Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1630.

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...

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Holyday, Barten, 1593-1661

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Strode, William, 1598 or 1599-1645

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Curteis Family Library,

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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596

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Epithet: Surgeon, of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000135 Epithet: of Stowe MS 159 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x00017b Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000173 Epithet: of Add MS 36811 ...

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) ...

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635

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Epithet: of Moreton-Corbet, county Shropshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0003b7 ...

Coome, John, Sir

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Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586

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Epithet: of Add MS 41204 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001e5 Epithet: of Sloane MS 161 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001e7 Title: 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001d9 ...

Lapworth, Edward, 1574-1636

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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 ...

Earle, John, 1601?-1665

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Herbert, George, 1593-1633

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000a5 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0002dd Epithet: of Chelsea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0001a4 Epithet: of Add MS 37881 British L...

Donne, John, 1572-1631

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Proposed for publication as part of the Percy Society series. From the description of The Songs and sonnets of Dr. John Donne : with critical notes by the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge / edited by Barron Field, Esq. : manuscript, [ca. 1840] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868820 Herbert Grierson attached great importance to the manuscript and presumed the writer to be an acquaintance of Donne. From the description of Poems and paradoxes : manuscript, ...

Segar, William, Sir, -1633

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Herald and Garter king-of-arms. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1605. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890791 ...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

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Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567. Through her husband Francis II, King of France, she was also briefly queen consort of France (1559-1560). Mary was the daughter of James V of Scotland and through him the grand-daughter of Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII; as such she had a legitimate claim to the throne of England as well. Mary's reign was tempestuous, partly due to her choice of unsuitable husba...

Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889

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English writer and librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to J. Harrison, 1868 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665313 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, and lexicographer. From the description of Correspondence, 1849-1892. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367915 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, lexicographer, and critic. From the description of Correspondence, with W...

Bastard, Thomas, 1565 or 1566-1618

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Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612

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English author and courtier; translator of Orlando Furioso; author of A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, called the Metamorphosis of Ajax; godson of Queen Elizabeth. From the description of Document signed : [Somerset], 1588 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270509725 ...

King, Henry, 1592-1669

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Epithet: General; KCB 1835 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000127 Henry King (1592-1669), poet, was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1611; M.A., 1614; D.D., 1625). He became a prebendary of St Paul's, London, 1616; Archdeacon of Colchester, 1617; and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1624. He was appointed Dean of Rochester in 1639, and Bishop of Chichester in 1642. King published...