Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1548/9)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1508 (possibly born ca. 1509)
Death Date: 1549-03-20

Notes

Arrested and imprisoned in the Tower 17 Jan. 1548/9; attainted 5 March 1548/9; beheaded

Siblings

Male

Seymour, Edward (1500 - 1551/2) (patron)
Seymour, Henry (1503 - 1578)

Female

Seymour, Jane (1508 - 1537) (patron)
Seymour, Elizabeth ( - 1563)
Seymour, Dorothy ( - 1552)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1547-6
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)

  1. Female offspring: Seymour, Mary (1548 - 1550)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1537-10-18
    Vacated 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
  • 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
    Assumed 1546/7-02-16
    Vacated 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1546/7-02-17 (date nominated; installed 23 May 1547)
    Vacated 1548/9-03-05 (date attainted)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bailiff, Gloucestershire n.d. n.d.
Master Forester, Middlesex 1532-8-9 1548/9-03-20 Held office until death
Master Steward, Denbighshire 1537 n.d. Held jointly
Master Steward, various manors, Marches of Wales 1537 n.d. Held jointly
Keeper, Farleigh Hungerford Castle 1543/4-3-11 n.d.
Admiral of the Fleet, England 1544-10 n.d.
Master of the Ordnance, England 1544-4-18 1547-03-26 (date relinquished office) For life
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1544-5-28 1548/9-03-20 Held office until death
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1545 n.d.
Deputy Warden, Kent 1545-4-27 n.d. Cinque Ports also in Sussex. Acting for Sir Thomas Cheyney during his illness
Keeper, Middlesex 1545-4-21 n.d.
MP, Wiltshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Wiltshire 1545/6 n.d.
Lord High Admiral, England 1546/7-2-17 1548/9-01-17 (date arrested and imprisioned) For life
Privy Councillor, England 1546/7-1-23 1546/7-01-28
Privy Councillor, England 1546/7-2-2 1548/9-01-18
Capt & Lieut-gen, South of Trent 1547-8 n.d. During the absence of Protector Somerset in Scotland
Custodian of the King, England 1547-8 n.d. During the absence of Protector Somerset in Scotland
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1547 n.d.
JP, Kent 1547 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Devon 1547 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1547 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Essex 1547 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1547 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1547 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Seymour Place, London (city-county)
    near Templr Bar, Midd.
  • Seymour Place, Middlesex
    Granted. Near Temple Bar; formerly Hampton Place
    Acquired: 1545-03-29
  • Bromham, Wiltshire
  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Granted
    Acquired: 1547

Lands

  • Berkshire: Coleshill Manor
    Acquired: 1539
    Also grants in March 1538 & 19 Aug. 1547
  • Cheshire
  • Essex: Coggeshall Abbey Lands
    Acquired: 1539
    Grants also in March 1538
  • Gloucestershire: Sudeley Lordship & Manor
    Acquired: 1547-08-19
    Granted
  • Hampshire: Romsey Abbey Lands
    Acquired: 1539
    Grants also in March 1538
  • Sussex: Bramber Barony & Borough, Horsham & New Shoreham Borough & Manor & Lewes Borough
    Acquired: 1547-08-19
    Granted
  • Wiltshire
    Acquired: 1547-08-19
    Granted

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1547-1548 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1548-1549 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1548-1548 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1548-1549 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1549-1549 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Admiral's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Admiral's Players Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1549) Players 5

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire 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.
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.
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)