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Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1529-07-20
Death Date: 1586-05-05

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dudley, Mary (1530 - 1586)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1551-3-29
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1551
    Vacated: 1586-05-05
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1564-05-14
    Vacated: 1586-05-05

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Northamptonshire 1547
Keeper, Surrey 1552
MP, Kent 1552/3 -3
High Steward, Kent 1553
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1553
Receiver-gen & Vice Treasurer, Ireland 1556 -4 -27 1559
Justice, Ireland 1557 -12 -5 Held jointly, then solely from 18 Jan. 1557/8
Council President, Marches of Wales 1559 1586 -05 -5
JP, Herefordshire 1561/2
JP, Kent 1561/2
JP, Shropshire 1561/2
JP, Worcestershire 1561/2
JP, Monmouthshire 1562
JP, Cheshire 1562
JP, Brecknockshire 1562
JP, various counties, Wales 1562
MP, Kent 1563
JP, Monmouthshire 1564
JP, Cheshire 1564
JP, Brecknockshire 1564
JP, Worcestershire 1564
JP, Herefordshire 1564
Deputy, Ireland 1565 -6 -22 1571
MP, Kent 1571
MP, Kent 1572
JP, various counties, England 1573
Deputy, Ireland 1575 -7 -31 1580 -07
Privy Councillor, England 1575 -7 -31

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Penshurst, Kent
  • Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1559
    Divested: 1586-05
    Official residence as President of the Council in the Marches of Wales

Lands

  • Gloucestershire
  • Kent: Penhurst
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex: Tyburn Manor
    Inherited
  • Nottinghamshire: Southwell Manor
    Inherited
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Wiltshire: Wootton Bassett Borough & Manor
    Acquired: 1553-07-02
    Granted
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Kingston on Hull Lordship & Myton Manor
    Inherited

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Lord President's Fool
Performance - Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord President's Trumpeter
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord President's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord President's Trumpeter Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586) Musicians 1
Lord President's Trumpeter Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586) Musicians 1
Lord President's Fool Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Ludlow Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth [1509-1603]. 11 vols. London: Longman; HMSO, 1860-1912
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906