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The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
Myles Standish, military officer and colonist (died 1656) 1585 23 January – Mary Ward, nun (died 1645) Early October – John Ball, puritan divine (died 1640) 4 December – John Cotton, theologian and minister in the Massachusetts Bay colony (died 1652)
Thomas and Elizabeth had three surviving children – a son, Gregory, and two daughters, Anne and Grace. Thomas Cromwell's wife died early in 1529, [1] and his daughters, Anne and Grace, are believed to have died not long after their mother. Provisions made for Anne and Grace in Thomas Cromwell's will, written on 12 July 1529, have been crossed ...
As no records about the birth, family or childhood of Thomas Tallis exist, almost nothing is known about his early life or origins. Historians have calculated that he was born in the early part of the 16th century, towards the end of the reign of Henry VII of England, and estimates for the year of his birth range from 1500 to 1520. [4]
Neville died in prison for being a priest in 1648. [3] Ward left England in order to enter a monastery of Poor Clares at Saint-Omer in northern France; she then moved to the Spanish Netherlands as a lay sister. [5] In 1606 she founded a new monastery of the order specifically for English women at nearby Gravelines, [6] doing so with much of her ...
John Dudley, who since early 1550 effectively ruled England, was pleased to strengthen his influence in Norfolk by his son's marriage. [14] Lord Robert, as he was styled as a duke 's son, became an important local gentleman and served as a Member of Parliament for Norfolk in 1551–52, March 1553 and 1559. [ 15 ]
Tisquantum (/ t ɪ s ˈ k w ɒ n t əm /; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (/ ˈ s k w ɒ n t oʊ /), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer ...
Philip Hoby, politician (died 1558) Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician (died 1550) Thomas Tallis, composer (died 1585) Christopher Tye, composer and organist (died 1572) 1506 Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534) Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543) William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563) 1507