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Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1573-06-12
Death Date: 1629-09-22

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Morrison, Bridget (1575 - 1623)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1592
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Radcliffe and his first wife lived apart from 1602
  2. Meautys, Frances ( - 1627)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1623-12-11
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of marriage is supplied above; however, Radcliffe's daughter by this union was conceived while both Radcliffe and Frances were married to their other spouses.
  3. Morgan, Sylvester ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: 1602
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 10th Earl of Sussex

Titles

  • 11th Baron FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1593-12-14
    Vacated: 1629-09-22
  • 5th Viscount FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1593-12-14
    Vacated: 1629-09-22
  • Lord FitzWalter
    Assumed: 1583
    Vacated: 1593-12-14
  • 10th Earl of Sussex
    Assumed: 1593-12-14
    Vacated: 1629-09-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lord Lieut, Essex 1603 -8 -26 1625
Lord Lieut, Essex 1625 -9 -8 1626 Held jointly
Governor, Essex 1626 -9 1628 -03
Governor, Suffolk 1626 -9 1628 -03
Lord Lieut, Essex 1626 -9 -11 1629

Details of Properties

Residence

  • New Hall, Essex
    Acquired: 1593-12
    Divested: 1622-07
    Patrimony; sold
  • Bermondsey House, Surrey
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1593
    By patrimony.

Lands

  • Norfolk: Attleborough

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rose Theatre, Southwark, Surrey Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Rose Theatre, Southwark, Surrey Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Dismissal - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Leominster (Unknown), Leominster, Herefordshire Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Earl of Sussex's Players
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Sussex's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1
Earl of Sussex's Players Radcliffe, Robert (1573 - 1629) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bermondsey House Surrey Private Residence

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.