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CFP: The Tree of Knowledge. The Tree of Knowledge: Theories of Sciences and Arts in Central Europe, 1400-1700 28-29 May 2015, University of Warsaw We invite submissions for papers to be given at the forthcoming seminar on theories of knowledge in late medieval and early modern Central European sources.

CFP: The Tree of Knowledge

The seminar is open to all scholars working in the field of early modern intellectual history, or related disciplines such as history of philosophy or theology, but contributions from younger scholars (doctoral candidates and post-doctoral fellows) are particularly invited. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: Proposals should be sent to the following address: arborscientiarum2015@gmail.com. Royal Wales - Deborah Fisher. Katherine Tudor b. Abt 1545 Berain d. 27 Aug 1591: Alger Genealogy. The Expansion of Elizabethan England - A. L. Rowse. Goodman History and Genealogy. Shakespear’s Love’s Martyr is dedicated to him as “To the Honourable, and (of me before all other) honored Knight” and “one of the Esquires of the bodie to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie” (p. 3), and in the title-page of the “diverse Poeticall Effaies” he is designated” the true-noble Knight” (p. 177).

Goodman History and Genealogy

Even these slight descriptions guide us to the Salisburys or Salisburies of Lleweni, Denbighshire—long extinct. Dr. Berain. Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford. Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501?-1570) SIR WILLIAM HERBERT, first Earl of Pembroke of the second creation (1501?

Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501?-1570)

-1570), was eldest son of Sir Richard Herbert of Ewyas, Herefordshire, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Matthew Cradock of Swansea. Sir Richard, who lies buried under a fine canopied tomb in Abergavenny Church, was illegitimate son of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke of the first creation (d. 1469), by a mistress, Maud, daughter of Adam ap Howell Graunt. According to the statement on a portrait at Wilton that he was sixty-six years old in 1567, William was born in 1501.

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (1535-1595) HENRY HASTINGS, third Earl of Huntingdon (1535-1595), born in 1535, was eldest son of Francis Hastings, second earl, by Catherine, daughter and coheiress of Henry Pole, lord Montacute, brother of Cardinal Pole.

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (1535-1595)

Edward VI, whose companion he was in youth, knighted him 20 Feb. 1547-8. On 25 May 1553 he was married at Durham (afterwards Northumberland) House in the Strand, London, to Catherine, daughter of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland. He was summoned to parliament as Baron Hastings 23 Jan. 1558-9. He succeeded to the earldom of Huntingdon on the death of his father, 20 June 1561. Through his descent on his mother's side from Edward IV's brother George, duke of Clarence, he claimed after Elizabeth the succession to the throne, in opposition to Lady Catherine Grey and Mary Queen of Scots.

Huntingdon had puritan leanings, and was a strong sympathiser with the Huguenot struggle in France. Orders had, however, been despatched on the same day making him and Shrewsbury joint custodians. Catherine Verch Tudor Ap Robert Of Berain b. 1534 Berain, Llanefydd, Denbighshire, Wales d. 27 Aug 1591: Darrin and Andrea Lythgoe's Genealogy Pages. Becky's Genealogy Family Tree. Becky's Genealogy Family Tree. Becky's Genealogy Family Tree. Pembroke Story. Pembroke Story. John's Homepage. Photography by John Ball - 20 June 1999(with an Agfa ePhoto307 digital camera) The town of Pembroke has one of the largest castles in Wales.

John's Homepage

It was never a royal castle, but was the residence of lords and the administrative centre of their territories. The first castle, a wooden structure, was built on this site in 1093 by Earl Roger de Montgomery. The stone keep and inner ward were built in the late 12th century by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Regent to Henry III during the king's infancy. A detailed history of Pembroke Castle is given on Jeff Thomas's Castles of Wales website. Above: The Keep (left), Dungeon Tower (centre), and Buttery (right). Pembroke Story. Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke. Jasper Tudor, son of Catherine of Valois, the French widow of Henry V and Owen Tudor, her Welsh clerk of the Wardrobe was born circa 1431 at the Bishop of Ely's manor at Hatfield in Hertfordshire.

Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke

It is not known with certainty whether he was born legitimately after his parents were secretly married. By all accounts Owen, a descendant of Anglesey landowners, was a handsome young man, the chroniclers dwell upon the beauty, at some point he became the Dowager Queen's lover. Legend relates that Owen caught the Queen's eye when she saw him swimming, or that he tripped and fell into her lap when dancing.

The affair is thought to have started at Leeds Castle in Kent. No documentation has survived of Catherine's marriage to Owen Tudor in 1429. Jasper Tudor, duke of Bedford. Jasper Tudor, duke of BedfordWelsh noble Also known as Earl of PembrokeJasper of Hatfield born c. 1430 died.

Jasper Tudor, duke of Bedford

The Tudors in the Wars of the Roses, Part Two. After the victory of Edward's forces at Mortimer's Cross, Jasper and the Earl of Wiltshire fled in disguise.

The Tudors in the Wars of the Roses, Part Two

Jasper returned to Pembroke and tried to rally the spirits of the Lancastrian supporters. At the same time, Margaret of Anjou and her son, Prince Edward, were moving south after their victory at Wakefield. They met the Yorkist forces at St. Albans and were victorious. Margaret and son were reunited with Henry VI, who had been a prisoner since the summer of 1460. Edmund and Jasper Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. In 1452, Edmund and Jasper Tudor were formally brought into the royal family and were made earls: Edmund the Earl of Richmond and Jasper the Earl of Pembroke.

Edmund and Jasper Tudor and Margaret Beaufort

Their brother Owen was already a monk at Westminster Abbey. It is not really possible that the two Tudor brothers were looked to as heirs of Henry VI (who had been married to Margaret of Anjou for seven years but still had no children). They had been formally recognized at the half brothers of the King whose uncles -- other possible heirs -- were all dead by this time. But the Tudors had no blood connection to the English throne at this time (although they did to the throne of France through their mother Katherine of Valois). Wales - History - Themes - Pembroke castle. Untitled. The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire, by J.

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T. Barber This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire Author: J. T. Barber Release Date: July 6, 2011 [eBook #36643] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A TOUR THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE*** Transcribed from the 1803 J. By J. Images of Pembroke Castle from Pembrokeshire Pictures.

Pembroke Castle 44 Images Images Copyright Kenvyn Davies and Debbie DaviesSite design by Ken Davies (webmaster@pembrokeshire-pictures.co.uk) Home. Image of Wogan Cavern under Pembroke Castle from Pembrokeshire Pictures. The Wogan cavern - Picture of Pembroke Castle, Pembroke. Hoyle's Mouth Cave (Cave / Rock Shelter) Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language - Sister Miriam Joseph. Re: Tozier's and Indians - Tozier. - Ancestry.com. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. MEYRICK or MERRICK family, of Hascard , Fleet , and Bush, Pembs. , and Wigmore, Worcs. The Pembrokeshire branch of the Meyrick s of Bodorgan , Anglesey arose through the marriage of Rowland Meyrick , bishop of Bangor , to Catherine , daughter of Owen Barrett of Gelliswic, Pembs. Their eldest son, Sir GELLY ( GILLY , GILLIES or GULLIAM ) MEYRICK ( 1556?

- 1601 ), was named after the maternal estate, and on his father's death (when he was c. 9 years old) was sent to be brought up on his mother's manor of Hascard , near Lamphey, Pembs. , where he entered the service of Sir George Devereux (see under Devereux ). Dictionary of Welsh Biography. There were three persons bearing this name who must be distinguished one from another — (1) Sir Roger Williams ( 1604?

- 1683 ), founder of the colony of Rhode Island , U.S.A. ; he used to be claimed as a Welshman , afterwards as a Cornishman , but now it can be fairly confidently stated that he was the son of a James Williams , ‘ citizen and merchant taylor of London ,’ and his wife Alice ; (2) Roger Williams , a member of the family of Penrhos, Mon. (this family bore, later, the surname Addams-Williams — see under Williams , Sir Trevor ) ; and (3) Sir Roger Williams ( 1540? - 1595 ), soldier and author ; it is with him that this short note will be concerned. Like his namesake, the second Roger Williams named above, Sir Roger Williams was a member of the family of Penrhos , being the son of Thomas Williams and his wife, Eleanor , daughter of Sir William Vaughan .

Anthony Wood says that he spent some time at Oxford — at Brasenose College . Pembroke's Men. The Earl of Pembroke's Men was an Elizabethan era playing company, or troupe of actors, in English Renaissance theatre.[1] They functioned under the patronage of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Early and equivocal mentions of a Pembroke's company reach as far back as 1575; but the company is known for certain to have been in existence in 1592.

In that year, a share in the company was valued at £80 (more than William Shakespeare would pay for New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon five years later).[2] Shakespeare[edit] Some think that Shakespeare spent time as both an actor and writer for Pembroke's Men in the early 1590s. Difficult years[edit] Vice-Admiral of the Coast. The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of the Coast was responsible for the defence of one of the twenty maritime counties of England, the North and South of Wales, or the four provinces of Ireland. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included pressing men for naval service, deciding the lawfulness of prizes (captured by pirate ships), dealing with salvage claims for wrecks and acting as a judge. The earliest record of an appointment was of William Gonson as Vice-Admiral of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1536.

From around 1560 Vice-Admirals of the Coasts acquired a more public profile than they had enjoyed previously. In the second half of the sixteenth century they increasingly received orders from the privy council. Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Council of Wales and the Marches. Frances Walsingham. Family and marriages[edit] Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex KB PC (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery. John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery (1574 or 1575 – 6 May 1634) was a Welsh courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and from 1621 to 1622. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG (24 June 1532 or 1533[note 1] – 4 September 1588) was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death.

The Queen giving him reason to hope, he was a suitor for her hand for many years. Gelli Meyrick. Sir Gelli Meyrick (also Gelly or Gilly) (1556? Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery. Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire. Golden Grove (Welsh: Gelli Aur) is a mansion and estate in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Llandeilo. History[edit] There have been three mansions on the estate.

The first was built in 1560 by the Vaughan family which was later ennobled as Earls of Carbery. Geoffrey Tozer. Tozer/Came Family in Devon England - Tozer. Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. Exclusion Crisis. Anti-Achitophel (1682) by Samuel Pordage and Elkanah Settle. Absalom and Achitophel.

Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort. Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery. Earl of Carbery. Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire. Vaughn link in New England - Vaughn. Appius Claudius Caecus. Clodia. Pro Caelio. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - Casca meets Cicero to tell of omens. Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees. Devon - Discover Devon - St Boniface and the Christmas tree. Israel’s fragile forests. El mundo judío celebra T”U Bishvat, fiesta ecológica conocida como “el Año Nuevo de los Árboles” Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World. An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie. Tree of life.