Egerton, Richard ( - 1579)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1579-06-06

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Grosvenor, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Sparke, Alice ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: There is considerable debate as to Thomas Egerton's legitimacy

Offspring

From Sparke, Alice ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Egerton, Thomas (1540 - 1617) (patron)

From Grosvenor, Mary ( - )

  1. Female offspring: Egerton, Dorothy (d. 1639)
  2. Male offspring: Egerton, Ralph (d. 1619)
  3. Male offspring: Egerton, William (d. 1576)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1544-05-11
    Vacated 1583

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire 1544 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire 1545 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1547 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Flintshire: Flint
  • Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1532-1533 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Mr Richard Egerton's Entertainer/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Richard Egerton's Entertainer/s Egerton, Richard (0 - 1579) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Ridley Hall Cheshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Ormerod, George. History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. 1st ed 1819. 3 vols. London: Routledge, 1882.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)