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 Cortegiano is a courtesy book . It was written by Baldassare Castiglione over the course of many ... 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 one of the most important Renaissance works. Principles The book is organized as a series 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 ... the nature of nobility, humor, women, and love. Reception The Book of the Courtier was one of the most ... from the first impression. ref cite book last Castiglione first Baldassare title The Book of the Courtier .... In Book I, the Count states that when the courtier speaks he must have a sonorous, clear, sweet ... describes sprezzatura in The Book of the Courtier as nonchalance , careful negligence , and effortless and ease. ref cite book last Burke first Peter title The Fortunes of the Courtier year 1996 publisher ... Sources The Book of the Courtier 1959 , translated by Charles S. Singleton, generally considered ...&id 0g3rL6lyWsYC The Book of the Courtier 1903 , English translation by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke ... The Book of the Courtier 1561 , English translation by Thomas Hoby as edited by Walter Raleigh ...?vid 0T8U7RAvaz7X6qJhoAf4w86&id tAwMAAAAIAAJ The Book of the Courtier 1561 , Hoby s translation ... Book Of The Courtier, The Category 1528 books Category Italian literature Category Renaissance .... At the same time though, the courtier is expected to have a warrior spirit, to be athletic, and have ... 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
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
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
Swindon , Wiltshire nationality flag England other names William Levet known for courtier who ... occupation courtier land agent magistrate title Groom of the Bedchamber , Page of the Backstairs ... 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 ... E408nZo3jseA&hl en&ei 6hGnSoaiGpHuswOfrY3MBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5 v onepage&q ... le neve s&source bl&ots F8Q6hHqTj4&sig WaJFjnKXhHDIWbli5mTshPaswl8&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum ... 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 ... tQ&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 4&ct result The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England ...&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 7&ct result Hampton Court, or, The Prophecy fulfilled, by Hampton ..., or editions of King Charles the martyr s most excellent book, intituled, Eikon Basilike That were ... King Charles the I, he having observed His Majesty oftentimes writing the said book, Samuel Keble at the Turks ... to know the true author of the book entitled Eikon Basilike, Levett wrote, I, one of the servants ... of Wight, that I read over the above mentioned book, which was long before the said book was printed ..., was not the author of the said Book. ref http books.google.com books?id 2H6gpNM yFcC&pg PA91&dq 22william levet 22 A Bibliography of The King s Book, Or Eikon Basilike, Edward Almack, Blades, East ...&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 8&ct result The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London ... that he was much in favor with Charles, which contemporary observers noted. ref cite book title The Wiltshire ... book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCoQ6AEwAA v onepage&q&f false ref In a later letter to Lincoln ... 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
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
harv Cite book title Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshire and earl of Ormond 1476 7 1539 , courtier and nobleman ... children. His son and heir, John Shelton courtier Sir John Shelton b. in or before 1503, d. 1558 , married ... Philip Appleyard mistress of Henry VIII during 1535 ref cite book title The Mistresses of Henry ... Reflist colwidth 30em References Cite book title The House of Commons 1509 1558 last Bindoff first S.T. publisher Secker & Warburg location London volume III year 1982 ref harv Cite book title Shelton ... index 2 101002795 accessdate 17 March 2011 year 2007 ref harv Cite book title Anne Anne ... March 2011 year 2004 ref harv Cite book title Plantagenet Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval ... en&ei 30yCTdDWOY74swPd28nxAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CEQQ6AEwBg v onepage&q&f false accessdate 17 March 2011 ref harv Cite book title The Six Wives of Henry VIII last Weir first ... 1475 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 January 1555 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Anne Shelton Courtier ... 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
John Harris c. 1690 5 October 1767 ref name rayment a Rayment hc A 3 date March 2012 ref was a British courtier and politician. He was a Member of Parliament United Kingdom Member of Parliament for Helston UK Parliament constituency Helston from 1727 and then sat for Ashburton UK Parliament constituency Ashburton from 1741 to 1767. ref name rayment a ref name rayment h Rayment hc H 2 date March 2012 ref From 1741 he also held the post of Master of the Household to George II of Great Britain George II and George III of the United Kingdom III . ref cite web title Master of the Household 1660 1837 work British History Online url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 43847 accessdate 2010 08 09 ref ref cite book url http books.google.co.uk books?id 69CAAAAYAAJ&pg PA73&dq 22John Harris 22 22master of the household 22 ashburton&hl en&ei ALNfTOr GuOT4gbaotDXBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CDcQ6AEwAg v onepage&q 22John 20Harris 22 20 22master 20of 20the 20household 22 20ashburton&f false title A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain, Volume 2 publisher Colburn first Sir Bernard last Burke year 1853 page 73 accessdate 2010 08 09 ref Harris was the second son of William Harris British MP William Harris . His elder brother, Christopher Harris MP Christopher Harris , was MP for Okehampton UK Parliament constituency Okehampton . ref cite book title Burke s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 1 last Burke first John year 1847 publisher H. Colburn page 540 url http books.google.co.uk books?id YdIKAAAAYAAJ&pg PA540&dq 22John Harris 22 22master of the household 22&hl en&ei bbNfTJPMMYaY4AbU59noBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CDgQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q 22John 20Harris 22 20 22master 20of 20the 20household 22&f false accessdate 2010 08 09 ref References Reflist s start s par gb s bef before Walter Carey MP Walter Carey s ttl title Member of Parliament for Helston UK Parliament con ... 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
2008 ref harv Cite book title The Six Wives of Henry VIII last Weir first Alison publisher Grove Weidenfeld location New York year 1991 ref harv Cite book title Ferrers, George c.1510 1579 , courtier ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Sir George Howard c.1519 1580 was an English courtier, politician, author and diplomat. He was a younger brother of Henry VIII of England King Henry VIII s fifth queen, Katherine Howard . Howard held offices at court under four monarchs, namely Henry VIII, Edward VI of England Edward VI , Mary I of England Mary I , and Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I , most notably Armory military Master of the Armoury , and undertook several diplomatic missions. Howard also wrote a masque which was produced at court during the reign of Edward VI. which describes the Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Earl of Leicester s entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle in July 1575. Life Howard was the third son of Lord Edmund Howard c.1478 &ndash 19 March 1539 , the third son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney. ref Harvnb Richardson ... of 100 marks, several manors, and, together with his brother Charles Howard courtier Charles , ref ... Cite book title The House of Commons 1509 1558 last Bindoff first S.T. publisher Secker & Warburg location London volume II year 1982 ref harv Cite book title Howard, Thomas, third duke of Norfolk ... Biography year 2008 ref harv Cite book title Howard, Thomas, second duke of Norfolk 1443 1524 , magnate ... 2008 ref harv Cite book title Robert Langham A Letter last Kuin first R.J.P. publisher E.J. Brill location ... harv Cite book title Tudor Tracts 1532 1588 last Pollard first A.F., introduction by publisher Archibald ... gbs navlinks s accessdate 11 March 2011 year 1903 pages 53 157 ref harv Cite book title Plantagenet ... RRsH5RXcf5&sig 8n4bbiB35oQfce1xOu 830BWjLg&hl en&ei 30yCTdDWOY74swPd28nxAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CEQQ6AEwBg v onepage&q&f false accessdate 17 March 2011 ref harv Cite book title ... more details
Sir Drue Drury c 1531 29 April 1617 was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons at various times between 1562 and 1584. Early life Drury was the fifth but third surviving son of Sir Robert Drury of Hedgerley , Buckinghamshire and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Edmund Brudenell. He matriculated from St Edmund s Hostel, Cambridge in Autumn 1544. ref name Venn Venn id DRRY544D name Drury, Drue ref Public life Drury was elected Member of Parliament for Mitchell UK Parliament constituency Mitchell in 1559 and for Camelford UK Parliament constituency Camelford in 1562. ref cite web url http www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1558 1603 member drury dru 1527 1617 title DRURY, Dru aft.1527 1617 , of Riddlesworth, Norf. publisher History of Parliament accessdate 2012 04 13 ref . He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1576. ref name Venn During the reigns of Elizabeth and James I he was gentleman usher of the privy chamber. He seems to have kept in the good graces of the queen, except on one occasion ref Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1547 80, p.170 ref . In September 1579 he was knighted at Wanstead, Essex ref Metcalfe, A Book of Knights, p.133 ref . He was elected MP for Norfolk UK Parliament constituency Norfolk in 1584. ref name Venn and appointed custos rotulorum for the county in 1583. In November 1586 he was sent to Fotheringay to assist Sir Amias Paulet in the wardership of Mary Queen of Scots ref Cal. State Papers, Scottish Ser., ii. 1015, 1018 ref . He was nominated lieutenant of the Tower in 1596. Drury died at his seat at Riddlesworth , Norfolk, aged about eighty six, though on his monument the age of ninety nine is given ref Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana, i. 59 ref . ref name Venn His will of 7 July 1613 was proved in P.C.C. 31 May 1617 registered 39, Weldon . Camden described Drury as a sincere, honest man, and a puritan ... 23 July 1603, before the coronation of the king ref Metcalfe, A Book of Knights, p.147 ref ... 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
, 2nd Baron Masham . References cite book first Jonathan last Spain chapter Hill, John d. 1735 title ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hill, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES British courtier and Army ... 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
File William Cavendish c1547.jpg thumb 250px right Sir William Cavendish c. 1547 Sir William Cavendish circa 1505 &ndash 25 October 1557 was an English courtier . ref name dnb cite DNB wstitle Cavendish, William 1505? 1557 ref Life He was the younger son of Thomas Cavendish d. 1524 , who was a senior financial official, the clerk of the pipe , in the Court of Exchequer, and his wife, Alice Smith of Padbrook Hall. ref name dnb He was the great grandson of Sir John Cavendish from whom the Dukes of Devonshire and the Dukes of Newcastle inherited the family name of Cavendish. ref name dnb He became one of Thomas Cromwell s Dissolution of the Monasteries visitors of the monasteries when King Henry VIII of England Henry VIII annexed the property of the Catholic Church at the end of the 1530s, in the Dissolution of the Monasteries dissolution of the monasteries . ref name dnb This followed from his successful career as a financial expert holding public office in the Exchequer , which led to his wealth. ref name dnb He was accused of accumulating extra riches unfairly during the dissolution. After Cromwell s fall, he was sent to Ireland to survey and value lands which had fallen to the English during the Fitzgerald Rebellion. ref name dnb ref cite book title Bess of Hardwick, First Lady of Chatsworth last Lovell first Mary S. authorlink Mary S. Lovell page 43 year 2005 publisher Little, Brown ref File Chatsworth showing hunting tower.jpg thumb Chatsworth House, Derbyshire His marriage to Bess of Hardwick brought him closer to the powerful family of Jane Grey , but he also took care to send tokens of goodwill to Mary I of England The Lady Mary . He was appointed Treasurer of the Chamber from 1546 to 1553 but, after an audit, was accused of embezzling a significant amount of money. Only his death saved the family from disgrace. During the reign of Mary I, a favourable biography of Thomas Wolsey Thomas Cardinal Wolsey was first published, written from the perspective of one of ... 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
John Astley or Ashley ca. 1507 &ndash Maidstone , 1595 was an English courtier, Marian exile, and Master of the Jewel House . He was a Member of Parliament on many occasions. File John Astley.jpg thumb right John Astley in a portrait from 1553 4. Life He was connected to the Boleyn family through his mother Anne Wood, sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn who was married to James Boleyn . His father was Thomas Astley of Hilmorton, Anne being his second wife. He married in 1545 Katherine Champernowne, later known as Kat Ashley . At this point Katherine was governess to Elizabeth I of England Princess Elizabeth . Astley in Elizabeth s household met Roger Ascham , who became a friend he prompted Ascham s work A Report of Germany on the Emperor Charles V , and is mentioned as a dinner party guest in the introductory section of The Scholemaster 1570 . ref Lawrence V. Ryan, Roger Ascham 1963 , p. 103, p. 156, p. 252. ref In 1554 he was in Padua . ref Christina Hallowell Garrett, The Marian Exiles 1938 , p. 73. ref On the accession of Elizabeth he returned to England, and in December 1558 was appointed Master of the Jewel House and Treasurer of Her Majesty s jewels and plate. His wife Kat was appointed chief gentlewoman of the privy chamber she died in 1565 , and he was also one of the grooms of the chamber. He obtained from the crown a grant of the mastership of the game in Enfield Chase and park, with the office of steward and ranger of the manor of London Borough of Enfield Enfield . Accompanying Elizabeth on her visit to the University of Cambridge in 1564, he was created M.A. ref Venn id ASTY564J name Astley or Ashley, John ref In or about 1568 the queen granted him a lease ... gr , On horsemanship , of Xenophon . ref name smith cite book last Smith first Sir William ... by Claudio Corte , also entitled The Art of Riding, ref name watt cite book last Watt first Robert ... of Germany in the Reign of the Emperour Charles... , 1552 ref name gent cite book last Nichols ... more details
. ref cite book last Plowden title Tudor Women Queens and Commoners page 205 ref Carey was also ... book last Weir title Henry VIII The King and His Court page 216 ref While others such as, Dr. G.W. ... Henry Carey was born. ref cite book last Public Record Office title Letters & Papers nopp true page vol. viii, p.567 ref ref cite book last Ives title Life and Death of Anne Boleyn pages 16 17 ... references small cite book last England, Public Record Office authorlink Public Record Office first ... 1932 publisher Longman & Co location London div Secondary div class references small cite book last ..., with tables of pedigree and genealogical memoirs year 1853 location London page 28 cite book ... Blackwell location Oxford isbn 0 631 23479 9 cite book last Kimber first Edward title The Baronetage ... G. Woodfall location London page 221 cite book last Plowden first Alison authorlink Alison Plowden ... Sutton location London isbn 0 750 92880 8 cite book last Warnicke first Retha Marvine authorlink ... year 1989 publisher Cambridge University Press location Cambridge isbn 0 521 37000 0 page 36 cite book ... publisher Bodley Head location London isbn 0 370 31396 8 cite book last Weir first Alison authorlink ... more details
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