Robert Naunton
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Sir Robert Naunton (1563 – 27 March 1635) was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1606 and 1626.
Family
Robert Naunton was the son of Henry Naunton of
Master of Horse to the Dowager Duchess, while his maternal uncle, William Ashby,[2] was a member of the diplomatic service under Queen Elizabeth.[3][4]
Career
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He was educated at
Member of Parliament for Helston at a by-election in 1606. Naunton visited the court in London in October 1605. He thought that Anne of Denmark's farthingale might conceal a pregnancy, writing, "The Queen is generally held to be pregnant, but no appearance eminent by reason of the short vardugals in use".[7]
On 7 September 1615, Naunton was knighted. In 1616, he became
Master of Requests and later surveyor of the court of wards. In December 1617 his friend George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham procured for him the position of Secretary of State on the condition of his making Christopher Villiers, Buckingham's brother, his heir, and during his lifetime Villiers gained from Naunton estates worth £500 a year.[8] In 1621 Naunton was elected MP for Cambridge University
.
His strong
King James I. Consequently, in January 1623, Naunton resigned as Secretary of State and was made master of the Court of Wards and Liveries
.
Sir Robert was re-elected MP for Cambridge University in 1624 and 1625. He was elected MP for Suffolk in 1626. Naunton died at Letheringham, Suffolk at the age of 71.
Marriages and issue
Naunton married secondly Penelope Perrot, widow of the astronomer Sir William Lower, and daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and Dorothy Devereux, daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex.[9][10][11]
Naunton's daughter Penelope married firstly Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning (son of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning), and secondly Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke in his first marriage, by whom he became the grandfather of William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke.
Works
Naunton's 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 Queen Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites, being issued in 1653. It was again published in 1824, and an edition edited by Edward Arber was brought out in 1870. 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. A modern critical edition was prepared by J. S. Cerovski and published in 1985.
He is the source for
Henry VIII "He never spared a man in his anger or a woman in his lust". He was largely responsible for the claim that Sir John Perrot
, his wife's grandfather, was Henry VIII's natural son.
Notes
- ^ Naunton, William (by 1511-52/53), of Alderton, Suffolk, History of Parliament Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Ashby, William (d.1593), of Clerkenwell, Middlesex, History of Parliament Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Schreiber 2004.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 337.
- ^ Harries et al. (1991), p. 175
- ^ "Naunton, Robert (NNTN578R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ HMC 12th report part I, Earl Cowper, Coke (London, 1888), p. 58.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, dated October 2006, Retrieved 1 January 2011
- ^ Lower, Sir William (c.1570-1615), of St. Winnow, Cornwall and Trefenti (Tra'Venti), Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carmarthenshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Trefenty, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Roche 2004.
References
- Harries, R.; Cattermole, P.; Mackintosh, P. (1991). A History of Norwich School: King Edward VI's Grammar School at Norwich. Norwich: Friends of Norwich School. ISBN 978-0-9518561-1-6.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966386.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Roche, J.J. (2004). "Lower, Sir William (c.1570–1615)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39195. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Schreiber, Roy E. (2004). "Naunton, Sir Robert (1563–1635)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19812. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Naunton, Sir Robert". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 278.
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