Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1489
Death Date: before 1532-05-22

Notes

Companion of Prince Henry (later Henry VIII)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1512-4
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1525
    Union ended: n.d.

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1512-03-30
    Vacated 1532-05-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1526-05
    Vacated 1532-05-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable & Keeper, near Maidstone 1512-12-24 1532-05-22 Held solely, then jointly with brother Edward from April 1531
Master of the Revels, England By 1513 n.d.
JP, Kent 1515 1532
Master of the Horse, England 1515-11-6 1522-07-18
JP, Surrey 1521 n.d.
Comptroller of the Household, England by 1522-9-1 n.d.
Steward, Kent 1522 n.d.
MP, Kent 1529 n.d.

General Lands Note

Primarily resident at court

Details of Properties

Residence

  • London (city-county)
  • London (city-county)
  • Leeds Castle, Kent
    Acquired: 1512
    Divested: 1532

Lands

  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Warwickshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1519-1519 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Master of the King's Horses' Minstrel
Performance 1516-1517 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrel
Performance 1517-1517 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1518-1518 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1525-1525 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1525-1526 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels
Performance 1531-1531 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Master of the King's Horses' Minstrel Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrel Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Guildford's Minstrels Guildford, Henry (1489 - 1532) Entertainers/Minstrels 7

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Leeds Castle Kent Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)