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Fane, Thomas ( - 1606/7)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1607-01

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1598
    Vacated: 1606/7-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Sussex 1579 Held office from this date
JP, Kent 1580 1596
Sheriff, Kent 1580 -3 -28 1580 -11 -21 Fane accounted from 23 Nov. 1579 (the start of the term of Thomas Coppynger)
Lieut, Kent 1588
MP, Kent 1589
MP, Kent 1593
Deputy Lieut, Kent 1596
MP, Kent 1597
JP, Kent 1598 1603
Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1603 Cinque Ports also in Sussex. Fane worked with two Lord Wardens: William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (Warden 1558--1596/7) and Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (Warden 1596/7--1603), and his position as Deputy Warden was formally recognized upon Henry Brooke's downfall

Details of Properties

Residence

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Thomas Fane's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Fane's Trumpeter Fane, Thomas (0 - 1607) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Burston Manor Kent Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.