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Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1607/8)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

  • Edgcumbe, Richard (1540 - )

Titles

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Edgcumbe's Men
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Edgcumbe's Men
Performance - 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 1
Mr Edgcumbe's Men Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1608) Players 1
Mr Edgcumbe's Player on the two-hand sword Edgcumbe, Piers (1536 - 1608) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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. 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. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. 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