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Wriothesley, Henry (1573 - 1624)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1573-10-06
Death Date: 1624-11-10

Notes

Succeeded in minority; ward of Lord Burghley; lands held in trust by Lord Howard of Effingham. Imprisoned (for participation in the Earl of Essex's rebellion) in the Tower of London 8 Feb. 1600/1--April 1603; attainted and all honors forfeited 19 Feb. 1600/1; granted pardon and restitution 16 May 1603; restored in blood 18 April 1604. Arrested for opposition to the Duke of Buckingham and committed into the custody of John Williams, Lord Keeper and Dean of Westminster 15 June 1621--18 July 1621; subsequently under restraint at Titchfield in the custody of Sir William Pankhurst until 1 Sept. 1621

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1598-8-30
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

  • Wriothesley, Jane ( - 1573)
  • Wriothesley, Mary (1567 - 1607)

Primary Title

  • 4th Earl of Southampton

Titles

  • 4th Earl of Southampton
    Assumed: 1581-10-04
    Vacated: 1600/1601-02-19 (date attainted)
  • Lord Wriothesley
    Assumed: 1573
    Vacated: 1581-10-04
  • 4th Baron Wriothesley
    Assumed: 1581-10-04
    Vacated: 1600/1601-02-19 (date attainted)
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1603-06-25 (date nominated; installed 9 July 1603)
    Vacated: 1624-11-19
  • Earl of Southampton
    Assumed: 1603-07-21
    Vacated: 1624-11-19
  • Baron Wriothelsey of Titchfield
    Assumed: 1603-07-21
    Vacated: 1624-11-19
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1597
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bailiff of Royal Manors, Isle of Wight 1603 -7 -7
Capt, Isle of Wight 1603 -7 -7
Keeper, Isle of Wight 1603 -7 -7 1624 -11 -19 For life
Keeper of the King's Game, Hampshire 1603 -12 -10
Lord Lieut, Southampton 1603 -3 -30 Held jointly with the Earl of Devon
Master of the Queen's Game, England 1603 -10
Queen's Councillor, England 1603 -10
Lieut, Hampshire 1604 -3 -30 Held jointly with the Earl of Devon
Keeper, Hampshire 1606/7 -1 -14 1624 -11 -19 For life
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1613 -4 1624 -11 -10
Privy Councillor, England 1619 -4 -30 1621 -06 -15

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Beaulieu, Hampshire
  • Southampton House, Holborn, London (city-county)

Lands

  • Essex: Dunmow Manor
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire: Romsey Manor
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Somerset: Compton Magna Manor

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Southampton's Trumpeter/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Southampton's Trumpeter/s Wriothesley, Henry (1573 - 1624) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • 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
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975