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Mordaunt, Lewis (1538 - 1601)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1538-09-21
Death Date: 1601-06-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Darcy, Elizabeth ( - 1590)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 1 additional daughter

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Mordaunt

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Mordaunt
    Assumed: 1571-04 (possibly succeeded to title in Oct. 1571)
    Vacated: 1601-06-16

Details of Offices

Began
MP, Bedfordshire 1563
JP, Bedfordshire 1564
Commissioner of Musters, Bedfordshire 1569
JP, Bedfordshire 1569
Sheriff, Bedfordshire 1570 -11 -13
Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1570 -11 -13
Commissioner of Musters, Northamptonshire 1577
JP, Northamptonshire 1584
JP, Northamptonshire 1596
JP, Northamptonshire 1598

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Turvey, Bedfordshire
  • Drayton House, Northamptonshire

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Dorset
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Somerset
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Mordaunt's Bearward
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Mordaunt's Player/s
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Mordaunt's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Mordaunt's Player/s Mordaunt, Lewis (1538 - 1601) Players 1
Lord Mordaunt's Bearward Mordaunt, Lewis (1538 - 1601) Performing Animals 1
Lord Mordaunt's Players Mordaunt, Lewis (1538 - 1601) 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.