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Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England , published in 1662, after his death.
The 20th-century Shakespeare scholar W. W. Greg places it in the reign of Henry VI, basing his conclusion in part on Thomas Fuller's posthumously published History of the Worthies of England (1662). [151] If this is the case then the "Duke of Norfolk" referred to in the play would be Mowbray. [148]
William Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent (completed 1570; published 1576) is generally acknowledged as the first example of the genre in England. It was followed by Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall (1602), and William Burton's Description of Leicester Shire (1622), as well as a number of other projects (such as those of Sir William Pole, Thomas Westcote, and Tristram Risdon in Devon, and ...
The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller; Various authors (1890). The English historical review. Longman. [full citation needed] Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. Oxford University. Green, Judith A. (1990).
Cecily of York (20 March 1469 – 24 August 1507), also known as Cecelia, [2] was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. Shortly after the death of her father and before the assumption of the throne by her uncle King Richard III , Cecily and her siblings were declared illegitimate.
In the parliament of 1571 Wray, then member for Ludgershall, Wiltshire, was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons.In his address to the throne on presentation he expatiated with much learning and eloquence in praise of the royal supremacy in matters ecclesiastical, touched lightly but loyally on supply, and gratefully acknowledged the free course which her majesty allowed to the ...
Perry feels the cult musical is a "fascinating" "window into the times," but Frampton, who says "trickery" was used to get him to sign on and bore "the full brunt" of the backlash, still “hasn ...
Thomas Fuller notes in Worthies of England that Feckenham was the last clergyman to be "locally surnamed". [1] His early education came from the parish priest, but he was sent at an early age to the cloister school at Evesham Abbey, and from there, at age eighteen, to Gloucester Hall, Oxford, as a Benedictine student.