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Manners, Henry (1526 - 1563)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1526-09-23
Death Date: 1563-09-17

Notes

Arrested for adherence to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland: in custody 29 July 1553; imprisoned in the Fleet 31 July 1553; released to house arrest 8 Sept. 1553; pardoned

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Margaret (1525 - 1559)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1536-7-3
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 1 daughter
  2. Hussey, Bridget (1525 - 1600/1)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1560
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Manners, John (1535 - 1611)
  • Manners, Roger (1536 - 1607)
  • Manners, Thomas ( - )

Female

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Earl of Rutand

Titles

  • 4th Earl of Rutand
    Assumed: 1543-09-20
    Vacated: 1563-09-17
  • Lord Ros
    Assumed: 1526-09-23
    Vacated: 1543-09-20
  • 13th Baron Ros
    Assumed: 1543-09-20
    Vacated: 1563-09-17
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1559-06-03 (date installed; nominated 24 April 1559)
    Vacated: 1563-09-17

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 25 Feb. 1547/8

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable and Porter, Nottinghamshire 1547 -7 -11 1583 -09 -17 For life
Steward, Nottinghamshire 1547 -7 -11 1583 -09 -17 For life
Steward, Derbyshire 1547 -7 -11 1583 -09 -17 For life
Steward, Custos Rotulorum, Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre, Nottinghamshire 1547 -7 -11 1583 -09 -17 For life
Capt, Northumberland 1549 -5 -1 1551
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1549 -5 -1 Commission included other places where Ralph, 3rd Baron Eure and Sir Robert Bowers had exercised the same commission. Both Eure and Bowers were Manners' predecessors as Wardens of the East and Middle Marches towards Scotland
Keeper, Northumberland 1549 -5 -1 1551
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1549 -5 -1 1551
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, Middle March 1549 -5 -1 1551
Lord lieut, Lincolnshire 1551 -4 -14 Held jointly with Edward Clinton, 16th Earl of Lincoln
Lord lieut, Nottinghamshire 1551 -4 -14 1583 -09 -17 Held jointly with Edward Clinton, 16th Earl of Lincoln; held solely from 16 May 1552
JP, Nottinghamshire 1553/4
Lord lieut, Rutland 1559 1583 -09 -17
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Durham Diocese 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1560/1 1583
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1560/1 1583
JP, Westmorland 1560/1 1583
JP, Northumberland 1560/1 1583
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1560/1 1583
JP, Cumberland 1560/1 1583
JP, York 1560/1 1583
JP, Durham Diocese 1560/1 1583
JP, Cumberland 1560/1 1583
JP, Northumberland 1560/1 1583
JP, Yorkshire 1560/1 1583
President, Council of the North, England 1560/1 -1 -20 1583 -09 -17
JP, Derbyshire 1561/2
JP, Lincolnshire 1561/2 Included regions of Kestevan, Lindsey, Holland
JP, Rutland 1561/2

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
    Patrimony
  • Croxton Abbey, Leicestershire
    Patrimony; resident here by 1540

Lands

  • Cornwall: 'Alwarden,' 'Mounshole,' Penzance and 'Tywarnailetyas alias Trewerneleties' Manors
    Acquired: 1554/5-01-20
    Granted
  • Leicestershire: Muston and Normanton Manor
    Divested: 1561-11-06
    Alienated
  • Lincolnshire: Deeping, Tallington and Uffington
    Divested: 1554/5-01-02
  • Norfolk: Cley and Holt Manors
    Divested: 1554/5-01-02
  • Northamptonshire: Braunston and Stoke Albany
    Divested: 1554-12-20
  • Northamptonshire: Burton Latimer and 'Thingdon' Manors
    Divested: 1554-07-28
  • Somerset: Milverton, 'Heigrove' juxta Bridgwater and Edingworth Manors
    Acquired: 1554/5-01-20
    Granted
  • Sussex: Eastbourne Manor
    Divested: 1556-04-06
    Divested in company with co-owners
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Auburn, Fridaythorpe and Warter
    Divested: 1556/7-01-02
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Birdsall and North Dalton Rectories and Granges
    Acquired: 1563-05-15
    Divested: 1583-09-17
    Granted lease while President of the Council of the North
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Wheldrake
    Divested: 1562/3-01-01
    Alienated
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Bilsdale Kirkham in Helmsley and Skiplan Rivalx Manors
    Divested: 1563-04-01
    Alienated

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
  • 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Rye, Walter, ed. The Visitation of Norfolk, Made and Taken by William Hervey...Anno 1563...and also the Visitation Made by John Raven...Anno 1613. London: Npub, 1891
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936