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Egerton, Thomas (1539/40 - 1616/17)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1540-01-23
Death Date: 1617-03-15

Notes

Raised in the household of Thomas Ravenscroft (d. ca. 1553), of Bretton, Flintshire

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Ravenscroft, Elizabeth ( - 1588)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1576
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced one daughter
  2. More, Elizabeth ( - 1599/1600)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1596
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marrired in or after this year
  3. Spencer, Alice (1559 - 1636/7)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1600-10-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Titles

  • Baron Ellesmere
    Assumed: 1603-07-21
    Vacated: 1616/17-03-15
  • 1st Viscount Brackley
    Assumed: 1616-11-07
    Vacated: 1616/17-03-15

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Solicitor-gen, England 1581 -6 -26
Recorder, Staffordshire 1582
MP, Cheshire 1584
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1586
MP, Cheshire 1586
MP, Berkshire 1589
Attorney-gen, England 1592 -6 -2 1594
Steward, Middlesex 1593
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1594 1603
Steward, Denbighshire 1594 -7 -5 Held solely, then jointly from 1607
Chief Steward, Marches of Wales 1595 1616/17 -03 -15 For life. Held solely, then jointly from 7 Nov. 1607
Steward, Denbighshire 1595 1616/17 -03 -15 For life. Held solely, then jointly from 7 Nov. 1607
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1596 -5 -6 1603 -07 -24
Privy Councillor, England 1596 -5 -6
Recorder, Cambridgeshire 1596 1600
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1600
High Steward, Hertfordshire 1600
Chief Steward, Wiltshire 1601
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1601
Lord Chancellor, England 1603 -7 -24 1616/17 -03 -3
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1607 -12 -22 1616 -09 -15
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1610 1616/17 -01 -24

Details of Properties

Residence

  • York House, London (city-county)
  • Harefield Place, Middlesex
  • Islington, Middlesex
  • Ridley Hall, Cheshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Middlesex
  • Shropshire: Ellesmere
    Purchased
  • Shropshire: Knockin
    Purchased

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Chancellor's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chancellor's Players Egerton, Thomas (1540 - 1617) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Ridley Hall Cheshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.