Notes
Arrested and imprisoned in the Tower 17 Jan. 1548/9; attainted 5 March 1548/9; beheaded
Parents
Mother: Wentworth, Margery ( - 1550)
Father: Seymour, John (1473/74 - 1536)
Marriages/Other Unions
- Type: marriageUnion began: 1547-6Union ended: n.d.
Siblings
Offspring
- Female offspring: Seymour, Mary (1548 - 1549/50)
Titles
- 1st Baron Seymour of SudeleyAssumed: 1546/7-02-16Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
- Knight Assumed: 1537-10-18Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
- Knight of the GarterAssumed: 1546/7-02-17 (date nominated; installed 23 May 1547)Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
Details of Offices
Began | Ended | Notes | |
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Bailiff, Gloucestershire | |||
Master Forester, Middlesex | 1532 -8 -9 | 1548/9 -03 -20 | Held office until death |
Master Steward, Denbighshire | 1537 | Held jointly | |
Master Steward, various manors, Marches of Wales | 1537 | Held jointly | |
Keeper, Farleigh Hungerford Castle | 1543/4 -3 -11 | ||
Admiral of the Fleet, England | 1544 -10 | ||
Master of the Ordnance, England | 1544 -4 -18 | 1547 -03 -26 date relinquished office | For life |
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster | 1544 -5 -28 | 1548/9 -03 -20 | Held office until death |
Commissioner of Array, Kent | 1545 | ||
Deputy Warden, Kent | 1545 -4 -27 | Cinque Ports also in Sussex. Acting for Sir Thomas Cheyney during his illness | |
Keeper, Middlesex | 1545 -4 -21 | ||
MP, Wiltshire | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Musters, Wiltshire | 1545/6 | ||
Lord High Admiral, England | 1546/7 -2 -17 | 1548/9 -01 -17 date arrested and imprisioned | For life |
Privy Councillor, England | 1546/7 -1 -23 | 1546/7 -01 -28 | |
Privy Councillor, England | 1546/7 -2 -2 | 1548/9 -01 -18 | |
Capt & Lieut-gen, South of Trent | 1547 -8 | During the absence of Protector Somerset in Scotland | |
Custodian of the King, England | 1547 -8 | During the absence of Protector Somerset in Scotland | |
JP, Hertfordshire | 1547 | ||
JP, Kent | 1547 | ||
JP, Middlesex | 1547 | ||
JP, Shropshire | 1547 | ||
JP, Sussex | 1547 | ||
JP, Wiltshire | 1547 | ||
JP, Worcestershire | 1547 | ||
JP, Herefordshire | 1547 | ||
JP, Hampshire | 1547 | ||
JP, Gloucestershire | 1547 | ||
JP, Essex | 1547 | ||
JP, Devon | 1547 | ||
JP, Berkshire | 1547 |
Details of Properties
Residence
- Seymour Place, London (city-county)near Templr Bar, Midd.
- Bromham, Wiltshire
- Seymour Place, MiddlesexAcquired: 1545-03Granted. Near Temple Bar; formerly Hampton Place
- Sudeley Castle, GloucestershireAcquired: 1547Granted
Lands
- Berkshire: Coleshill ManorAcquired: 1539Also grants in March 1538 & 19 Aug. 1547
- Cheshire
- Essex: Coggeshall Abbey LandsAcquired: 1539Grants also in March 1538
- Gloucestershire: Sudeley Lordship & ManorAcquired: 1547-08-19Granted
- Hampshire: Romsey Abbey LandsAcquired: 1539Grants also in March 1538
- Sussex: Bramber Barony & Borough, Horsham & New Shoreham Borough & Manor & Lewes BoroughAcquired: 1547-08-19Granted
- WiltshireAcquired: 1547-08-19Granted
Event Naming Patron
Event Type | Date | Location | Troupe |
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Performance | - | Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset | Lord Admiral's Players |
Performance | - | New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent | Lord Admiral's Players |
Performance | - | Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent | Lord Admiral's Players |
Performance | - | Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | Lord Admiral's Players |
Performance | - | Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent | Lord Admiral's Players |
Patronized Troupes
Troupe Name | Patron | Troupe Type | # of events |
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Lord Admiral's Players | Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) | Players | 1 |
Lord Admiral's Players | Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) | Players | 1 |
Lord Admiral's Players | Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) | Players | 1 |
Lord Admiral's Players | Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) | Players | 1 |
Lord Admiral's Players | Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) | Players | 1 |
Owned Venues
Venue Name | County | Type |
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Sudeley Castle | Gloucestershire | Private Residence |
Bibliographic Sources
- 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
- Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.