Nicholas Wotton
Nicholas Wotton (c. 1497 – 26 January 1567) was an English diplomat, cleric and courtier. He served as Dean of York and Royal Envoy to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Life
He was a son of Sir Robert Wotton of
Soon after ordination Wotton was granted the benefices of Boughton Malherbe and of
In 1541, having already refused the
In 1550 Wotton was again sent as Royal Envoy to the Holy Roman Emperor and as Ambassador to France during the reign of Mary, doing valuable work in that capacity securing the peace. In January 1555 he described a demonstration of a new kind of cannon made by the Italian designer Bartolomeo Campi.[1]
Wotton left France in 1557, but in 1558 he was again in that kingdom, helping to arrange the preliminaries of the
He is buried in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral.[2]
Relatives
His brother Sir Edward Wotton was made Treasurer of Calais in 1540, and was one of those who took part in the overthrow of the Lord Protector Somerset.
His nephew, Thomas Wotton (1521–1587) was the father of Sir Henry Wotton and of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton.
His sister Margaret was the mother of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and the grandmother of Lady Jane Grey.
Notes
- ^ Sheila R. Richards, Secret Writing in the Public Records (London: HMSO, 1974), p. 11.
- ^ www.british-history.ac.uk
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wotton, Nicholas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Zell, Michael. "Wotton, Nicholas (c.1497–1567)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30002. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. pp. 145–146.
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