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Thomas Walsingham (literary patron)

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Sir Thomas Walsingham (c. 1561 – 11 August 1630) was a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I and literary patron to such poets as Thomas Watson, Thomas Nashe, George Chapman and Christopher Marlowe. [1]

35 relations: Anne of Denmark, Audrey Walsingham, Chislehurst, Christopher Marlowe, Constable of the Tower, Court (royal), Edmund Walsingham, Edward Hoby, Edwin Sandys (died 1629), Elizabeth I of England, Fleet Prison, Francis Walsingham, Francis, Duke of Anjou, George Chapman, Henry Clerke (MP for Rochester), Henry VIII of England, Hundred (county division), Hundred of Ruxley, Ingram Frizer, James VI and I, Knight, Knights of the Shire, Manorialism, Member of parliament, Patronage, Robert Poley, Rochester (UK Parliament constituency), Royal entry, Scadbury Park, Spanish Armada, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Walsingham (c. 1526–1584), Thomas Walsingham (MP), Thomas Watson (poet), William Brooke (MP, died 1643).

Anne of Denmark

Anne of Denmark (12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was Queen consort of Scotland, England, and Ireland by marriage to King James VI and I. The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark, Anne married James in 1589 at age 15 and bore him three children who survived infancy, including the future Charles I. She demonstrated an independent streak and a willingness to use factional Scottish politics in her conflicts with James over the custody of Prince Henry and his treatment of her friend Beatrix Ruthven.

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Audrey Walsingham

Lady Audrey Walsingham, née Shelton (1568-1624), was an English court office holder.

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Chislehurst

Chislehurst is an affluent suburban district in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley.

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Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.

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Constable of the Tower

The Constable of the Tower is the most senior appointment at the Tower of London.

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Court (royal)

A court is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.

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Edmund Walsingham

Sir Edmund Walsingham (c. 1480 – 10 February 1550) was a soldier, Member of Parliament, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII.

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Edward Hoby

Sir Edward Hoby (1560 – 1 March 1617) was an English diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He was the son of Thomas Hoby and Elizabeth Cooke, the nephew of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and the son-in-law of Queen Elizabeth's cousin Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon.

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Edwin Sandys (died 1629)

Sir Edwin Sandys (9 December 1561 – October 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1626.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Fleet Prison

Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet.

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Francis Walsingham

Sir Francis Walsingham (1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".

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Francis, Duke of Anjou

Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.

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George Chapman

George Chapman (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, c. 1559 – London, 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator, and poet.

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Henry Clerke (MP for Rochester)

Henry Clerke was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundred of Ruxley

Ruxley (previously Rokesley, and in the Domesday Book Helmestrei) was an ancient hundred, a land division in the north west of the county of Kent, England.

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Ingram Frizer

Ingram Frizer (died August 1627) was an English gentleman and businessman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who is notable for his reported killing "According to the official story – the story told by Skeres and Poley – it was Marlowe who pulled the knife and Frizer who killed him in self defence.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Knights of the Shire

Knights of the shire (milites comitatus) was the formal title for members of parliament (MPs) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ended the practice of each county (or shire) forming a single constituency.

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Manorialism

Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Patronage

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.

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Robert Poley

Robert Poley, or Pooley (fl. 1568–1602) was an English double agent, government messenger and agent provocateur employed by members of the Privy Council during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; he was described as "the very genius of the Elizabethan underworld".

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Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent.

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Royal entry

The Royal Entry, also known by various names, including Triumphal Entry, Joyous Entry, consisted of the ceremonies and festivities accompanying a formal entry by a ruler or his representative into a city in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period in Europe.

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Scadbury Park

Scadbury Park is a Local Nature Reserve in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley.

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Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada (Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.

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Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe (baptised November 1567 – c. 1601) is considered the greatest of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers.

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Thomas Walsingham (c. 1526–1584)

Thomas Walsingham (c. 1526 - 15 January 1584) was an English politician.

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Thomas Walsingham (MP)

Sir Thomas Walsingham (c. 1589 - April 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1640.

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Thomas Watson (poet)

Thomas Watson (1555–1592) was an English poet and translator, and the pioneer of the English madrigal.

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William Brooke (MP, died 1643)

Sir William Brooke (1598 – 20 September 1643) was an English soldier and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Walsingham_(literary_patron)

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