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Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1526 (born between 1525 and 1527)
Death Date: 1583-06-09

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wriothesley, Elizabeth ( - 1554/5)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1545-11-1
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced one daughter who died in infancy
  2. Sidney, Frances (1531 - 1588/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1555-4-24
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 8th Earl of Sussex

Titles

  • 8th Earl of Sussex
    Assumed: 1556/7-02-17
    Vacated: 1583-06-09
  • 3rd Viscount FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1556/7-02-17
    Vacated: 1583-06-09
  • 9th Baron FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1556/7-02-17
    Vacated: 1583-06-09
  • Lord FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1542-11-27
    Vacated: 1556/7-02-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward, Essex -06 -9
Capt & Warden, Hampshire 1549 -11 -24 1551 -04
MP, Norfolk 1553
JP, Essex 1553/4
JP, Norfolk 1553/4
Deputy, Ireland 1556 -4 -27 1560
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1557 -7 -3 1583 -06 -9
Lord Lieut, Ireland 1560 -5 -6 1565 -10 -13
JP, Suffolk 1561/2
JP, Norfolk 1561/2
JP, Essex 1561/2
JP, Essex 1564 -1
JP, Norfolk 1564
JP, Suffolk 1564
President, Council of the North, England 1568 -7 1572 -10
Lord Lieut of the North, England 1569 -11 -15
Privy Councillor, England 1570 -12 -30
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1572 -7 -13 1583 -06 -9
Steward, Essex 1572 -7
Chief Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1579 Held jointly
Chief Commissioner of Array, Essex 1579 Held jointly
Chief Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Kent 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1579
Chief Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1579

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Woodham Walther, Essex
  • Bermondsey House, Surrey
  • New Hall, Essex
    Acquired: 1574-05
    Granted

Lands

  • Essex: Beaulieu Honour
    Acquired: 1534-12-31
    Granted. Honour comprised Boreham, Oldhall & Walkfare Manors & their dependencies.
  • Ireland

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Abingdon, Berkshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Chamberlain's Player/s
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Fordwich, Kent Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Chamberlain's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Chamberlain's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) Players 1
Lord Chamberlain's Player/s Radcliffe, Thomas (1526 - 1583) 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.