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Vernon, Thomas (1495 - 1561/2)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1495
Death Date: 1562-03-05

Parents

Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Shropshire 1521 1523
Sheriff, Shropshire 1523 -11 -13 1524 -11 -10
Sheriff, Shropshire 1534 -11 -14 1535 -11 -22
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1538/9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1538/9
JP, Worcestershire 1539/40
JP, Staffordshire 1539/40
JP, Herefordshire 1539/40
JP, Gloucestershire 1539/40
JP, Berkshire 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1542/3 1544/5
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1543/4 1544/5
Sheriff, Shropshire 1545 -11 -22 1546 -11 -23
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1546/7

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stokesay Castle, Shropshire

Lands

  • Shropshire: Pontesbury Manor
  • Shropshire: Westbury

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Mr Vernon's Singer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Vernon's Singer Vernon, Thomas (1495 - 1562) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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
  • Page, William, A.T. Gaydon and G.C. Baugh, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Shropshire. 11 vols. London: Archibald Constable, U of London, 1908--98