Venables, Thomas (1513 - 1580)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1513

Death Date: 1580-07-19

Parents

Mother: Cotton, Eleanor ( - )

Father: Venables, William (1494 - 1540)

Marriages/Other Unions

Needham, Maud ( - )
Type: marriage
Union began: n.d.
Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

Female

Venables, Cicely ( - )

Offspring

From Needham, Maud ( - )
Male offspring: Venables, Thomas (1542 - 1606)
From Needham, Maud ( - )
Female offspring: Venables, Katherine ( - )
From Needham, Maud ( - )
Male offspring: Venables, Anthony ( - )
From Needham, Maud ( - )
Female offspring: Venables, Eleanor ( - )
From Needham, Maud ( - )
Male offspring: Venables, James ( - )
From Needham, Maud ( - )
Female offspring: Venables, Agnes ( - )

Primary Title

Baron Kinderton

Titles

Baron Kinderton
Assumed: 1540-07-31
Vacated: 1580-07-19
Knight
Assumed: 1544-05-11
Vacated: 1580-07-19

Details of Offices

	Began	Ended
Chamberlain, Cheshire	1540	1572
JP, Cheshire	1543	1547
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire	1545
Commissioner of Musters, Cheshire	1548
MP, Cheshire	1553 -3
Sheriff, Cheshire	1556 -11 -13	1557 -11 -16
JP, Cheshire	1561	1580
MP, Cheshire	1563

Details of Properties

Residence

Kinderton Hall, Cheshire
(Performance Venue)

Lands

Cheshire: Bradwell, Eccleston & Middlewich

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1578 - 1578	Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Baron of Kinderslay's Players
Performance	1556 - 1557	Chester (Unknown), Chester, Cheshire	Baron of Kinderton's Minstrels
Performance	1557 - 1557	Simon Founder's House, Chester, Cheshire	Baron of Kinderton's Minstrels
Performance	1578 - 1579	Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Baron of Kinderton's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Baron of Kinderslay's Players	Venables, Thomas (1513 - 1580)	Players	1
Baron of Kinderton's Players	Venables, Thomas (1513 - 1580)	Players	1
Baron of Kinderton's Minstrels	Venables, Thomas (1513 - 1580)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Baron of Kinderton's Minstrels	Venables, Thomas (1513 - 1580)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1

Owned Venues

Venue Name	County	Type
Kinderton Hall	Cheshire	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
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898