Overbury, Thomas d. September 15, 1613 Poet. Born at Compton Scorpion in Warwickshire, the son of Nicholas Overbury, of Bourton-on-the-Hill. In 1595 he became a gentleman commoner of Queen's College, Oxford, and took his degree in 1598. He secured a position of servitor-in-ordinary to James I and was knighted in June 1608 along with his great friend, Robert Carr. By 1611, Overbury involved himself in his friend Carr's affairs when that gentleman apparently fell for Frances Howard, the notorious Countess of Essex whom Overbury called...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Cause of death: Poisoned Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Perrott, Sir John b. November, 1528 d. November 3, 1592 English aristocracy. His parentage is unknown but it has long been suggested that he was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII and Mary Berkeley, a lady in waiting to the Queen. Sir John was educated at St David's, Pembrokeshire, and at the age of eighteen was placed in the household of William Paule, first Marquis of Winchester. He was introduced to Court in the autumn of 1549 and was created a Knight at Edward VI's coronation. He took part in the 155l negotiations with Henry II of France toward...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Seymour, Edward b. 1506 d. January 22, 1552 British Nobility. 1st Duke of Somerset. Brother of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, and uncle to the boy King Edward VI, he headed the Coucil of Regency after the death of Henry VIII and became Lord Protector of the Realm. His ideas of liberty were in contrast with those of most Tudor statesmen which led to his fall and execution. (Bio by: julia&keld) Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
d. September 15, 1613
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