George Talbot Biography and Timeline

Arrest of George Talbot

Imprisoned for being a Lollard heretic

Lieutenant

Appointed Lieutenant of Ireland, 1st term

Role range: 1414-1419

Knighthood

Created Knight of the Garter

Siege of Orleans

Killed by a canon shot from across the river Loire & replaced by the Earl of Suffolk

Role range: 1337-1453

Arrest of George Talbot

Released from prison by the French

Role range: 1337-1453

Capture of Ivry

Recovers Ivry

Role range: 1337-1453

Peerage

Created Earl of Shrewsbury

Lieutenant

Appointed Lieutenant of Ireland, 2nd term

Role range: 1445-1447

Arrest of George Talbot

Captured by the French after the fall of Rouen

Role range: 1337-1453

Capture of Bordeaux

Captures Bordeaux

Role range: 1337-1453

Birth of George Talbot 4th Earl

Birth of George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, son and heir of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury

Birth of George Talbot

Birth of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford KG, son of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Catherine Stafford

Peerage

Created Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th

Peerage

Made a knight of the Bath

Coronation

At the coronation of Henry VII Shrewsbury bore the sword "curtana"

Peerage

Appointed justice in eyre for various lordships on the Welsh marches

Battle of Stoke

Fights at the Battle of Stoke

Captain

Appointed Captain in the Army

Coronation

At the coronation of Henry VIII Shrewsbury bore the sword curtana

Lord Steward

On the accession of Henry VIII Shrewsbury becomes Lord Steward of the Household, Privy Councillor, and one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer

Privy Council

On the accession of Henry VIII Shrewsbury becomes Lord Steward of the Household, Privy Councillor, and one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer

Ambassadorial Appointment

Appointed joint Ambassador with the Earl of Surrey to Julius II, with the object of concluding a holy league against France

Holy League

Appointed joint Ambassador with the Earl of Surrey to Julius II, with the object of concluding a holy league against France

Lieutenant

Appointed Lieutenant General of the first division of the army in France

Siege of Therouanne

Serves throughout the siege of Therouenn

Field of Cloth of Gold

Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Invasion of Scotland

Placed in command of the English army sent to the Scottish borders against John Stewart, Duke of Albany

Arrest of Thomas Wolsey

Signs the articles against Wolsey in 1529, and entertains the Cardinal at Sheffield Castle, on his way to London, after his arrest

Commander of Scottish Borders

Put in command of the English forces on the Scottish border

Rebellion of When the

When the rebellion in the north broke out, Pilgrimage of Grace, Shrewsbury promptly raised forces on his own authority, and his courage and fidelity on this occasion perhaps saved Henrys crown

Death of George Talbot

Death of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

Peerage

Created Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th

Arrest of Mary of Scots

Selected as the keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I in 1568 after she had escaped to England from Scotland following the Battle of Langside

Arrest of George Talbot

Shrewsbury receives his ward Mary Queen of Scots at Tutbury

Arrest of George Talbot

Shrewsbury conducts Mary Queen of Scots to Chatsworth

Arrest of George Talbot

Cecil and Mildmay visit Chatsworth in October, and agree Marys removal to Sheffield Castle (Shrewsburys principal seat)

Lord High Steward

Lord Shrewsbury is appointed Lord High Steward (the premier Great Office of State) for the trial of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (regarding the Ridolfi plot)

Ridolfi Plot

Lord Shrewsbury is appointed Lord High Steward (the premier Great Office of State) for the trial of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (regarding the Ridolfi plot)

Trial

Lord Shrewsbury is appointed Lord High Steward (the premier Great Office of State) for the trial of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (regarding the Ridolfi plot)

Earl Marshal

Appointed Earl Marshal