Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1486-09-19
Death Date: 1502-04-02

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1501-11-14
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

Prince of Wales

Titles

  • 8th Duke of Cornwall
    Assumed 1486-09-20
    Vacated 1502-04-02
  • 20th Earl of Chester
    Assumed 1489-11-29
    Vacated 1502-04-02
  • Prince of Wales
    Assumed 1489-11-29
    Vacated 1502-04-02

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1490 1502
JP, Kent 1490 1502
Warden-gen, Marches towards Scotland by 1490-5-20 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1491 1502
JP, Sussex 1491 1502
Keeper of the Realm, England 1492-10-2 1492-11
King's Lieut, England 1492-10-2 1492-11
JP, Surrey 1493 1502

General Lands Note

Acquired estates of the Earldom of March Nov. 1493

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
    Died here
    Acquired: after 1501-12-21
    Divested: 1502-04-02

Lands

  • Herefordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Wales

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1494-1495 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Baboon Keeper
Performance 1490-1491 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Prince's Entertainers
Performance 1495-1495 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Prince's Entertainers
Performance 1495-1496 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Prince's Entertainers
Performance 1497-1498 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Prince's Entertainers
Performance 1490-1490 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrel
Performance 1498-1499 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Prince's Minstrel
Performance 1490-1491 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Minstrel/s
Performance 1495-1496 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Minstrel/s
Performance 1499-1500 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Prince's Minstrel/s
Performance 1489-1490 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1489-1490 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1490-1491 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1490-1490 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1491-1492 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1493-1494 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1496-1496 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1496-1497 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1497-1498 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1498-1499 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1498-1498 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1498-1498 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1499-1499 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1500-1501 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1501-1502 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Prince's Minstrels
Performance 1496-1496 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Minstrels with Trumpets
Performance? 1493-1493 New College, Oxford , Oxfordshire Prince's Performers
Performance 1500-1501 Wells (Unknown), Wells , Somerset Prince's Performers
Performance 1499-1500 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Prince's Pipers
Performance 1494-1495 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Prince's Players
Performance 1494-1495 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Prince's Players
Performance 1498-1499 Lincoln's Inn, near London , Middlesex Prince's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Prince's Baboon Keeper Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Performing Animals 1
Prince's Entertainers Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Prince's Minstrel Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Prince's Minstrel/s Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Prince's Minstrels Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Entertainers/Minstrels 15
Prince's Minstrels with Trumpets Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Musicians 1
Prince's Performers Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Prince's Pipers Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Musicians 1
Prince's Players Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) Players 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Ludlow Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)