Infobox book italic title see above name The Book of the Courtier image File Book of the Courtier small.png 200px The cover of the Early Modern English edition of Il Cortegiano, titled The Courtier image ... pub date media type pages isbn oclc dewey congress Italic title The Book of the Courtier lang it Il ... the constitution of a perfect courtier, and in its last installment, a perfect lady. The Book of the Courtier remains the definitive account of Renaissance courtier court life . Because of this, it is considered ... of fictional conversations that occur between the courtier s of the Duke of Urbino in 1507 when Baldassare was in fact part of the Duke s Court . In the book, the courtier is described as having .... At the same time though, the courtier is expected to have a warrior spirit, to be athletic, and have ... the nature of nobility, humor, women, and love. Reception The Book of the Courtier was one of the most ... Castiglione s characters attribute to their perfect courtier, oratory and the manner in which courtier presents himself while speaking is amongst one of the most highly discussed. Wayne Rebhorn, a Castiglione scholar, states that the courtier s speech and behavior in general is designed to make ... by Count Ludvico, the success of the courtier depends greatly on his reception by the audience from the first impression. ref cite book last Castiglione first Baldassare title The Book of the Courtier ... the group considers the courtier s dress so vital to his success. Castiglione s characters opine about how their courtier can impress his audience and win its approval. Similar to the Classical Roman .... In Book I, the Count states that when the courtier speaks he must have a sonorous, clear, sweet ... , becomes an important element in the courtier s appearance to the audience. Eduardo Saccone states ... cite journal last Saccone first Eduardo title The Portrait of the Courtier in Castiglione journal ... one of the most important, if not the most important, rhetorical device the courtier needs. Peter Burke ... more details
The Courtier Islands Coord 67 52 S 68 44 W source GNIS display inline,title are a group of about 24 small islands and rocks in Marguerite Bay , the highest reaching convert 30 m 1 , lying close southwest of Emperor Island in the Dion Islands . The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly mapped in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908 10 French Antarctic Expedition . The Courtier Islands were visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee because of their association with Emperor Island. See also List of antarctic and sub antarctic islands References usgs gazetteer id 3219 Category Islands of Graham Land Category Falli res Coast Falli resCoast geo stub ... more details
The Humorous Courtier, also called The Duke, is a Literature in English Caroline and Cromwellian literature Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley , first published in 1640 in literature 1640 . The Humorous Courtier was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert Master of the Revels Henry Herbert , the Master of the Revels , on 17 May 1631 in literature 1631 , under the title The Duke. ref Arthur Huntington Nason, James Shirley, Dramatist A Biographical and Critical Study, New York, 1915 reprinted New York, Benjamin Blom, 1967 p. 102. Robert Stanley Forsythe, The Relations of Shirley s Plays to the Elizabethan Drama, New York, Columbia University Press, 1914 p. 279. Both Nason and Forsythe sensibly reject Frederick Gard Fleay F. G. Fleay s argument that another title, The Conceited Duke, is the same play, since the Duke in Shirley s play isn t conceited. ref Like most of Shirley s plays, it was acted by Queen Henrietta s Men at the Cockpit Theatre . As The Humorous Courtier, the play was entered into the Stationers Register on 29 July 1639 in literature 1639 . The 1640 book size quarto , printed by Thomas Cotes for the bookseller Andrew Crooke and William Cooke William Cooke , contains an interesting bibliogaphic feature in its prefatory material a catalogue of 20 plays by Shirley published to that date. ref David Moore Bergeron, Textual Patronage in English Drama, 1570&ndash 1640, London, Ashgate, 2006 p. 207. ref Such catalogues were only then coming into existence. Since Cooke had already published a number of Shirley s plays, this promotional catalogue served his own interest. As its title indicates, the play is a four humours humors comedy. That sub genre was initiated by George Chapman with his An Humorous Day s Mirth 1597 in literature 1597 , but is most strongly associated with Ben Jonson , whose plays Every Man in His Humour and Every Man ... Reflist DEFAULTSORT Humorous Courtier, The Category English Renaissance plays Category 1631 plays ... more details
Walter Walsh Floruit fl. 1530 was a courtier and Groom of the Privy Chamber at the court of Henry VIII of England . In November 1530, Cardinal Wolsey surrendered the Great Privy Seal to Walsh and Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland , when they arrived to remove it from him. ref David Starkey , Six Wives The Queens of Henry VIII , Vintage Publishing , 2004, p.430 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Walsh, Walter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English courtier DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Walsh, Walter Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category 16th century English people Category People of the Tudor period england bio stub ... more details
Richard Beard fl. 1540 was a sixteenth century English courtier. Beard was a member of the Privy Chamber of Henry VIII of England . He was one of the envoys, along with Nicholas Wotton , who was involved in negotiating a marriage between his monarch and his Wives of Henry VIII fourth wife , Anne of Cleves . ref p.619, David Starkey , Six Queens ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beard, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beard, Richard Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category English diplomats Category 16th century English people Category People of the Tudor period Category Members of the Privy Chamber England bio stub ... more details
notability date July 2011 Sir Thomas Bryan died 1518 was an English courtier during the reign of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII . Life He was son of Sir Thomas Bryan , and became vice chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon . ref ODNBweb id 49667 title Bryan, Sir Thomas first J. H. last Baker ref Family His wife, Margaret Bryan was governess to the King s four acknowledged children, Mary I of England Mary , Elizabeth I Elizabeth , Edward VI of England Edward and his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset . She impressed the King so much, he made her Baroness Bryan in her own right. They had three children, Margaret, Francis Bryan Francis and Elizabeth Carew Elizabeth . Francis was a close friend of the King s and of his brother in law, Nicholas Carew courtier Nicholas Carew . As Baroness Bryan was the half sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and the mother of the King s mistress Mary Boleyn and his second wife Anne Boleyn , fortunes imroved for the Bryan family during the 1520s and early 1530s. But it was not only Thomas Bryan s nieces by marriage who attracted the King, but his daughter, Elizabeth Carew , also. Elizabeth was linked to Henry from 1514 and was said to have been given jewels by Henry VIII that technically belonged to the queen, Katherine of Aragon . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bryan, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1518 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bryan, Thomas Category 1518 deaths Category People of the Tudor period Category 16th century English people ... more details
Merge from Sir Richard Page discuss Talk Richard Page courtier Merger proposal date June 2011 Richard Page died 1548 was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber at the court of Henry VIII of England . Page was a close associate of Henry s Wives of Henry VIII second wife , Anne Boleyn . He was appointed to the Privy Chamber in 1527, after publicly taking Anne s side against Cardinal Wolsey , then the King s chief minister. ref p.127, Eric Ives , Anne Boleyn ref On 8 May 1536, Page was arrested for treason and adultery with the Queen. ref Lisle Letters , iii.684, 694 ref Seven men were arrested and taken to the Tower of London , including Page. The others were Thomas Wyatt poet Thomas Wyatt , Henry Norris courtier Henry Norris , William Brereton groom William Brereton , Francis Weston , Mark Smeaton and George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford . ref p.373, Ives, Anne Boleyn ref All except Page and Wyatt were found guilty and executed. References reflist Further reading Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , article by Catharine Davies Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Page, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1548 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Page, Richard Category 1548 deaths Category People of the Tudor period Category Gentleman of the Privy Chamber Category Year of birth missing Category 16th century English people Category Prisoners in the Tower of London ... more details
For other courtiers of this name Charles Howard disambiguation Charles Howard Charles Howard was a gentleman at the court of Henry VIII of England . He was the second son of Lord Edmund Howard and the elder brother of Sir George Howard courtier Sir George Howard . As a scion of the mighty Howard family, his uncle, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk was able to find him a position at court. Charles fortunes improved in 1540, when his sister, Catherine Howard became the King s Wives of Henry VIII fifth wife . Charles went on to create a mesalliance with the King s niece, Margaret Douglas , the daughter of Henry s sister, Margaret Tudor , queen dowager of Scotland. ref http www.tudorplace.com.ar Bios MargaretDouglas.htm ref References reflist Category People of the Tudor period Howard, Charles Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category 16th century English people Category Howard family English aristocracy england bio stub ... more details
Sir William Coffin was a courtier at the court of Henry VIII of England . Born at Portledge Manor Portledge about 1495 into an ancient Devon family, he was the younger brother of Sir Richard Coffin, who was Lord of the Manor of Alwington and High Sheriff of Devon in the late 15th century. Sir William lived during the reign of Henry VIII, and was often seen at his court. He joined Henry VIII s household about 1515 as courtier and gentleman of the Privy chamber , a post of great confidence and trust. There were 40 of these, and their duty was to wait on the king in public and private they were all knights or esquires of distinction, and the attendance of two was required at each meal, to help and serve the king they had also to sleep within call of the king at night. In 1519, Sir William Coffin joined King Henry in the tournament of Guesnes, Field of the Cloth of Gold , as one of His Majesty s eighteen favourites. After Anne Boleyn s beheading, Sir William continued to serve in the king s Privy chamber and attendant to His Majesty serving the King s third wife, Jane Seymour , just as he had served Queen Anne. ref p.265, Eric Ives , Anne Boleyn ref In 1529 he became a MP for Derbyshire UK Parliament constituency Derbyshire , having acquired a connection with that county through his marriage to Margaret Dymoke, the daughter of the Hereditary Royal Champion, Sir Robert Dymoke of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire sister of Sir Edward Dymoke and the widow since 1517 of Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon Hall. In 1531 he was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire He was Master of the Horse at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533, when the king knighted him. Eric Ives described Coffin as a professional household administrator, actively concerned with the staffing of his department, and later to serve ... said. Margaret Coffin was one of them. The others included Anne Shelton courtier Anne Shelton , the sister ... b. in or before 1492, d. 1538 , courtier by Catharine Davies. reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... more details
Sir John Heron 1470 &ndash 1522 was an English courtier . He was born in Hackney Central Hackney, Middlesex , and came to prominence as Treasurer of the Chamber under Henry VII and Henry VIII between 1492 and 1521. ref cite web url http www.thamehistory.net places RycotePalace.htm title ThameHistory.net publisher ThameHistory.net date 2001 02 11 accessdate 2011 08 28 ref His son, Sir Giles Heron, entered Parliament in 1529, when he married Cecily, the daughter of Sir Thomas More . He was later executed for treason in 1540. ref cite web url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 22707 title Hackney Manors & 124 A History of the County of Middlesex Volume 10 pp. 75 91 publisher British history.ac.uk date 1909 01 18 accessdate 2011 08 28 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Heron, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1470 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1522 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Heron, John Category 1470 births Category 1522 deaths Category People from Hackney ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Sir John Carey, of Plashey ca. 1491 1552 was a courtier to Henry VIII of England King Henry VIII . He served the king as a Groom of the Privy Chamber , and, being a descendant of Edmund Beaufort , Duke of Somerset , John Carey was a third cousin to Henry VIII. Carey was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire and his wife Margaret Spencer . By July 1522 he was serving in the royal navy as the captain of the King s ship, The Katherine Galley which was in the Channel between Cinque Ports and Jersey during Henry VIII s first war with Francis I. By 1526 John, probably through the influence of his younger brother William Carey courtier William Carey was at Henry VIII s court as a Groom of the Privy Chamber. Several historians credit John Carey with convincing Anne Boleyn his sister in law as John s brother William was married to Anne s sister Mary to support his sister Eleanor as a candidate for abess of Wilton Abbey where she was a nun in the spring of 1528. Eleanor did not get the appointment, however, due to questionable conduct on her part. Later that year John Carey fell ill with the sweating sickness. Although he recovered, his brother William who had also fallen ill was not so fortunate and died in June 1528. John Carey married Joyce Denny, the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny of Chestnut and his wife Mary Coke probably in late 1538. Joyce was also the widow of William Walsingham, by whom she had had seven children. Together John and Joyce Carey had two sons, Sir Edward Carey of Aldenham a member of Parliament in the late 16th century and Wymond Carey. On 21 July 1538 John Carey was granted the priory of Thremhall in Essex where he often lived. By September 1542 he had returned to sea as a vice admiral commanding the transports of the East Coast in support of the Duke of Norfolk s expedition against Scotland. John Carey ... NAME Carey, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Courtier DATE OF BIRTH ca. 1491 PLACE ... more details
Colonel Sir Henry Charles Legge Royal Victorian Order GCVO 1852&ndash 20 June 1924 was a United Kingdom British soldier and courtier . Legge was the second son of the 5th Earl of Dartmouth and was therefore entitled to the style The Honourable . He was educated at Eton College and commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1872. He retired from the Army in 1899. He served as an equerry in the Royal Household from 1893 to 1915, when he became Paymaster to the George V of the United Kingdom King s Household and an extra equerry to the king. He retired in 1920. He was appointed Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO in 1910 and was promoted to Knight Grand Cross GCVO in the 1920 Birthday Honours. References Obituary, The Times , 21 June 1924 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Legge, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1852 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1924 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Legge, Henry Category 1852 births Category 1924 deaths Category Old Etonians Category Coldstream Guards officers Category Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Category Members of the London County Council Category Equerries Category Younger sons of earls ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other uses John Shelton disambiguation John Shelton Sir John Shelton b. in or before 1503, d. 1558 was the son of Sir John Shelton and Anne Shelton courtier Anne Boleyn , the aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn . John s sister, Margaret Shelton was possibly the mistress of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII of England during 1535. He was born c.1503 and died in 1558. He inherited the family seat at Shelton, Norfolk and was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1523 and 1554. He married Margaret Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley . Their children were Sir Ralph Shelton Anne Shelton Alice Shelton Mary Scudamore Mary Shelton Thomas Shelton ref http www.tudorplace.com.ar Bios JohnShelton2.htm ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Shelton, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1558 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Shelton, John Category 1500s births Category 1558 deaths Category High Sheriffs of Norfolk Category High Sheriffs of Suffolk Category People of the Tudor period Category Shelton family Category English knights Category 16th century English people UK noble stub ... more details
Other persons Adrian Stokes Adrian Stokes 1533 &ndash 30 November 1586 ref name Rogers was an English courtier and politician. Stokes was Master of the Horse to Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk Lady Frances Brandon , daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , and married her on 1 March 1555, a year after the executions of Frances first husband, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and her daughter Lady Jane Grey . ref name Rogers cite book last Rogers first W. H. Hamilton title Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West publisher Kessinger Publishing ISBN 0 7661 3662 0 year 2003 pages 77 78 ref He was elected to the English House of Commons as knight of the shire MP for Leicestershire UK Parliament constituency Leicestershire in 1559. Frances died in 1559 and Stokes remarried in 1572 Anne Carew, daughter of Nicholas Carew courtier Sir Nicholas Carew , ref cite book last Daybell first James title Women and Politics in Early Modern England, 1450 1700 ISBN 0 7546 0988 X publisher Ashgate Publishing, Ltd year 2004 pages 111 ref having been returned again as MP for Leicestershire the previous year. ref cite book last Curtis first John title A Topographical History of The County of Leicester publisher W. Hextall location Ashby de laZouch year 1831 pages XXIV ref Anne was the widow of Nicholas Throckmorton Sir Nicholas Throckmorton , an eminent diplomat and politician, and had by this marriage already ten sons and three daughters. ref name Maids One of these, Elizabeth, became the wife of Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh . ref name Maids cite book editors Susan Frye, Karen Robertson publisher Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 511735 2 title Maids and Mistresses, Cousins and Queens Women s Alliances in Early Modern England year 1999 pages 154 ref References reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Adrian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1533 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 30 November 1586 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT ... more details
Mary Arundell died 20 October 1557 , was a courtier and was previously reputed to be a translator. Arundell was the daughter of John Arundell 1474 1545 Sir John Arundell of Lanherne , knight banneret of Therouenne , and his second wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stow . She was reputed to be one of the learned ladies of her time, and is included in George Ballard s Celebrated British Ladies ed. 1775, p. 85 . It was previously said that She is chiefly known by her translations from the Latin, especially of the Sayings and Doings of the Emperor Severus , dedicated to her father, and the Select Sentences of the Seven Wise Men of Greece . Some of her MSS. are preserved in the royal collections at Windsor Castle Windsor . ref Cite DNB wstitle Arundell, Mary ref More recent historians assert that The claims once made for her literary attainments have proved to be unfounded the translations of classical texts surviving among the royal manuscripts in the British Library, once attributed to her, are children s exercises written by her stepdaughter Mary, later duchess of Norfolk. ref name odnb robert cite web first David last Grummitt title Radcliffe, Robert, first earl of Sussex 1482 3 1542 work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography publisher Oxford University Press date 2004 online edn, Jan 2008 url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 22991 accessdate 29 November 2010 available in print, and online for subscribers ref She married, first, Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex , ref name odnb cite web first Pamela Y. last Stanton title Arundell, Mary married names Mary Radcliffe, countess of Sussex Mary Fitzalan, countess of Arundel d. 1557 work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography publisher Oxford University Press date 2004 online edn, May 2009 url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 723 accessdate 29 November 2010 Available in print, and online for subscribers ref and, secondly, Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel . ref name odnb She was a courtier ... more details
Anthony Mildmay was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons in 1640. He waited on King Charles during his imprisonment and had care of two of his children after the King s execution. Mildmay was the son of Sir Humphrey Mildmay of Danbury Essex. He was awarded MA at Cambridge University on the visit of the King in 1624. He was a royal courtier and was gentleman usher and carver to King Charles I. ref name Venn Venn id MLDY624A name Mildmay, Anthony ref In April 1640, Mildmay was elected Member of Parliament for West Looe UK Parliament constituency West Looe in the Short Parliament . ref name Willis Cite Notitia Parliamentaria converted 1 part 2 pages 229 239 ref Mildmay waited on King Charles during his imprisonment, and after the execution in 1649 conveyed the body of the King to Windsor. He was responsible escorting the King s children Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Elizabeth of England Princess Elizabeth to Carisbrooke Castle where Elizabeth died in 1650 and Henry stayed until he went abroad in 1652. ref http books.google.com books?id cOYDAAAAQAAJ&pg PA253&lpg PA253&dq 22Anthony Mildmay 22 carver&source bl&ots IgOIrkJwpV&sig RFAnxmzqtPoHe52UNb3ObYmAzwg&hl en&ei l3UPTv eGdGxhAeO062ADg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&sqi 2&ved 0CD0Q6AEwBw v onepage&q 22Anthony 20Mildmay 22 20carver&f false John Heneage Jesse Memoirs of the court of England during the reign of the Stuarts, Volume 3 ref Mildmay was the brother of Henry Mildmay master of the jewel house and later Parliamentarian. References Reflist s start s par en succession box title Member of Parliament for West Looe UK Parliament constituency West Looe before Parliament suspended since 1629 with George Potter MP for West Looe George Potter years 1640 after Henry Killigrew Royalist Henry Killigrew after2 Thomas Arundell of Duloe Thomas Arundell s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mildmay, Anthony ... more details
of King Charles I of England , to which he was accompanied on the scaffold by courtier William Levett, Esq. William Levett , Esq., sometimes spelled William Levet was a long serving courtier to King ... by Sir George Courthope, Member of Parliament MP for Sussex and also a courtier, Courthope refers ... rising to Groom of the Bedchamber . As a courtier, Levett likely benefitted from favors dispensed by the monarchy. Levett s appointment as courtier seems to date from the beginning of King Charles ... children of William Levett, courtier, of Swindon and Savernake Forest John Ashburnham MP John Ashburnham ... in his memoir about those who assisted courtier Levet at the time of Charles death. The names of these three ... & Son, London, 1908 ref How long he served the Royal Household is his second incarnation as a courtier is unclear, and he spent the rest of his life trying to recover a pension for his time as a courtier ..., british history.ac.uk ref The former courtier did receive monies from the Crown from time to time ... carried sworn statement by courtier Levett Two of his infant children born during his Wiltshire residence ... initially owned by courtier William Levet and found their way to his nephew the Lord Mayor. References ... more details
Sir Richard Long ca. 1494 spaced ndash 1546 was an England English politician and courtier, for many years a member of the privy chamber of Henry VIII . Long was the third son of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot ca. 1449 1508 , Wiltshire landowner, and his wife, Margery d. in or after 1508 , daughter of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote House in Wiltshire. Career Long was among the retinue of Sir Gilbert Talbot in 1512, who went as deputy to Calais , and by 1515 he was one of the spears of Calais, a post that he seems to have held for the rest of his life. How he came to be appointed to the court is not clear, but Long was listed by the Treasurer of the Chamber as working in the stables in December 1528, ref Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Vol. 5 1531 32. ref and certainly by 1533 he was an esquire of the stable. He had come to the attention of Cromwell by this time, who, with the exception in times of war, arranged for him to be non resident in Calais. In 1532 Cromwell received a letter from Long s brother, Sir Henry Long c.1489 .1556 Henry , to thank him for his favour to Richard. In 1535 Long was appointed to the privy chamber as Gentleman Usher , possibly through the influence of Cromwell. He quickly rose in prominence, gaining the favour of the King. In 1537 he was knighted, on 15 October in the celebrations following the baptism of Edward VI Prince Edward , in which he was one of the bearers of the canopy held over the infant in the baptismal procession, and the same day that his kinsman Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset was created earl of Hertford. In 1538 Long was appointed Master of the Buckhounds and Master of the Hawks. By 1539, he was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and was present at the reception of Anne of Cleves , also ... DEFAULTSORT Long, Sir Richard courtier Category 1490s births Category 1546 deaths Category Date ... of Wiltshire Richard Long courtier Category Members of the Parliament of England pre 1707 Category ... more details
unreferenced date February 2008 Lord William Cecil Royal Victorian Order CVO 2 November 1854&ndash 16 April 1943 a United Kingdom British royal courtier and a younger son of the William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter 3rd Marquess of Exeter . In 1892, he became a Groom in Waiting to Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria and remained as such until her death in 1901. He was then an Extra Gentleman Usher from 1924 under George V of the United Kingdom King George V until his retirement in 1937. On 2 September 1885, he had married Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney Hon. Mary Tyssen Amherst , who succeeded her father as Baron Amherst of Hackney Baroness Amherst of Hackney in 1909. He and his wife had four children before her death in 1919 and Cecil was remarried in 1924, to Violet Collyer. Captain William Amherst Cecil 30 June 1886 &ndash 16 September 1914 Captain Thomas James Amherst Cecil 9 November 1887 &ndash 4 October 1955 John Francis Amherst Cecil 30 June 1890 &ndash 22 October 1954 m. Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Cornelia Vanderbilt , daughter of George Washington Vanderbilt II , and had issue Commander Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil 9 March 1893 &ndash 6 January 1963 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cecil, Lord William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1854 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1943 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cecil, Lord William Category 1854 births Category 1943 deaths Category Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John Category Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Category Younger sons of marquesses Category Cecil family William Cecil, Lord Category Gentlemen Ushers UK noble stub ... more details
children. His son and heir, John Shelton courtier Sir John Shelton b. in or before 1503, d. 1558 , married ... harv Cite book title Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshire and earl of Ormond 1476 7 1539 , courtier and nobleman ... 1475 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 January 1555 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Anne Shelton Courtier ... more details
Other people John Scudamore Sir John Scudamore , 1 February 1542 14 April 1623 as the eldest son of William Scudamore, but due to his father s early death was a ward of Sir James Croft of Croft Castle , Herefordshire , whose daughter Eleanor he married in 1563. When James Croft became a Comptroller of the Household in 1570, Scudamore though by then widowed became a courtier and was appointed Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth and Standard Bearer to the The Honourable Band of Gentleman Pensioner s. He became Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire in 1574, deputy lieutenant in 1575, High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1581, and Herefordshire UK Parliament constituency knight of the shire for Herefordshire UK Parliament constituency Herefordshire in the 1570s and 1580s, serving for six terms. His second wife, Mary Scudamore , daughter of Sir John Shelton of Norfolk and a member of Elizabeth I of England the queen s privy chamber, was more important than he was because she had the queen s ear. Following Croft s death in 1590, his influence waned. His heir was his son by his first marriage, Sir James Scudamore whose own son was ennobled as John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore . References Ian Atherton, Scudamore family per. 1500 1820 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 online edn, Jan 2008 http www.oxforddnb.com view article 71878, accessed 24 March 2008 http www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1558 1603 member scudamore john 1542 1623 History of Parliament SCUDAMORE, John c.1542 1523 of Holme Lacy, Herefords. s start s off succession box before James Croft Sir James Croft title Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire years 1574 1616 after Sir James Scudamore s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Scudamore, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1 February 1542 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 14 April 1623 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Scudamore, John Category 1542 births Category 1623 deaths Category Memb ... more details
Other people2 William Compton disambiguation William Compton Sir William Compton c. 1482 1528 was one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England . Born around 1482, Compton was about nine years older than his king, but the two became close friends. Compton was the eldest son of Edmund Compton of Warwickshire and became an attendant on young Henry. ref Oxford Dictionary of National Biography William Compton. Oxford University Press , 2004. ref On Henry s accession, he was given the position of Groom of the Stool , the man who was in closest contact to the young king. One of his duties, according to the courtier Elizabeth Amadas , was to procure women for his monarch and arrange trysts with them at his London home, in Thames Street. ref Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Vol. VI, No. 923. ref Though not a politician, Compton ultimately acquired significant influence over Henry when it came to granting land and favours to the aristocracy , and made a fortune himself. In 1510, Compton was involved in a public row with Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham over Henry s affair with the Duke s married sister, Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon . ref cite book title The Mistresses of Henry VIII first Kelly last Hart year 2009 edition First date June 1, 2009 page 27 publisher The History Press isbn 0752448358 url http books.google.com books?id r6HGPAAACAAJ ref Around 1519, Compton became involved with Anne himself, and in 1521 Henry sent Compton to arrest Anne s brother the Duke of Buckingham, who was later executed for treason. Compton made provisions for Anne in his will in 1522. He died in 1528 of the Sweating sickness which killed several courtiers including Anne Boleyn s brother in law, Sir William Carey . Fictional portrayals A fictionalized William Compton The Tudors William Compton was portrayed by Kristen Holden Ried in 2007 on the Showtime TV network Showtime television series The Tudors , loose ... more details
Sir William Pitt 1559 29 May 1636 was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons between 1614 and 1625. Pitt was the son of John Pitt, clerk of the exchequer to Queen Elizabeth, and his wife Joan Swayne, daughter of John Swayne. He became comptroller of the household and a principal officer of the exchequer in the reign of James I. ref name Burke http books.google.co.uk books?id seAKAAAAYAAJ&pg PA353&lpg PA353&dq 22William Pitt 22 22Comptroller 22&source bl&ots osjIjIctXW&sig WB8 M9vjUn tsh2H T7B0AMxcEc&hl en&ei mmXiTrTzO8jP8gPm4 CIBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&redir esc y v onepage&q 22William 20Pitt 22 20 22Comptroller 22&f false John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of ..., Volume 2 ref He acquired the manor of Stratfield Turgis from the Marquis of Winchester inl the reign of James I ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 56747 Parishes Stratfield Turgis , A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 4 1911 , pp. 63 65. Date accessed 09 December 2011 ref and also acquired property at Stratfield Saye . Image Stratfield Saye, Berks geograph.org.uk 448.jpg thumb Stratfield Saye House. In 1614, Pitt was elected Member of Parliament for Wareham UK Parliament constituency Wareham . He was knighted at Theobalds on 2 February 1619. ref http www.archive.org stream knightsofengland02shawuoft page n179 mode 2up Knights of England ref In 1621 he was re elected MP for Wareham. In 1624 he intended that his son Edward should be his fellow member at Wareham but the mayor opposed this and Edward was returned for Poole instead. ref http books.google.co.uk books?id sRH4GZF19PsC&pg PA82&lpg PA82&dq 22William Pitt 22 22Wareham 22&source bl&ots 9ZGMWLFAEP&sig ieI0gWLSOdu4R6B9dSwuviIAusI&hl en&ei 0WriToSWOZHZ8QOv aj9Aw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&redir esc y v onepage&q 22William 20Pitt 22 20 22Wareham 22&f false Robert E. Ruigh Parliament of 1624 politics and foreign policy ref Pitt ... more details
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