St Poll, Thomas (1539 - 1582)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 9
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1539-00-00
Death Date: 1582-08-29

Siblings

Male

St Poll, John ( - 1558/9)

Female

St Poll, Mary ( - 1564)
St Poll, Lucy ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Grantham, Faith ( - 1590)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Grantham, Faith ( - 1590)

  1. Male offspring: St Poll, George (1562 - 1613)
  2. Male offspring: St Poll, Thomas (b. 1565)
  3. Female offspring: St Poll, Faith (n.d.)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1580-11-20
    Vacated 1582-08-29

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Lincolnshire 1561/2 1582
JP, Lincolnshire ca. 1564 1582
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1565-11-16 1566-11-18
MP, Lincolnshire 1571 n.d.
MP, Lincolnshire 1572 n.d.
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1579-11-23 1580-11-21

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands as heir of brother John (d 29 Jan. 1558/9) of Nettleton, Lincolnshire, 22 Jan. 1559/60

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Snarford, Lincolnshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1558/9-02-22
    Divested: 1582-08-29

Lands

  • Lincolnshire: Collow Manor (or Grange) (two-thirds), Collow, Holton, Legsby, Linwood, Lissington lands
    Acquired: 1578-05-01
  • Lincolnshire: Crowle Hale, Crowle Lawewood, Mosewood, Isle of Axeholme
    Acquired: 1573/4-03-01
    Lease of woods, for 21 years
  • Lincolnshire: Great & Little Sturton, Sturton Grange, Baumber, Sotby, Goulceby Manors, Hatton, Hemingby, Ranby and Baumber Rectory lands
    Acquired: 1579-05-20
    Acquired with Sir Robert Tyrwhitt and Andrew Gedney
  • Lincolnshire: Louth Park Lordship, Southouse (Southorpe?) Manor in Keddington, Keddington and 'Whillworthe' lands
    Acquired: 1568-07-12
    Leased for 21 years
  • Lincolnshire: Melwood (alias Wood alias Charterhouse) Manor & Haxey, Melwood, Owston, Upper Burnham lands
    Acquired: before 1576-10-01
  • Lincolnshire: North Carlton
    Acquired: 1558/9-02-22
    Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire: Sir Thomas Burgh's Chantry lands, Dunstall Lordship
    Acquired: 1558/9-02-22
    Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire: Westerington Grange
    Acquired: 1558/9-02-22
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1572-1573 St Mary's Church, Long Sutton , Lincolnshire Mr St Poll's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Mr St Poll's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr St Poll's Players St Poll, Thomas (1539 - 1582) Players 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Snarford Hall Lincolnshire 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, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Publications of the Harlein Society 50–2. 3 vols. London: Wardour P, 1902–4.