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Heneage, Thomas (1482 - 1553)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1482
Death Date: 1553-08-21

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1537-10-18
    Vacated: 1553-08-21
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1540-04-23
    Vacated: 1553-08-21

General Lands Note

Resident in Wolsey's and the Royal Household 1521--46, subsequently retiring to Hainton

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bailiff & Collector, Lincolnshire
Bailiff & Collector, Cumberland
Bailiff & Collector, Westmorland
Bailiff & Collector, Yorkshire: North Riding
JP, Lincolnshire 1520 1553
Gentleman Usher, England 1521 -3 1528
Bailiff, Warwickshire 1528
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, England 1528 1553 -08 -21
Steward, Middlesex 1530
Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, England 1536 1546 -10 -12
Groom of the Stool, England 1536 1546 -10 -12
Keeper, Berkshire 1536 -4 -16 Held office for at least half a year
Bailiff, Hertfordshire 1538 -10 -10
JP, Surrey 1538 1544
Keeper, Hertfordshire 1538 -10 -10
Steward, Lincolnshire 1539
Chief Steward, York 1539/40 -2 -21 1541
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1540 -11 -17
Bailiff & Collector of Rents, York 1541/2 -1 -10
Keeper, Nottinghamshire 1546 -9 Held jointly.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1547
Bailiff, Keeper & Steward, Northamptonshire 1551 -11 -16
Keeper, Lincolnshire 1551 -11 -16

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Gloucestershire: Marshfield Manor
    Divested: 1548-12-20
    Exchanged for Stowe Manor
  • Lincolnshire: Barton upon Humber Lordship and Manor
    Divested: 1545-05-22
    Exchanged for Wellow Abbey Lands, Lincolnshire
  • Lincolnshire: Stowe Manor
    Acquired: 1548-12-20
    Purchased with son-in-law William Willoughby, in exchange for Cheddar and Marshfield Manors
  • Lincolnshire: Wellow Abbey Lands
    Acquired: 1545-05-22
    Granted in exchange for Barton upon Humber Lordship and Manor, Lincolnshire
  • Somerset: Cheddar Manor
    Divested: 1548-12-20
    Exchanged for Stowe Manor

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mr Hening's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Hening's Players Heneage, Thomas (1482 - 1553) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Hainton Hall Lincolnshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Sil, Narasingha P. 'Sir Thomas Heneage of Hainton: A Henrician Gentleman.'. Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 10 (1989): 63--74.