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Talbot, Gilbert (1451 - 1517)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1475
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Talbot, John (1448 - 1473)

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 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 -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
JP, Shropshire 1477
JP, Shropshire 1477/8
JP, Shropshire 1479/80
Steward, Shropshire 1481
MP, Shropshire 1484 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 Possibly held office in this year
MP, Shropshire 1489 1490 Possibly held office in this year
JP, Shropshire 1490
MP, Shropshire 1491 1492
JP, Shropshire 1492/3
JP, Worcestershire 1493
JP, Worcestershire 1494
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1494/5
Governor, France 1494/5 -1 -11
MP, Shropshire 1495
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1496
Commissioner of Musters, Worcestershire 1496
JP, Worcestershire 1497
JP, Worcestershire 1500 1502
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1502
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1502
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1502
Commissioner of Array, Marches of Wales 1502
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Marches of Wales 1502
JP, Shropshire 1502
JP, Gloucestershire 1502 1506
JP, Herefordshire 1502
JP, Warwickshire 1502 1503
JP, Shropshire 1502/3
JP, Herefordshire 1502/3
JP, Worcestershire 1503/4 1507
JP, Herefordshire 1504/5
JP, Warwickshire 1506
JP, Herefordshire 1506/7
JP, Warwickshire 1507
Lieut, France 1507 -6 -22
JP, Gloucestershire 1508
JP, Staffordshire 1508 1511
Steward, Staffordshire 1508/9 -2 -28
Steward, Worcestershire 1508/9 -2 -28
Deputy, France 1509 -9 -25 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 1513
JP, Staffordshire 1514
JP, Warwickshire 1514
JP, Warwickshire 1515

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Gilbert Talbot's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Grafton Manor Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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. 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.