Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey, Mia Dolan, John Wilkinson, Patricia Howard, Fred Ellis, Peter Hemingway. Excerpt: Sir Edward Hoby by an unknown artist, 1583 Sir Edward Hoby (1560 1 March 1617) was a diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier in England 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 . A favourite of King James, Hoby published several works supporting the Protestant cause as well as translations from the French and Spanish . His heir was his illegitimate son, Peregrine Hoby . Biography Born at Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, in 1560, Edward Hoby was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hoby and his wife Elizabeth, third daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke or Coke of Gidea Hall, Essex . He was educated at Eton, where he formed a lasting friendship with Sir John Harington, and at Trinity College, Oxford . At college Thomas Lodge, the dramatist, was "servitour or scholar" under him. Under the auspices of his uncle, Lord Burghley, he rose into high favour at the Elizabethan court, and was frequently employed on confidential missions. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester in 1580; she died in 1581 and Hoby's fortunes were further advanced by his second marriage, on 21 May 1582, to Margaret, daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, cousin of Queen Elizabeth. The day after the wedding he was knighted by the Queen. In August 1584 he accompanied his father-in-law Hunsdon on a special mission to Scotland . His affability and learning greatly impressed King James VI (later James of England)...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from the Isle of Sheppey: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey. To get started finding People from the Isle of Sheppey: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
48
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155479181
People from the Isle of Sheppey: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey, Mia Dolan, John Wilkinson, Patricia Howard, Fred Ellis, Peter Hemingway. Excerpt: Sir Edward Hoby by an unknown artist, 1583 Sir Edward Hoby (1560 1 March 1617) was a diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier in England 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 . A favourite of King James, Hoby published several works supporting the Protestant cause as well as translations from the French and Spanish . His heir was his illegitimate son, Peregrine Hoby . Biography Born at Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, in 1560, Edward Hoby was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hoby and his wife Elizabeth, third daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke or Coke of Gidea Hall, Essex . He was educated at Eton, where he formed a lasting friendship with Sir John Harington, and at Trinity College, Oxford . At college Thomas Lodge, the dramatist, was "servitour or scholar" under him. Under the auspices of his uncle, Lord Burghley, he rose into high favour at the Elizabethan court, and was frequently employed on confidential missions. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester in 1580; she died in 1581 and Hoby's fortunes were further advanced by his second marriage, on 21 May 1582, to Margaret, daughter of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, cousin of Queen Elizabeth. The day after the wedding he was knighted by the Queen. In August 1584 he accompanied his father-in-law Hunsdon on a special mission to Scotland . His affability and learning greatly impressed King James VI (later James of England)...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from the Isle of Sheppey: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey. To get started finding People from the Isle of Sheppey: Rod Hull, Gary Mills, Edward Hoby, Thomas Cheney, Gordon Boyd, Phil Edwards, Mark Nichols, Michael Livesey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.