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Goring, George (1585 - 1662/3)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1585-04-28
Death Date: 1663-01-06

Notes

Imprisoned Aug. 1648; sentenced to death 6 March 1648/9; pardoned & released 7 May 1649

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Mary ( - 1648)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1608
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 'two sons and four daughters' [DNB] or 'three sons and seven daughters' [ODNB].

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Goring

Titles

  • 1st Baron Goring
    Assumed: 1628-04-14
    Vacated: 1662/3-01-06
  • 2nd Earl of Norwich
    Assumed: 1644-11-28
    Vacated: 1662/3-01-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Derbyshire 1617/18 -2 -26 Held jointly. Peverel Honour also in Nottinghamshire
MP, Sussex 1620 1622
MP, Sussex 1624 1626
MP, Sussex 1627/8 -2 1628 -04
Council Clerk, Marches of Wales 1630 -7 -13
Council Secretary, Marches of Wales 1630 -7 -13
High Steward, Derbyshire 1638 -5 -8 Peverel Honour also in Nottinghamshire
Privy Councillor, England 1639 -8 -25
Vice Chamberlain of the Household, England 1639 1644
Privy Councillor, England 1660 -6 -1
Council Secretary, Marches of Wales 1661 -11 -30

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Lewes Townhouse, Sussex
    Divested: 1649
    Now known as Pelham House. Built in 1579 by Goring's grandfather George (d 1594). Goring's mother held it for life. Sold
  • Danny House, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1602
    Divested: 1652
    Patrimony; sold

Lands

  • Sussex
  • Sussex: Ovingdean

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Goring's Musicians
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Goring's Player

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Goring's Musicians Goring, George (1585 - 1663) Musicians 1
Lord Goring's Player Goring, George (1585 - 1663) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Danny House Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.