State Tracts and Speeches c.1602-1650

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh, Henry Howard, Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Robert Naunton, Robert Johnson and others.

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Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Viscount St Albans and Lord Chancellor; Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), naval commander; Henry Howard (1540-1614), 1st Earl of Northampton; Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), diplomat and poet; Sir Robert Naunton (1563-1635), politician; Robert Johnson (1540-1625), Archdeacon of Leicester; and others. From the guide to the State Tracts and Speeches, c.1602-1650, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1540-1614

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Naunton, Robert, Sir, 1563-1635

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Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639

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English diplomat and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1604 Jun. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584241 From the description of Autograph document signed : [Venice], addressed to the Earl of Salisbury, [1605]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584245 ...

Phillipps Thomas Sir

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Betenson Richard Sir

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Johnson, Robert, 1540-1625

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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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