NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (15631635)

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NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (15631635) , English politician, the son of

Henry

HENRY
HENRY (1129-1195)
HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng.
home
, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Naunton

NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (1563–1635)

of Alderton, Suffolk, was educated at Trinity College,

Cambridge

, becoming a fellow of his college in 1585 and public orator of the university in 1594. Walter Devereux,

earl

EARL

of Essex, enabled him to spend some time abroad, sending information about - European affairs. Having returned to England, he entered

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

in 1606 as member for Helston, and he sat in the five succeeding parliaments; in 1614 he was knighted, in 1616 he became master of requests and later surveyor of the court of wards. In 1618 his friend Buckingham procured for him the position of secretary of state.

Naunton

NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (1563–1635)

's strong

Protestant

PROTESTANT

opinions led him to favour more active intervention by England in the interests of Frederick V., and more vigorous application of the laws against Roman Catholics. Gondomar, the Spanish

ambassador

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

, complained to James, who censured his secretary. Consequently in 1623 Naunton resigned and was made master of the court of wards. He died at Lether-Ingham, Suffolk, on the 27th of March 1635. Naunton's valuable account of Queen Elizabeth's reign was still in manuscript when he died. As Fragmenta regalia, written by Sir Robert Naunton, it was printed in 1641 and again in 1642, a revised edition, Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the

late

LATE

Queen Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites, being issued in 1653. It was again published in 1824, and an edition edited by A.

Arber

ARBER, EDWARD (1836– )

was brought out in 187c. It has also been printed in several collections and has been translated into French and Italian. There are several manuscript copies extant, and some of Naunton's letters are in the British Museum and in other collections.
See Memoirs of Sir Robert Naunton (1814).

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