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Windsor, William (1498 - 1558)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1498
Death Date: 1558-08-20

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1536-5-16
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Cowdray, Elizabeth (1520 - 1582)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1554
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Windsor, George ( - 1520)

Female

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
    Female offspring: Windsor, Anne ( - 1605)
  2. From Cowdray, Elizabeth (1520 - 1582)
  3. Mother unknown

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Windsor
  • Knight of the Bath

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Windsor
    Assumed: 1543-03-30
    Vacated: 1558-08-20
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed: 1533-05-30
    Vacated: 1558

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Buckinghamshire 1529 1536
JP, Buckinghamshire 1530
JP, Buckinghamshire 1531/2
Feodary, Duchy of Lancaster 1535 -7 -12 1545 Feodary for Duchy's possessions in Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536
Sheriff, Bedfordshire 1537 -11 -14
Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1537 -11 -14
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539
MP, Buckinghamshire 1539 Possibly held this office
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542
JP, Middlesex 1543/4
Commissioner of Musters, Buckinghamshire 1545/6
JP, Buckinghamshire 1547
JP, Buckinghamshire 1553/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1554

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bradenham, Buckinghamshire

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Middlesex
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Earl of Wynsword's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Wynsword's Players Windsor, William (1498 - 1558) Players 1

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
  • 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