Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1607/8)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 2
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1536
Death Date: 1608-01-04

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1555
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced four additional sons and four daughters.

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Devon 1555 n.d.
JP, Devon ca. 1561 1564
MP, Cornwall 1563 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1565-11-16 1566-11-18
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1569 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1569 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1569 1607/8 (held office until death)
JP, Devon by 1569 1607/8 (held office until death)
Sheriff, Cornwall 1569-11-12 1570-11-13
MP, Devon 1571 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1572 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1572 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cornwall 1573 n.d.
Steward, Cornwall by 1574 1587
MP, Cornwall 1584 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Cornwall 1586-8-8 1587-12-7 Held jointly
MP, Cornwall 1586 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1589 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1593 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Somerset

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1562-1562 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Mr Edgcumbe's Men
Performance 1568-1568 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Mr Edgcumbe's Men
Performance 1585-1585 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Mr Edgcumbe's Player on the two-hand sword

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Edgcumbe's Men Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1608) Players 2
Mr Edgcumbe's Player on the two-hand sword Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1608) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Cotehele House Cornwall Private Residence
Mount Edgcumbe 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.
Carew, Richard. Richard Carew of Antony: The Survey of Cornwall. F.E. Halliday, ed. London: Andrew Melrose, 1953.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.
The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620, with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887.