Fane, Thomas ( - 1606/7)

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1607-01

Parents

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1598
    Vacated 1606/7-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Sussex ca. 1579 n.d. Held office from this date
JP, Kent 1580 1596
Sheriff, Kent 1580-3-28 1580-11-21 Fane accounted from 23 Nov. 1579 (the start of the term of Thomas Coppynger)
Lieut, Kent 1588 n.d.
MP, Kent 1589 n.d.
MP, Kent 1593 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Kent by 1596 n.d.
MP, Kent 1597 n.d.
JP, Kent 1598 1603
Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1603 n.d. Cinque Ports also in Sussex. Fane worked with two Lord Wardens: William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (Warden 1558--1596/7) and Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (Warden 1596/7--1603), and his position as Deputy Warden was formally recognized upon Henry Brooke's downfall

Details of Properties

Residence

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1599-1599 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Sir Thomas Fane's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Fane's Trumpeter Fane, Thomas (0 - 1607) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Burston Manor Kent Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)