Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 6
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1520
Death Date: 1579-09

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1553-10-19
    Vacated 1579-09

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Somerset 1553/4 n.d. Possibly held this office
Commissioner of the Sewers, Somerset 1554 n.d.
Sheriff, Dorset 1560-11-12 1561-11-8
Sheriff, Somerset 1560-11-12 1561-11-8
JP, Somerset 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1564 n.d.
Commissioner for Inquistions post mortem, Somerset 1564/5 n.d.
Commissioner of the Sewers, Somerset 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of the Sewers, Somerset 1565/6 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Somerset: Knowle, Shepton, and South Brewham Manors
    Acquired: after 1559
  • Somerset: Wyke Champflower Manor
    Acquired: After 1559
    Divested: 1569/70-02
    Conveyed to brother Richard FitzJames

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1575-1576 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance 1575-1575 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance 1575-1576 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance 1575-1575 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance 1576-1577 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance 1576-1577 Guildhall, Totnes , Devon Sir James FitzJames' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 6

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Redlynch House Somerset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937–9.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Lyte, H.C. Maxwell. Historical Notes on Some Somerset Manors Formerly Connected with the Honour of Dunster. London: Somerset Record Society, 1931.
Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–8], 1906–12 [vols 1–2]; 1974–2004 [vols 3–8].