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Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne.She was the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe. [5]
Earl of Southampton was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England. Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam . He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1542.
Arms of Wriothesley: Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (pronunciation uncertain: / ˈ r aɪ z l i / RYE-zlee (archaic), [1] / ˈ r ɒ t s l i / ROTT-slee (present-day) [1] and / ˈ r aɪ ə θ s l i / RYE-əths-lee [2] have been suggested) (24 April 1545 – 4 October 1581), was an English peer.
Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia.In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour".
By Southampton Mary had an only son, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, and two daughters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary, who married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. [3] [6] [9] On 6 October 1573 Southampton wrote with great happiness to his friend Sir William More to give news of the birth of his son. [10]
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton [a] (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550 [3]), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with ...
Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (1545–1581) ... (1573–1624), patron of William Shakespeare This page was last edited on 18 ...
Downie's portrayal resembles Lord Flashheart from Blackadder. [13] [14] Rob Rouse as Ned Bottom, [15] household servant of Shakespeare. He is the namesake of Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mark Heap as Robert Greene, Master of the Revels and author of Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit. Shakespeare's nemesis. [16]