Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

male, deceased (1618)
poet, explorer, execution, "The Lost Colony", Roanoke Colony, governor of jersey…courtier
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554 – 29 October, 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer. He was responsible for es...
Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney

male, deceased (1586) (Smyrna, Georgia, United States)
Sonneteers, poet, from Penshurst, The Defence of Poesy, An Apology for Poetry, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia…courtier, courtier and poet
Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 - October 17, 1586) became one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures. Famous in his day in England...
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

male, deceased (1400)
from the City of London, buried at Westminster Abbey, author, bureaucracy, English, Civil Servant…courtier
Geoffrey Chaucer -- courtier, diplomat, and poet -- is arguably one of the most important figures in English literature. His philosophically...
Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

male, deceased (1170)
Roman Catholic, Assassinated English, Roman Catholic bishop, anglican communion, martyr, anglican church…courtier
(St.) Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the...
Edward Dyer

Edward Dyer

male, deceased (1607)
Shakespearean authorship, From Somerset, southwark, order of the garter, courtier, rosicrucian
Sir Edward Dyer was an English courtier and poet. The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Somerset. He was educated,...

William Cavendish

male, deceased (1557)
British, George Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, visitors of the monasteries, Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House…courtier
Sir William Cavendish (1505 - 25 October 1557) was an English courtier who became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monasteries" when King...
Henry Neville

Henry Neville

male, deceased (1615)
Rebel, diplomat, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, from Waltham St Lawrence, English…courtier
Sir Henry Neville (c. 1562 - July 10, 1615) was an English diplomat, courtier and distant relative of William Shakespeare. A theory put forward in...
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford

Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford

male, deceased (1604)
Oxford's Men, 16th Earl of Oxford, shakespeare, Oxford's Boys, sportsman, Playwright…courtier
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (12 April 1550 - 24 June 1604) was an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet, sportsman, patron of numerous...
Thomas Carew

Thomas Carew

male, deceased (1640)
The Queen, poet, Edward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Cherbury, West Wickham, Dudley Carleton, slander…courtier
Thomas Carew (1595 – March 22, 1640) was an English poet. He was the son of Sir Matthew Carew, master in chancery, and his wife, Alice Ingpenny, wi...
Nicholas Carew

Nicholas Carew

male, deceased (1539)
henry viii, courtier, tudor, English, statesman, executed for treason
Sir Nicholas Carew was an English courtier and statesman during the reign of Henry VIII. He was executed for his alleged part in the Exeter...