew of Antony: The Survey of Cornwall. F.E. Halliday, ed. London: Andrew Melrose, 1953.
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.
Gill, Crispin. The Great Cornish Families: A History of the People and their Homes. 1995. Tiverton: Cornwall Books, 2000.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620, with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887.