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Lumley, John (1533 - 1609)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1533
Death Date: 1609-04-11

Notes

Under father's attainder from 1539--40; restored in blood 1547. Arrested and imprisoned in the Tower Sept. 1569--April 1573

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fitz Alan, Jane (1537 - 1578)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1550
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 sons and 1 daughter, none of whom survived to adulthood
  2. Darcy, Elizabeth ( - 1616/17)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1582
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced no children

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 6th Baron Lumley

Titles

  • 6th Baron Lumley
    Assumed: 1547 (date restored to title)
    Vacated: 1609-04-11
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed: 1553
    Vacated: 1609

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1558/9 -2 -24 1609 -04 -11
Keeper, Surrey 1559 -10 -28 1609 -04 -11 For life.
JP, Durham 1561/2
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1561/2
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1561/2
JP, Sussex 1561/2
JP, Surrey 1561/2
JP, Sussex 1564
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1564
JP, Surrey 1564
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564
JP, York 1564
JP, Cumberland 1564
JP, Northumberland 1564
JP, Westmorland 1564
JP, Cumberland 1564
JP, Northumberland 1564
JP, Newcastle upon Tyne 1564
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1564
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1585/6

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Lumley Castle, Durham
  • St.Olave's Tower Hill, London (city-county)
  • Nonsuch, Surrey
    Divested: 1590

Lands

  • Durham
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Lumley's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Lumley's Players Lumley, John (1533 - 1609) Players 1

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.