Windsor, William (1498 - 1558)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1498
Death Date: 1558-08-20

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1536-5-16
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Cowdray, Elizabeth (1520 - 1582)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1554
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Female offspring: Windsor, Anne (d. 1605)
  2. Male offspring: Windsor, Edward (1532 - 1575) (patron)

From Cowdray, Elizabeth (1520 - 1582)

  1. Female offspring: Windsor, Elizabeth (d. 1598)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Windsor
Knight of the Bath

Titles

  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed 1533-05-30
    Vacated 1558
  • 2nd Baron Windsor
    Assumed 1543-03-30
    Vacated 1558-08-20

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Buckinghamshire 1529 1536
JP, Buckinghamshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1531/2 n.d.
Feodary, Duchy of Lancaster 1535-7-12 1545 Feodary for Duchy's possessions in Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536 n.d.
Sheriff, Bedfordshire 1537-11-14 n.d.
Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1537-11-14 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539 n.d.
MP, Buckinghamshire 1539 n.d. Possibly held this office
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1543/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Buckinghamshire 1545/6 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1547 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1553/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1554 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bradenham, Buckinghamshire

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Middlesex
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1552-1553 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Earl of Wynsword's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Wynsword's Players Windsor, William (1498 - 1558) Players 1

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.