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William Pickering’s father, knight marshal to Henry VIII, acquired considerable monastic property in Yorkshire and other counties. At Cambridge Pickering was tutored by John Cheke and his scholarship was sufficient for him to be considered worthy of mention in a list of those who had adopted Cheke’s new pronunciation of Greek. 3
Aug 19, 2020 · This is the first mention by name of the soldier and diplomat Sir William Pickering (1516/7 – 1575), described in John Strype’s Annals of the Reformation (1709) as ‘the finest gentleman of his age, for his worth in learning, arts and warfare.’ Pickering was a former knight marshal to King Henry VIII and MP for Warwick.
Mar 4, 2016 · Sir William Pickering …being a brave, wise, comely English gentleman, was seriously thought of as a suitor for Elizabeth’s hand. In 1559 the Earl of Arundel was said to have sold his lands and was ready to flee out of the realm with the money, because he could not abide in England if the queen should marry Mr. Pickering , for they were enemies (Cal. State Papers, For. Ser. 1559 1560, p. 2).
Apr 26, 2007 · William Hayward Pickering was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on Christmas Eve 1910. On the death of his mother in 1917, he went to live with his grandparents as his father, who was a pharmacist, was away working in the tropics, an environment he did not believe would be a healthy one for his sons. He discovered astronomy at college when his ...
Feb 1, 2013 · Sir William Pickering. As only a member of the gentry, he did not have a sufficient diplomatic position. Robert Dudley was a favourite of Elizabeth's. But he was already married. Dudley had the Queen's ear and had considerable influence. But Dudley's wife was murdered and Dudley implicated in conspiracies.
Jan 4, 2022 · On this day in Tudor history, 4th January 1575, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, courtier, diplomat and former rebel, Sir William Pickering, died at his home, Pickering House, in London. He died a wealthy man and died a natural death, a miraculous feat seeing as he was a friend of the Earl of Surrey and the Duke or Northumberland, both of whom ended up on the scaffold, AND he was one of the ...
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Sep 26, 2024 · In Cecil's hand. 1 p. (141. 36.) Sir William Pickering. 1560. Letters patent, appointing days of payment of the sum of 1,290 l. 11 s. 10 d., due by Sir William Pickering to the Queen, in connection with his mission to King Philip of Spain to receive 3,000 Almaynes for Queen Mary's service in England.
