Egerton, Richard ( - 1579)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.

Death Date: 1579-06-06

Parents

Mother: Bassett, Margaret ( - 1534)

Father: Egerton, Ralph (1476 - 1527/8)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Sparke, Alice ( - )
Male offspring: Egerton, Thomas (1539/40 - 1616/17)
From Grosvenor, Mary ( - )
Female offspring: Egerton, Dorothy ( - 1639)
From Grosvenor, Mary ( - )
Male offspring: Egerton, Ralph ( - 1619)
From Grosvenor, Mary ( - )
Male offspring: Egerton, William ( - 1576)

Titles

Knight
Assumed: 1544-05-11
Vacated: 1583

Details of Offices

	Began
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire	1544
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire	1545
JP, Cheshire	1547

Details of Properties

Residence

Ridley Hall, Cheshire
(Performance Venue)

Lands

Cheshire
Flintshire: Flint
Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	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	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.