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Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1489
Death Date: 1532-05-22

Notes

Companion of Prince Henry (later Henry VIII)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1512-4
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1525
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Guildford, George ( - )

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1512-03-30
    Vacated: 1532-05-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1526-05
    Vacated: 1532-05-22

General Lands Note

Primarily resident at court

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable & Keeper, near Maidstone 1512 -12 -24 1532 -05 -22 Held solely, then jointly with brother Edward from April 1531
Master of the Revels, England 1513
JP, Kent 1515 1532
Master of the Horse, England 1515 -11 -6 1522 -07 -18
JP, Surrey 1521
Comptroller of the Household, England 1522 -9 -1
Steward, Kent 1522
MP, Kent 1529

Details of Properties

Residence

  • London (city-county)
  • London (city-county)
  • Leeds Castle, Kent
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1512
    Divested: 1532

Lands

  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Warwickshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Master of the King's Horses' Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Master of the King's Horses' Minstrel Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrel Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Leeds Castle Kent 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
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.