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Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1556/7)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1507
Death Date: 1557-02-17

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1524-5-21
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1538-11-21
    Union ended: 1555-11-13
    Note: Union ended in divorce

Primary Title

  • 7th Earl of Sussex

Titles

  • 7th Earl of Sussex
    Assumed: 1542-11-27
    Vacated: 1556/7-02-17
  • 8th Baron FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1542-11-27
    Vacated: 1556/7-02-17
  • 2nd Viscount FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1542-11-27
    Vacated: 1556/7-02-17
  • Lord FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1529
    Vacated: 1542

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1536
JP, Essex 1538
JP, Norfolk 1538
JP, Essex 1539/40 1541
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norwich 1540
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norwich 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norwich 1543
JP, Norfolk 1543
JP, Norfolk 1547
JP, Essex 1547
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1551 -4 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1552 -5 Held jointly
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1553 -11 -19 1556/7 -02 -17
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1553 -5 Held jointly
Privy Councillor, England 1553 -8 -17
JP, Suffolk 1553/4
JP, Cambridgeshire 1553/4
JP, Norfolk 1554
JP, Essex 1554
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1556 -7 -14 1556/7 -02 -17
Lord Lieut, Suffolk 1556 -7 -14 1556/7 -02 -17

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Attleborough, Norfolk

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Sussex's Players
Dismissal - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Henry (1507 - 1557) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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.