Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Somers or Somer or Sommers (died 1585) was an English diplomat, courtier, and cryptographer. He served as joint keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots , at Tutbury Castle with Ralph Sadler . [ 1 ] Somers is said to have been Sadler's son-in-law.
George Gascoigne (c. 1535 – 7 October 1577) was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and leading to the emergence of Philip Sidney. [1]
The earliest courtiers coincide with the development of definable courts beyond the rudimentary entourages or retinues of rulers. There were probably courtiers in the courts of the Akkadian Empire where there is evidence of court appointments such as that of cup-bearer which was one of the earliest court appointments and remained a position at courts for thousands of years. [3]
The Book of the Courtier was one of the most widely distributed books of the 16th century, with editions printed in six languages and in twenty European centers. [4] The 1561 English translation by Thomas Hoby had a great influence on the English upper class's conception of English gentlemen. [5]
Another of the oldest known courtesy books of Germany, is the learning-poems of "Winsbecke" and "Winsbeckin", written around 1220 by an anonymous author. The oldest known courtesy book from Italy around 1215/16 is the Der Wälsche Gast by Thomasin von Zirclaere , speaking to a German audience.
One way of making a case against Mary was to find incriminating and treasonous material in her letters, but her distance from the material in cipher produced by her secretaries was a problem. [31] Mary was able to deny writing to Anthony Babington with her own signature, and question the authenticity of any letters produced. [ 32 ]
She joined the household of Lady Elizabeth Tudor as one of her ladies-in-waiting sometime before 1549. [7] When the princess was arrested in March 1554 by the orders of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, for suspected treason, Markham, described as having been a favoured lady-in-waiting, [8] accompanied the princess to the Tower of London, [9] where her father had served as Lieutenant from 1549 to ...
On one occasion "the Tyrant himself examined him", trying unsuccessfully to persuade Wyatt to change sides. Eventually, in 1485, he was released from imprisonment, from where is not known, and received the thanks of the newly crowned Henry VII. His first recorded grant was on 11 October 1485 when he was appointed keeper of Norwich castle and ...