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He was the son of William Brewster and Mary (Smythe) (Simkinson) Brewster and he had a number of step-brothers and step-sisters, including James, Prudence, Henry, George, and Edward Brewster. His paternal grandparents were William Brewster (1510–1558), and Maud Mann (1513–1558).
William Brewster-In the 1580s, he was an assistant to William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I; Davison was a party to the 1587 execution of Mary Queen of Scots. About twenty years later, Brewster was among those prominent in the early English Separatist church, emigrating to Holland in 1608 where he became Ruling Elder of the Leiden church.
William Unger: Labourer George Walker: Gentleman 1607-08-24 [10] Thomas Walker [citation needed] John Waller: Gentleman Waler 1607–08–24 Thomas Webbe: Gentleman William White: Labourer William Wilkinson: Surgeon Edward Maria Wingfield: Councillor and Captain: Edward Marie Winfield 1631 Captain of Susan Constant: Thomas Wotton: Surgeon ...
William Brewster was a former diplomatic assistant to the Netherlands. He was living in the Scrooby manor house while serving as postmaster for the village and bailiff to the Archbishop of York . He had been impressed by Clyfton's services and had begun participating in services led by John Smyth in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire . [ 11 ]
William E. Brewster (1858–1945), American banker, merchant, and politician from Maine; William N. Brewster (1864–1917), American Protestant Christian missionary to China; William R. Brewster (1828–1869), American Civil War general; Willie Brewster (died 1965), whose murder was the first time in the history of Alabama that a white man was ...
In 1510, Anne was the subject of a sex scandal. Her brother had heard rumours that Anne was having an affair with Sir William Compton, who was close to Henry VIII; she had been one of Henry's mistresses. [6] On one occasion, Stafford found Compton in Anne's room. Compton was forced to take the sacrament to prove that he had not committed adultery.
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. 1510 – 12 January 1573) was an English diplomat and military leader. He served four monarchs, Henry VIII , Edward VI , Mary I and Elizabeth I , in various official capacities, most notably on diplomatic missions and as Lord Admiral and Lord Chamberlain of the Household .
Sir William Knyvett (1441/2 [1]) – 2 December 1515) was an English knight in the late Middle Ages. He was the son of John Knyvett and Alice Lynne , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the grandson of Sir John Knyvett , and assumed the titles of Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Burgess of Melcombe, Bletchingley, & Grantham, Constable of Rising Castle.