Talbot, Gilbert (1451 - 1517)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 10
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1451
Death Date: 1517-09-19

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1475
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Male offspring: Talbot, Gilbert (1479 - 1542) (patron)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Circa 1485-08-22 (at Bosworth Field)
    Vacated 1517-09-19
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1494/5-01-11
    Vacated 1517-09-19

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chamberlain, North Wales n.d. by -06-17 (date succeeded in office)
Keeper, Ireland 1473 1486-11-7 During minority of nephew, George Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
Steward, Shropshire 1473-10-8 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1477 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1477/8 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1479/80 n.d.
Steward, Shropshire 1481 n.d.
MP, Shropshire 1484 n.d. Possibly MP for Shrewsbury
JP, Shropshire 1485 1487
MP, Shropshire 1485 1486 Possibly MP for Shrewsbury
Privy Councillor, England 1485 1509
Sheriff, Shropshire 1485-9-12 1486-11-5
MP, Shropshire 1487 n.d. Possibly held office in this year
MP, Shropshire 1489 1490 Possibly held office in this year
JP, Shropshire 1490 n.d.
MP, Shropshire 1491 1492
JP, Shropshire 1492/3 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1493 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1494 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1494/5 n.d.
Governor, France 1494/5-1-11 n.d.
MP, Shropshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Worcestershire 1496 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1497 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1500 1502
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Marches of Wales 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Marches of Wales 1502 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1502 1503
JP, Herefordshire 1502 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1502 1506
JP, Shropshire 1502 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1502/3 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1502/3 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1503/4 1507
JP, Herefordshire 1504/5 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1506 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1506/7 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1507 n.d.
Lieut, France by 1507-6-22 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1508 1511
JP, Gloucestershire 1508 n.d.
Steward, Staffordshire by 1508/9-2-28 n.d.
Steward, Worcestershire by 1508/9-2-28 n.d.
Deputy, France 1509-9-25 n.d. Granted in survivorship 6 Aug. 1513
JP, Warwickshire 1509 1512
JP, Herefordshire 1509 1511
JP, Gloucestershire 1509/10 1515
JP, Worcestershire 1509/10 1515
JP, Shropshire 1511 1514
JP, Herefordshire 1512/13 1515
Steward, Worcestershire by 1513 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1515 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Townhouse, Calais, France
  • Aston Hall, Wem, Shropshire
    Possible residence
  • Grafton, Worcestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Granted after forfeit by Humphrey Stafford
    Acquired: 1486-07

Lands

  • Berkshire: Burghfield Manor
    Acquired: 1512/13-02-04
  • France: Burghfield Manor
    Acquired: 1512/13-02-04
  • Shropshire: Stottesden Manor
    Acquired: 1475
    Granted for life by Duke of Norfolk
  • Suffolk: Nayland Manor
  • Worcestershire: Upton Warren
    Acquired: 1486-07

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1510-1511 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainer/s
Performance 1506-1507 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainer/s Talbot, Gilbert (1451 - 1517) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainers Talbot, Gilbert (1451 - 1517) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Grafton Manor Worcestershire 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 Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
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.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
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.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.
Weyman, Henry T. 'Shropshire Members of Parliament [Part 2].' Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 4th ser 11 (1928): 153–184.