Fortescue, Henry (1515 - 1576)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 11
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1515
Death Date: by 1576-10-06

Notes

Wardship acquired then sold by step-father, Sir Francis Bryan 1522

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1546
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced four sons and five daughters [Bindoff]
  2. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1557-3-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Essex 1552/3-3 n.d.
JP, Essex 1558 1576
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1558/9-3 1576-10-6
MP, Suffolk 1559 n.d.
Receiver, Duchy of Lancaster 1559-5 1576-10-6
Sheriff, Essex 1563-11-8 n.d.
Sheriff, Hertfordshire 1563-11-8 n.d.

General Lands Note

Succeeded to inheritance 8 Aug. 1517

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Faulkbourne, Essex

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1560-1561 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Guildhall, Totnes , Devon Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1561-1562 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1562-1563 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1564-1564 Church House, Bridgwater , Somerset Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1568-1569 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Mr Fortescue's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Dartmouth (Unknown), Dartmouth , Devon Sir Henry Fortescue's Players
Performance 1560-1561 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Sir Henry Fortescue's Players
Performance 1567-1567 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sir Henry Fortescue's Players
Performance 1567-1569 Guildhall, Wells , Somerset Sir Henry Fortescue's Players
Performance 1568-1568 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Sir Henry Fortescue's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Fortescue's Players Fortescue, Henry (1515 - 1576) Players 6
Sir Henry Fortescue's Players Fortescue, Henry (1515 - 1576) Players 5

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.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.