The aim of Burlington Magazine Publications, Ltd. is to educate the public For details see www.shakespeares-globe.org or call 020 7902 1500, the earliest known portrait of the third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's patron and possible lover. Dugdale reverses the order of her marriages. Find out . Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? [5] He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c.15671607), who in June1585 married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. [5] One historian has described the young lawyer as "able, entreprising, tenacious and ruthless, yet unsufferably overconfident and egotistic. At that juncture, the Queen decided to pardon the Danvers brothers, and they were back in England on 30 August 1598, at which time Southampton also returned in secret, and married his pregnant mistress, Elizabeth Vernon. Rogers Fund, 1925, Accession Number: If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service. (from, Oil portrait of Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Wriothesley,_3rd_Earl_of_Southampton&oldid=1145452608, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopdia Britannica, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Lady Penelope Wriothesley (18 November 1598 16 July 1667), who married. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. He came from a Catholic dynasty - a major sticking point in post-reformation England. Wriothesley was one of the Council led by Catholic Bishop Gardiner, who ordered the imprisonment of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey for being drunk and disorderly. Shortly thereafter, in his Honour of the Garter dated 26June 1593, George Peele referred to him as "Gentle Wriothesley, Southampton's star", claiming erroneously that an Earl of Southampton had been among the founding Knights. [12], Southampton received dedications from other writers in the 1590s. Black and coloured chalks, metalpoint, on pink-primed paper, 38.8 27.4 cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. This miniature, which is widely ascribed to Holbein, is based on a drawing by him in the Louvre, Paris. Buy a print. Request Permissions. Five days later, on 10November 1624, Southampton died of the same cause at Bergen-op-Zoom, aged51. A lover of literature, he is the only known patron of Shakespeare, and in 1593 Shakespeare dedicated the witty and erotic poem Venus and Adonis to him. List Thumbnail. Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. [10] His name was entered at the Gray's Inn legal society before he left the university, and he was admitted on 29February 1588. The Beaulieu version was engraved (head and shoulders only) for, Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/981543 London), After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/981543 London). 1901); his son, Wyndham Francis Cook, London (1901d. (Henry Wriothesley), were simply reversed by the publisher to conceal his identity. Their remains were returned to England, and both men were buried in the family chapel of the parish church of Titchfield, Hampshire. Ever the unscrupulous schemer, Wriothesley was purposely chosen to keep both papists and reformists at bay. [22] In 1595 Gervase Markham included a dedicatory sonnet to Southampton in The Most Honorable Tragedy of Richard Grinvile, Knight. Please Like other favourites! Sir Ralph Sadler was ousted as the principal secretary to the King, to be replaced by the more judicious and discreet William Paget. If you have information to share please complete the form below. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Stratford-upon-Avon. The Lord Chancellor conducted French Lord Admiral Claud d'Annebaut to Hampton Court for a royal audience. on 6June 1589. They pass away the time in London merely in going to plays every day".[39]. Richly rewarded with royal gains from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he nevertheless prosecuted Calvinists and other Protestants when political winds changed. That's no lady, that's. . +44(0)20 7306 0055, Admission free. (28 x 25 mm). This news, coupled with the Cleves alliance threatening war with Emperor Charles V, proved Cromwell's undoing. In 1593 Shakespeare dedicated his narrative poem Venus and Adonis to Southampton, followed in 1594 by The Rape of Lucrece. Visiting Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty or Van Goghs Cypresses? The retracing of outlines with metalpoint seems to have been done when transferring the design to a panel . He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, the fourth Earl, who would become a prominent statesman and served as Lord High Treasurer under Charles II. [14] Hertford was sent north to fight the Scots when on 22 April 1544, Lord Audley died, leaving Wriothesley to be appointed Lord Chancellor the next month, at a time when Gardiner's power was waning. [17] Other adherents of the theory that Southampton was the addressee of the Sonnets have suggested that his initials, H.W. There are occasions when we are unsure of the identity of a sitter or artist, their life dates, occupation or have not recorded their family relationships. Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. Wriothesley is a central character in the "Tudor Crimes" series of historical novels by Anne Stevens, and he is portrayed as a knave, who will do anything to advance himself. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. 1688/89); their son, Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (1688/89d. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton, in full Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton, Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield, (born October 6, 1573, Cowdray, Sussex, Englanddied November 10, 1624, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands), English nobleman and William Shakespeare's patron. as to current developments in, and the history and criticism of the visual arts, He had already been created Baron Wriothesley (pronounced "rose ley" /rozli/) in 1544, also in the Peerage of England. [11] He sought to bring about an alliance between England and Spain in 1543. Wriothesley became lord chancellor in 1544, but his position was weakened by the death of Henry VIII in 1547, and he died in disgrace three years later. [15] Wriothesley was created Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield in 1544. But as Lord Chancellor he became notorious for torturing Anne Askew, a self-confessed Protestant, personally operating the wheel on the rack. Henry Wriothesley, whose name is included in the 1605 panel of the New World Tapestry, took a considerable share in promoting the colonial enterprises of the time, and was an active member of the Virginia Company's governing council. This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. By 1590 Burghley was negotiating with Southampton's grandfather, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and Southampton's mother, Mary, for a marriage between Southampton and Lord Burghley's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Burghley's daughter, Anne Cecil, and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Published By: Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), Patron of Shakespeare. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1607-1667), half-length, in a blue coat and white collar, wearing the Star of the Order of the Garter. The third creation came in 1670 for Barbara Palmer, mistress of Charles II. Thomas Wriothesley (15051550), First Earl of Southampton, Irregular, cut down, 1 1/8 x 1 in. In August1598, Southampton married Elizabeth Vernon, the daughter of John Vernon of Hodnet, Shropshire, and his wife Elizabeth Devereux,[44] who was the aunt of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - who is also connected with Elizabethan drama. If you have information to share please complete the form below. Can you tell us more about this person? Please Like other favourites! Like List Thumbnail On his return, he made his first appearance in the House of Lords on 5 November, and was put on several committees, but became a "chronic absentee". Description: after Daniel Mytens,painting,circa 1618, St John's College, University of Cambridge. the sitter, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, London (until d. 1550); Earls of Southampton (15501624); Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1624d. Origins He was the only surviving son of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624) by his wife Elizabeth Vernon (1572-1655), a daughter of John Vernon (died 1592) of Hodnet, Shropshire. A significant artistic patron in the Jacobean as well as the Elizabethan era, Southampton promoted the work of George Chapman, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Heywood, and the composer Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger. Pepys knew Wriothesley well and found him a 'very ready man' and 'brave servant to the king' but with usual attention to detail Pepys complained of his habit of wearing his fingernails too long. [28], On 17 November 1595, Southampton jousted in Queen Elizabeth's accession day tournament, earning a mention in George Peele's Anglorum Feriae as "gentle and debonaire". All contributions are moderated. Although profits largely eluded the Virginia Company, and it was dissolved in 1624, the other goals were accomplished. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Fitz Williams Earl of Southampton. [4], Wriothesley received his early education at St Paul's School, London. In 1624, Southampton was one of four Englishmen appointed to command troops fighting in the Low Countries against the Spanish. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1526 and is shown wearing his Garter collar in this drawing. Tudor & Jacobean Portraits book in our Shops, Shakespeare and his contemporaries book in our Shops, Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver catalogue in our Shops, Elizabeth Wriothesley (ne Vernon), Countess of Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, / Person - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Since Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and formed the Church of England, being a Catholic in England had become dangerous, and . Publications production manager Peter Antony revels in the drama running throughout the history of the Tudors. https://www.thegreatcat.org/henry-wriothesley-cat-trixie/, en:Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3. Shakespeare's two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were dedicated to Southampton, who is frequently identified as the Fair Youth of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. Contributions are moderated. Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. W.H.". Charles L. Kuhn. "The Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, by Holbein." Burlington Magazine 57 (August 1930), pp. The arms of Wriothesley (Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent) are shown on the cover of a book lying on the windowsill before the cat. There are occasions when we are unsure of the identity of a sitter or artist, their life dates, occupation or have not recorded their family relationships. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. 2023 Getty Images. Thomas Wriothesley (15051550), First Earl of Southampton, Artist: On New Years Day the party reached Rochester Castle. 4 Shakespeare's alleged romantic liaison with his patron, the third Earl of Southampton, is to be explored in a new play that will debut at the Nuffield theatre. The Queen ordered Southampton to return to England forthwith, but he remained in Paris for two months, losing large sums in gambling. All rights reserved. [8], In October1585, at age twelve, Southampton entered St John's College, Cambridge,[9] graduating M.A. A bust length portrait facing. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Description English: Portrait of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton(1573-1624) Miniature painting, sometimes thought to have been the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets (1573-1624). 307, for 283.10 to Agnew); [Agnew and Sabin, London, 1925; sold to The Met]. He served as Ambassador to France in 1521 before becoming Treasurer of the Household and Lord High Admiral. 1667); his daughter, Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley (1667d. 2093 (as "Portrait of a Gentleman in a Furred Dress," lent by the Earl of Shaftesbury). Nicholas Rowe, on the authority of poet and playwright William Davenant (1606 7April 1668), stated in his Life of Shakespeare that Southampton once gave Shakespeare 1,000 to "go through with a purchase",[19] but Honan terms this a myth. 1714); his daughter, Lady Susan Noel (1714d. Search over 220,000 works, 150,000 of which are illustrated from the 16th Century to the present day. Earl of Southampton. But now, after an intense two months of research, Mr. Cobbe says he believes he has found the earliest extant portrait of Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's patron. [13], In 1591 Lord Burghley's Clerk in Chancery, John Clapham, dedicated to Southampton a poem in Latin, Narcissus, recounting the Greek legend of a beautiful young man who perishes through self-love. The first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam. 1545, d. 1581)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton&oldid=1161340310, Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of England, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopdia Britannica, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0. Speechless and overcome with grief, Lord Chancellor Wriothesley could do nothing to prevent Hertford from taking control in defiance of the late King's will. Contributions are moderated. "It was upon such men that the King relied at times of crisis". His successor in the earldom was his son, Henry. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Later he was readmitted to the Council, and he took a leading part in bringing about the fall of the Duke of Somerset, but he had not regained his former position when he died on 30 July 1550. He was part of a faction within the company with Sir Edwin Sandys, who eventually became the Treasurer, and worked tirelessly to support the struggling venture. In 1538 he was sent as ambassador to the Netherlands to propose marriage between Henry VIII and Christina, duchess of Milan, whose portrait (National Gallery, London) Holbein had painted for the king. Download Image of The Earl of Southampton by Hans Holbein the Younger. Shortly after their arrival, the earl's eldest son, James Wriothesley, succumbed to an unspecified "fever" at Roosendaal. [5] However, the name Southampton was not uncommon in England, including an important port city and an entire region along the southern coast, which was originally part of Hampshire. Sir John Beaumont wrote a well-known elegy in his praise, and Gervase Markham wrote of him in a tract entitled Honor in his Perfection, or a Treatise in Commendation of Henry, Earl of Oxenford, Henry, Earle of Southampton, Robert, Earl of Essex (1624). [9] In late 1539, Anne of Cleves was due to come from the German principality to England, and Wriothesley was to lead the naval escort. [24] In his dedication, Florio, who was for some years in the Earl's "pay and patronage", complimented Southampton on his fluency in Italian, saying he "had become so complete a master of Italian as to have no need of travel abroad to perfect his mastery of that tongue". 82, 85-86, pl. He was in attendance when Queen Elizabeth visited Oxford in late September1592 and was praised in the Latin poem written by John Sandford to commemorate the Queen's visit.[14]. Nonetheless, it was reported by Rowland Whyte at the beginning of February that "My Lord of Southampton is much troubled at her Majesties straungest Usage of hym". Measurements. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. by publishing The Burlington Magazine. The expansion of the Pensioners from 50 to 350 members signalled the resurgence of the conservative noble faction at court during the 1540s. 1682/83); her widower, Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1682/83d. Wriothesley is a major character and villain in three novels based on Thomas Cromwell, This page was last edited on 22 June 2023, at 03:02. Thomas Wriothesley (15051550), first earl of Southampton, rose to power in the court of Henry VIII under the influence of Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex, and was enriched through the dissolution of the monasteries. Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. A small painting of the Tower of London is shown in the top-right background, above the Latin words: In vinculis invictus ("in chains unconquered") Februa 8 1600; 601; 602; 603 Apri. A new exhibition of Elizabethan clothing and cross-dressing in Shakespeare opens at Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1 on 11 May. She also asked him to bring a portrait 'very finely done'. Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item, Title: Montague had been a Knight of the Garter, and on 3May 1593, Philip Gawdy of Clifford's Inn (a law school and Inn of Chancery) wrote to his brother, Bassingbourne Gawdy, that Southampton had been nominated to the Order, together with the Lord Keeper, Lord Burgh, and Lord Willoughby deEresby. Elizabeth Wriothesley (c.1535 - buried 16 January 1555), Mary Wriothesley (c.1537 - d. December 1561), who married firstly, Richard Lyster, a son of, Katherine Wriothesley, born c.1539, who was contracted to marry, Anne Wriothesley, born c. 1541, who was contracted to marry, Mabel Wriothesley, born c.1543, who married, He was played by Patrick Godfrey in the BBC tv-series, In the British/UK/Canadian BBC mini-series. I do mervell also what becam of pearse edmones, the earle of Essex man, borne in strand neare me, and which has had many rewards & preferments by the earle essex, his villany I have often complained of, he dweles in London, he was corporall generall of the horse in Ierland under the earle of Sowthamton, he eate & drank at his table and lay in his tente, the earle of Sowthamton gave him a horse, which edmones refused a 100 markes for him, the earle Sowthamton would cole and huge him in his armes and play wantonly with him. Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton [a] (21 December 1505 - 30 July 1550 [3] ), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D. European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Historiarum veteris instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae. [18] But, Honan argues that although Southampton, may be involved in Shakespeare's sonnets there is no real likelihood that he traduced him by drawing his portrait as the fickle, treacherous Young Man of the sonnets, who is implicitly "lascivious" (sonnet95), "sensual" to a "fault" or to his "shame" (sonnets34, 35), and ridden with vices. According to Akrigg, Southampton and Derby were "rather close friends at this period"; Margot Heinemann, "Rebel Lords, Popular Playwrights, and Political Culture: Notes on the Jacobean Patronage of the Earl of Southampton," in Brown; p. 139. The second creation came in 1547 in favour of the politician Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor between 1544 and 1547. He is shown wearing a hat adorned with a medallion, and a fur collar. Search. Southampton struck Willoughby, and "Willoughby puld of some of his locke", for which the Queen gave Willoughby thanks, saying "he had done better yf he had sent hym to the porters lodge, to see who durst have fetcht hym out". Prices start at 6 for unframed prints, 25 for framed prints. was the William Hervey who married Southampton's mother and inherited 'her goods' is provided by Edward Chaney. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. Hans Holbein the Younger Royal Collection Trust, UK London, United Kingdom A portrait drawing of William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton (c.1490-1542). He left for the continent almost immediately, but by 3 September the Queen had learned of the marriage and consigned Elizabeth Vernon, one of her chief ladies-in-waiting, to the Fleet Prison for marrying without royal permission. [31] In February 1597 Southampton challenged the Earl of Northumberland to a duel with rapiers, requiring intervention by the Queen and Privy Council, and on 1 March stood godfather at the christening of Sir Robert Sidney's daughter, Bridget. 1690); his cousin, Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1690d. Dividing the duties, Sadler's responsibility was as personal secretary to the King, whereas Wriothesley's were purely political. [15] However, it was not until 1603 that Southampton was invested in the Order under King James. Wriothesley's services were richly rewarded at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Title. Portrait of William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton. More on Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton: Tudor & Jacobean Portraits book in our Shops | Shakespeare and his contemporaries book in our Shops | Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver catalogue in our Shops. A copy after Holbein's original painting of William Fitzwilliam is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Heywood's popular, expansionist dramas were compatible with Southampton's maritime and colonial interests.[42]. In 1542 it was said that Wriothesley governed almost everything in England. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, KG (pronunciation uncertain: /rzli/ "Rezley",[2] /razli/ "Rizely" (archaic),[3] /rtsli/ (present-day)[3] and /rasli/[4] have been suggested; 6 October 1573 10 November 1624) was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. Late in 1581 or early in 1582 Southampton, then eight years of age went to live at Cecil House in the Strand. stipple engraving, published 1 November 1794. The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars. ", a humiliation especially damaging given that his faction was already in decline. Thomas's father and uncle were the first members of his family to use the "Wriothesley" spelling of the family surname. We'll need your email address so that we can follow up on the information provided and contact you to let you know when your contribution has been published. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436663. Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. She was made Baroness Nonsuch and Duchess of Cleveland at the same time. James I, having counted Essex as one of his sworn allies, immediately released Wriothesley from prison upon his succession to the throne in 1603 and made him a Knight of the Garter. In 2002, a portrait in the Cobbe collection was identified as a portrait of the youthful Earl. William Wriothesley (1535-1537) Anthony Wriothesley (1542-1542) Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (1545-1581) Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624) James Wriothesley, Lord Wriothesley (1605-1624) Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, 2nd Earl of Chichester (1607-1667) Earls of Southampton; Third creation (1670) This type of vaunting language was not particularly unusual, however, because other dedications of the day always excessively praised any noble person sponsoring the author's work mainly for political and, above all, financial reasons. Friday & Saturday 10:30 - 21:00. That earl's father in law was Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester whose family fortunes were secured by Sir Thomas Leigh, who married the heiresses of Sir Rowland Hill. Even with the retrospection of later life he was able to 'forget' the excesses of the 1530s, Wriothesley was still able to exaggerate his fidelity to his "benign and pleasant' King, whom he knew only in the febrile atmosphere of the Court. In January 1605 he entertained Queen Anne with a performance of Love's Labour's Lost by Burbage and his company, to which Shakespeare belonged, at Southampton House.[40].
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