Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1551/2)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 22
Total events naming patron - 22
Troupes - 9
Bibliographic Sources - 2
Legend

patron legend

Base layers

Data layers

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'Protector Somerset'

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1500
Death Date: 1552-01-22

Notes

Deprived of all offices and imprisoned in the Tower 14 Oct. 1549--6 Feb. 1549/50; pardoned 8 Feb. 1549/50 (but under virtual house arrest for 6 weeks). Arrested and imprisoned for treason in the Tower 16 Oct. 1551; tried 1 Dec. 1551; beheaded. Attainted and all honours forfeited 12 April 1552

Siblings

Male

Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1548/9) (patron)
Seymour, Henry (1503 - 1578)

Female

Seymour, Jane (1508 - 1537) (patron)
Seymour, Elizabeth ( - 1563)
Seymour, Dorothy ( - 1552)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fillol, Katherine ( - 1535)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1519
    Union ended: before 1535
    Note: Marriage repudiated by husband before 1535, on suspicion of infidelity and the doubtful paternity of her son; children disinherited by act of parliament 1540/1; restored 1551/2--1552/3
  2. Stanhope, Anne (1510 - 1587)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1535-3-9
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Fillol, Katherine ( - 1535)

  1. Male offspring: Seymour, John (1519 - 1552)
  2. Male offspring: Seymour, Edward (d. 1553)

From Stanhope, Anne (1510 - 1587)

  1. Female offspring: Seymour, Anne (b. 1538)
  2. Male offspring: Seymour, Edward (1537 - 1539)
  3. Male offspring: Seymour, Edward (1539 - 1621) (patron)
  4. Female offspring: Seymour, Margaret (b. 1540)
  5. Female offspring: Seymour, Jane (b. 1541)
  6. Male offspring: Seymour, Henry (b. 1540)
  7. Female offspring: Seymour, Mary (b. 1541)
  8. Male offspring: Seymour, Edward (1548 - 1574)
  9. Female offspring: Seymour, Catherine (b. 1541)
  10. Female offspring: Seymour, Elizabeth (b. 1550)

Primary Title

8th Earl of Hertford
5th Duke of Somerset

Titles

  • 1st Viscount Beauchamp
    Assumed 1536-06-05
    Vacated 1551/2-01-22
  • 8th Earl of Hertford
    Assumed 1537-10-18
    Vacated 1551/2-01-22
  • Baron Seymour
    Assumed 1546/7-02-15
    Vacated 1551/2-01-22
  • 5th Duke of Somerset
    Assumed 1546/7-02-16
    Vacated 1551/2-01-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Bristol 1517-7-15 n.d. Held jointly
JP, Wiltshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Wiltshire 1528/9 n.d.
Steward, Somerset 1528/9-3-5 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1531/2 n.d.
Capt, Jersey 1536-7-7 n.d.
Capt, Jersey 1536-7-7 n.d.
Chancellor, North Wales 1536-8-16 n.d. Held jointly
Privy Councillor, England 1537 1549-10-13
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
JP, Wiltshire 1537/8 1539
Lord High Admiral, England 1542-12-28 1542/3-01
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1542-10 1542-12
Great Chamberlain of England, England 1542/3-2-16 1546/7-02-17
JP, Somerset 1542/3 1544
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3 n.d.
Capt-gen & Lieut in the North, England 1543/4-2-12 1544-06
Councillor of Regency, England 1544-7-9 n.d.
Lieut of the Realm, England 1544-7-9 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1544/5 n.d.
Capt-gen & Lieut in the North, England 1545-5-2 n.d.
Earl Marshal of England, England 1546/7-2-17 n.d.
Protector of the Realm, England 1546/7-2-1 (date designated as Protector by the King) 1549-10-13 (date protectorate dissolved) Patent of protectorate issued 12 March 1546/7; dissolution of protectorate confirmed by Parliament on 14 Jan. 1449/50
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1546/7-2-10 n.d.
Chancellor, Cambridgeshire 1547-11-14 1551/2-01-22
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1547 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1547 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1547 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1547 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1547 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1547 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1547 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Kent 1547 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1547 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1547 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Essex 1547 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1547 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1547 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Devon 1547 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1547 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1547 n.d.
Keeper, various manors, Sussex 1550-8-8 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1550-4-10 1550-10-16 (date of arrest)
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1551-5-10 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1551-5-10 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Somerset House, Middlesex
  • Wolf Hall, Wiltshire

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1550-1551 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Somerset's Players
Performance 1550-1551 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Somerset's Players
Performance 1551-1551 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duke of Somerset's Players
Performance 1551-1551 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Somerset's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Hertford's Bearward
Performance 1542-1542 Mr Baker's, Folkestone , Kent Earl of Hertford's Minstrels
Performance 1540-1540 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Hertford's Players
Performance 1546-1546 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Hertford's Waits
Performance 1548-1549 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Protector's Minstrels
Performance 1548-1548 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Protector's Player
Performance 1547-1548 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1547-1548 Court Hall, Canterbury , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1547-1548 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1548 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1549 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1549 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1549 Court Hall, Canterbury , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1549 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1548-1548 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1549-1549 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1549-1550 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Protector's Players
Performance 1549-1549 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Protector's Servants

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Somerset's Players Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Players 4
Earl of Hertford's Bearward Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Hertford's Minstrels Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Hertford's Players Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Players 1
Earl of Hertford's Waits Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Musicians 1
Lord Protector's Minstrels Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Protector's Player Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Players 1
Lord Protector's Players Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Players 11
Lord Protector's Servants Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1552) Unknown 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)