Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1548/9)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1508 (possibly born ca. 1509)

Death Date: 1549-03-20

Arrested and imprisoned in the Tower 17 Jan. 1548/9; attainted 5 March 1548/9; beheaded

Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1547-6
Union ended: n.d.

From Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)
Female offspring: Seymour, Mary (1548 - 1549/50)

1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
Assumed: 1546/7-02-16
Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
Knight
Assumed: 1537-10-18
Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
Knight of the Garter
Assumed: 1546/7-02-17 (date nominated; installed 23 May 1547)
Vacated: 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)

	Began	Ended	Notes
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

Seymour Place, London (city-county)
near Templr Bar, Midd.
Bromham, Wiltshire
Seymour Place, Middlesex
Acquired: 1545-03
Granted. Near Temple Bar; formerly Hampton Place
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
(Performance Venue)
Acquired: 1547
Granted

Berkshire: Coleshill Manor
Acquired: 1539
Also grants in March 1538 & 19 Aug. 1547
Cheshire
Essex: Coggeshall Abbey Lands
Acquired: 1539
Grants also in March 1538
Gloucestershire: Sudeley Lordship & Manor
Acquired: 1547-08-19
Granted
Hampshire: Romsey Abbey Lands
Acquired: 1539
Grants also in March 1538
Sussex: Bramber Barony & Borough, Horsham & New Shoreham Borough & Manor & Lewes Borough
Acquired: 1547-08-19
Granted
Wiltshire
Acquired: 1547-08-19
Granted

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1547 - 1548	Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset	Lord Admiral's Players
Performance	1548 - 1549	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Admiral's Players
Performance	1548 - 1548	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Admiral's Players
Performance	1548 - 1549	Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Lord Admiral's Players
Performance	1549 - 1549	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Admiral's Players

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
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

Venue Name	County	Type
Sudeley Castle	Gloucestershire	Private Residence

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.