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St Poll, Thomas (1539 - 1582)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

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

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 Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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: 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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Mr St Poll's Players
Performance - 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 1
Mr St Poll's Players St Poll, Thomas (1539 - 1582) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Pedigrees. 3 vols. London: Wardour P, 1902--4