Talbot, George (1522 - 1590)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1522
Death Date: 1590-11-18

Notes

Pardoned for signing instrument settling the crown upon Lady Jane Grey 10 Oct. 1554

Siblings

Female

Talbot, Anne ( - 1584/5)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Manners, Gertrude ( - 1566/7)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1539-4-28
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Hardwick, Elizabeth (1527 - 1607/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1567-11-1
    Union ended: 1584
    Note: Separated in this year
  3. Bretton, Elinor ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Mistress

Offspring

From Manners, Gertrude ( - 1566/7)

  1. Male offspring: Talbot, Francis (1550 - 1582)
  2. Male offspring: Talbot, Gilbert (1552 - 1616) (patron)
  3. Male offspring: Talbot, Edward (1561 - 1618) (patron)
  4. Female offspring: Talbot, Catherine (d. 1576)
  5. Female offspring: Talbot, Mary (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Talbot, Grace (1562 - 1625)
  7. Male offspring: Talbot, Henry (n.d.)

Primary Title

9th Earl of Shrewsbury

Titles

  • Baron Talbot
    Assumed 1538
    Vacated 1590-11-18
  • 9th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Assumed 1560-09-28
    Vacated 1590-11-18
  • 11th Baron Furnivalle
    Assumed 1560-09-28
    Vacated 1590-11-18
  • Earl of Waterford
    Assumed 1560-09-28
    Vacated 1590-11-18
  • Baron Strange (of Blackmere)
    Assumed 1560-09-28
    Vacated 1590-11-18

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Derbyshire 1547 n.d.
Constable & High Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1549-11-1 n.d.
Member, Council of the North, England 1549-5 1590
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1553/4 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1553/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1553/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1553/4 n.d.
Chamberlain of the Receipt of the Exchequer, England 1555-12-14 1587-09-14
Chief Justice, Justice in Eyre & Warden of Crown Forests, Parks, Chases & Warrens, North of Trent 1555-12-14 n.d.
Constable, Radnorshire 1555-12-14 1590-11-18 For life
Constable & Keeper, Herefordshire 1555-12-14 1590-11-18 For life
Master of the Hunt, Shropshire 1555-12-14 1590-11-18
Steward, Herefordshire 1555-12-14 1590-11-18 For life
Steward, Radnorshire 1555-12-14 1590-11-18 For life
Capt-gen of Footmen, Army in the North, England 1557-5-30 n.d.
Gen of Demi-lances, Army in the North, England 1558-7-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Durham Diocese 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1560/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Durham Diocese 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Newcastle upon Tyne 1560/1 n.d.
JP, York 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1560/1 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1561/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hertfordshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Durham Diocese 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1564 n.d.
JP, Newcastle upon Tyne 1564 n.d.
JP, York 1564 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1564 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1564 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1564 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1564 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1564 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1564 n.d.
JP, Durham Diocese 1564 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1564 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, York 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Nottinghamshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Nottinghamshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1565 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, York 1565 n.d.
Lieut-gen in the North, England 1565-7 n.d. Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Nottinghamshire 1565-8-1 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Yorkshire 1565-8-1 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1565-8-1 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1565-8-1 n.d.
Forester, Nottinghamshire 1567-5-17 n.d. Held jointly
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Province of York 1568 n.d.
JP, Province of York 1568 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1569 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Nottinghamshire 1569-11-18 1570-11-15
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1569-11-18 1570-11-15
Privy Councillor, England 1571-12-12 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Province of York 1572/3 n.d.
Earl Marshal, England 1572/3-1-2 1587-09-14
JP, Province of York 1572/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1573 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1574 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Province of York 1577 n.d.
JP, Province of York 1577 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1583 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1584 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1585-7-3 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1585-7-3 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1585/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1585/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1587 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Nottinghamshire 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1587 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Nottinghamshire 1588-12-30 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Nottinghamshire 1588-12-30 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire: West Riding

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Yorkshire: East Riding

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1567-1567 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Shrewsbury's Bearward
Performance 1566-1566 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Shrewsbury's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Shrewsbury's Bearward Talbot, George (1522 - 1590) Performing Animals 1
Lord Shrewsbury's Bearward Talbot, George (1522 - 1590) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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)