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Howard, Theophilus (1584 - 1640)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1584-08-13 (baptism date)
Death Date: 1640-06-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Home, Elizabeth (1599 - 1633)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1612-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Howard of Walden

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Howard of Walden
    Assumed: 1603-07-21
    Vacated: 1640-06-03
  • 12th Earl of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1626-05-28
    Vacated: 1640-06-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Essex 1605 1610
Steward, various royal manors, Wales 1606 -6 -30 Held jointly
Governor, Guernsey 1610 -3 -26
Keeper, Kent 1611 -7 -2
Keeper, Kent 1611 -7 -8
Lord Lieut, Cumberland 1618/19 -1 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1618/19 -1 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Westmorland 1618/19 -1 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1626 -6 1640 -06 -3 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Suffolk 1626 -6 1640 -06 -3 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1626 -6 1640 -06 -3 Held jointly
Privy Councillor, England 1626 -11 -12
High Steward, Suffolk 1627
Constable, Kent 1628 -7 -24 1640 -06 -3
Lieut, Kent 1628 -9 -2 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Warden, Kent 1628 -7 -24 1640 -06 -3 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Governor, Northumberland 1635 -6 Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Master of the Rolls, Essex 1637 -3 -25

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Audley End, Essex
    Patrimony
  • Suffolk House, London (city-county)
  • Lulworth Castle, Dorset
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Howard's Players
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Walden's Trumpeter
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Walden's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Walden's Trumpeter Howard, Theophilus (1584 - 1640) Musicians 1
Lord Walden's Trumpeter Howard, Theophilus (1584 - 1640) Musicians 1
Lord Howard's Players Howard, Theophilus (1584 - 1640) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Lulworth Castle Dorset 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.