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North, Roger (1530/1 - 1600)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1531-02-27
Death Date: 1600-12-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Rich, Winifred ( - 1578)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1547
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 sons and 1 daughter, all born by 1556

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron North

Titles

  • 2nd Baron North
    Assumed: 1564-12-31
    Vacated: 1600-12-03
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed: 1558/59-01-15
    Vacated: 1600

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Cambridgeshire 1555
JP, Cambridgeshire 1558/9
MP, Cambridgeshire 1559
JP, Cambridgeshire 1561/2
MP, Cambridgeshire 1563
JP, Cambridgeshire 1564 1600
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1565
Alderman, Cambridgeshire 1568
Burgess, Cambridgeshire 1568
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1569
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1569 -11 -20
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1569 -11 -20
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1572
Steward, Suffolk 1572
Steward, Norfolk 1572
Steward, Cambridgeshire 1572
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1572
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1573 1574
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cambridgeshire 1573/4
JP, Cambridgeshire 1579 1600
JP, Suffolk 1579 1600
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1580
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1583/4
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1588 -4 -8 1600 -12 -3
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1588 -4 -8 1600 -12 -3
JP, Middlesex 1591
Privy Councillor, England 1596 -8 -30
Treasurer of the Household, England 1596 -8 -30 1600 -12 -3
Commissioner of Musters, Cambridgeshire 1597

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Kirtling, Cambridgeshire
  • The Charterhouse, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1564-12
    Divested: 1565-05
    Patrimony; sold

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Suffolk
  • Suffolk: Mildenhall
    Acquired: 1577-05
    Purchased; bequeathed to younger son Sir Henry North

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Kirtling Hall, Kirtling Hall, Cambridgeshire Lord North's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord North's Players North, Roger (1531 - 1600) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • 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.