Lucy, Sir Thomas

Lucy, Sir Thomas

▪ English squire
born April 24, 1532, Charlecote, near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, Eng.
died July 7, 1600, Charlecote

      English squire whom William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William) may possibly have caricatured as Justice Shallow in Henry IV, Part 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

      At 16 Lucy married an heiress, Joyce Acton, daughter of Thomas Acton of Sutton, Worcestershire, and rebuilt Charlecote, the family house, with her fortune. Lucy was knighted in 1565. He sat in two sessions of Parliament as knight of the shire for Warwick, was a justice of the queen's peace and a member of the council for the Marches of Wales (to superintend the Welsh borders), and became a hunter of recusants (usually Roman Catholic dissenters from the Church of England). In 1588 he was a commissioner for musters against the Spanish Armada.

      It was said that he prosecuted the young Shakespeare for stealing deer in Charlecote park, though the story gained currency only long after Shakespeare's death.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet — Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th Baronet, (8 April 1865 – 31 May 1919) ndash; who went by the name Victor Buxton ndash; was the great grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a British MP and social reformer, the grandson of Sir Edward North… …   Wikipedia

  • Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet — (6 October 1766 ndash; 15 January 1792) was a British politician. The son of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet and Sarah Edwards, he succeeded to his father s baronetcy in 1780. Cave was educated at the University of Oxford, where he matriculated in… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Lucy — Sir Thomas Lucy (24 de abril de 1532 7 de julio de 1600) era un magistrado y evangélico inglés de Charlecote, próximo a Stratford upon Avon, quien bajo el tutelaje de Isabel I,[1 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Thomas Lucy — Sir Thomas Lucy (* 24. April 1532; † 7. Juli 1600), erbte nach dem Tod seines Vaters William Lucy 1552 sowohl das Dorf Charlecote, den Sitz der Familie, als auch die Dörfer Sherborne und Hampton Lucy in Warwickshire bei Stratford upon Avon, dem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet — Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet KGStJ (7 July 1859 – 26 February 1926)[1] was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist (later Liberal Party) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1895 to 1906 and …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland — KG (1528 22 August 1572) led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason. He was later Beatified by the Catholic Church.Early life Blessed Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528 22 August 1572) was the eldest son of Sir Thomas… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Hutchinson (MP) — Sir Thomas Hutchinson was born at Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England in 1587, and died 18 August 1643 in London, England. He was Lord of Radcliffe. His first marriage was to Lady Margaret Byron,daughter of Sir John Byron Jr, of Clayton and later… …   Wikipedia

  • Sir John St. John, 1st Baronet — (1585 ndash; 1648) of Lydiard Tregoze and Battersea, Wiltshire, England and Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1632 to 1633. He was the youngest of five children born to Sir John St. John and Lucy Hungerford.He married twice, first to Anne Leighton,… …   Wikipedia

  • Lucy — is a female given name and a surname derived from the Latin noun Lux , meaning light . It is also a surname.The given name and surname Lucy may refer to:PeopleGiven name and surname* Saint Lucy, patron saint of eye conditions * Shannon Spruill,… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Cockburn-Campbell — Sir Thomas Cockburn Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English born journalist and politician in Australia. NOTOC Early lifeCockburn Campbell was born in Exeter, the second son of Sir Alexander Thomas Cockburn… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”