Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Sidney, Lucy (1520 - 1591)
Sidney, Anne ( - 1604)
Sidney, Frances (1531 - 1588/9)
Sidney, Mary ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Dudley, Mary (1530 - 1586)

  1. Male offspring: Sidney, Philip (1554 - 1586)
  2. Female offspring: Sidney, Margaret (1556 - 1558)
  3. Male offspring: Sidney, Robert (1563 - 1626) (patron)
  4. Female offspring: Sidney, Elizabeth (1560 - 1567)
  5. Female offspring: Sidney, Mary (1561 - 1621)
  6. Male offspring: Sidney, Thomas (b. 1569)
  7. Female offspring: Sidney, Ambrosia (1564 - 1575)

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1585-1586 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Lord President's Fool
Performance 1560-1561 Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord President's Trumpeter
Performance 1583-1583 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord President's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord President's Fool Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord President's Trumpeter Sidney, Henry (1529 - 1586) Musicians 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
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.