Sir John Davies

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Standard Name: Davies, Sir John

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Residence Lady Eleanor Douglas
Lady Eleanor Davies (later LED ) and her husband Sir John Davies returned to England from Ireland; he had fallen out with James I and lost his job.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press.
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Friends, Associates Lady Mary Wroth
LMW was praised in verse by George Chapman and John Davies of Hereford.
He is not to be confused with Sir John Davies , husband of the prophecy writer who later became Lady Eleanor Douglas
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Eleanor Douglas
Lady Eleanor Touchet (later LED ) married Sir John Davies , Attorney-General of Ireland and also a poet.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships Lady Eleanor Douglas
Sir John Davies , husband of Lady Eleanor (later LED ), died: three days after he had mocked her for weeping in public, some months after he had burned her first book.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press.
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Timeline

14 April 1599: Sir John Davies registered with the Stationers'...

Writing climate item

14 April 1599

Sir John Davies registered with the Stationers' Company the first of the two well-known works he published this year, essays entitled NosceTeipsum (Know Thyself).

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