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Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1479
Death Date: 1534-06-04

Notes

Esquire of the Body by 1509; Knight of the Body by 1514; joint Standard-Bearer 13 Sept. 1524 and Oct. 1528 to death. Guardian of future son-in-law John Dudley (later 1st Duke of Northumberland) 1510

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. West, Eleanor ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1513-09-25
    Vacated: 1534-06-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Master of the Armoury, England 1493 -12 1534 -06 -4 Held jointly with father until 1506 and solely thereafter
JP, Kent 1503 1534
Bailiff, Sussex 1506
Constable, Marches of Wales 1509
Steward, Marches of Wales 1509
Commissioner, Denbighshire 1509/10 -3 -16
JP, Northamptonshire 1511
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1511 -11 -8 1512 -11 -7
Marshal, France 1519 -5 -15 1524 -03 -31
Constable, Kent 1521 -11 -20 1534 -06 -4 Granded reversion of this office 1511
Warden, Kent 1521 -11 -20 (admitted and sworn into office June 1525) 1534 -06 -4 Cinque Ports also in Sussex; granted reversion of this office 1511
Keeper, Kent 1523 -8 -20 (date reappointed to office)
MP, Kent 1523 Possibly held this office (MPs for Kent for this year unknown)
MP, Kent 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1530
Constable and Doorward, near Maidstone 1531 -4 1534 -06 -4 Held jointly (with brother Sir Henry Guildford)
Parker, Kent 1531 -4 1534 -06 -4 Held jointly (with brother Sir Henry Guildford)
JP, Wiltshire 1532
Privy Councillor, England 1534 -5

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • France: Guisnes
  • Kent: Hemstead Manor
    Acquired: 1506
    Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1510
    Granted 4 manors of the attainted Edmund Dudley
  • Northamptonshire: Duddington Manor
    Acquired: 1515-03
    Granted
  • Sussex: Higham Manor
    Acquired: 1506
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Juggler/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Thomas Owers', New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Warden's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Players Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Players 1
Lord Warden's Juggler/s Guildford, Edward (1479 - 1534) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Halden Manor Kent Private Residence
Leeds Castle Kent 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
  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.