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Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1520
Death Date: 1579-09

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Sir James FitzJames' Players
Performance - 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 1
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 1
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 1
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 1
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 1
Sir James FitzJames' Players Fitzjames, James (1520 - 1579) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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. 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. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]