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Manners, Francis (1578 - 1632)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1578
Death Date: 1632-12-17

Notes

Released from imprisonment in the Fleet 31 March 1601. Admitted to Inner Temple Nov. 1601

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Knyvett, Frances ( - 1605)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1602-5-6
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Tufton, Cecily ( - 1653)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1608-10-26
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married exactly on this date [ODNB], or after [CP]

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 8th Earl of Rutland

Titles

  • 8th Earl of Rutland
    Assumed: 1612-16-26
    Vacated: 1632-12-17
  • 1st Baron Roos of Hamlake
    Assumed: 1616-07-22
    Vacated: 1632-12-17
  • 17th Baron Ros
    Assumed: 1618-16-27
    Vacated: 1632-12-17
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1616-04-24 (date nominated; installed 7 July 1616)
    Vacated: 1632-12-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Leicestershire
JP, Lincolnshire
Keeper, Nottinghamshire 1607 -5 -27 Held jointly
Constable, Nottinghamshire 1612 -10 -14 1620 -04 -24
Lord Lieut, Lincolnshire 1612 -7 -15 1628/9 -01 -23
Steward, Lincolnshire 1612
Warden, Nottinghamshire 1612 -10 -24 1620 -04 -24
Privy Councillor, England 1617 -4 -6
Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1619 -11 -13 1632 -12 -17
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Northamptonshire 1622/3
JP, Northamptonshire 1626
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1626
Keeper, Kent 1628 -7 -10
Steward, Kent 1628 -7 -10
Master Forester, Northamptonshire 1629 -7 -25 Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
  • Helmsley, Yorkshire: North Riding

Lands

  • Leicestershire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance Regulations - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Earl of Rutland's Musician
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Rutland's Musicians
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Rutland's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Rutland's Musicians Manners, Francis (1578 - 1632) Musicians 1
Earl of Rutland's Trumpeters Manners, Francis (1578 - 1632) Musicians 1
Earl of Rutland's Musician Manners, Francis (1578 - 1632) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • 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
  • Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886
  • Gleason, J.H. The Justices of the Peace in England, 1558 to 1640. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1969
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970