Shakespeare's desire to burlesque a hero of early English Protestantism could indicate Catholic sympathies, but Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham was sufficiently sympathetic to Catholicism that in 1603, he was imprisoned as part of the Main Plot to place Arbella Stuart on the English throne, so if Shakespeare wished to use Oldcastle to embarrass the Cobhams, he seems unlikely to have done so on religious grounds.

In 1580 Dowland went to Paris, where he was in service to Sir Henry Cobham, the ambassador to the French court, and his successor, Sir Edward Stafford.

* 1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator ( d. 1610 )

* November 22 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English peer and traitor ( d. 1619 )

* February 3 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator ( b. 1564 )

* date unknown – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( b. 1260 )

* Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham ( d. 1339 )

These were the Lords Cobham: William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham ( died 6 March 1597 ), was Warden of the Cinque Ports ( 1558 – 97 ), Knight of the Order of the Garter ( 1584 ), and member of the Privy Council ( 1586 – 97 ); his son Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, was granted the paternal post of Warden of the Cinque Ports upon his father's death, and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1599.

Fortunately, for the players and for English literature, this interval did not last ; when Cobham died less than a year later, the post of Lord Chamberlain went to Henry Carey's son George, second Lord Hunsdon, and the actors regained their previous patronage.

When Shakespeare adapted that play in Henry IV, Part 1, Oldcastle still appeared ; but when the play was printed in 1598 Falstaff's name was substituted, in deference, as it is said, to the then Lord Cobham.

The eldest daughter of the Lord Deputy, Elizabeth, had married George Brooke, who was executed and attainted in 1603, for his part in the Bye Plot against King James I ; he was heir to Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, who was also attainted for his part in the Main Plot.

In 1954 Henry was created Baron Moore, of Cobham in the County of Surrey, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him and his descendants to an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

She was secondly married to Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham.

These were the Lords Cobham: William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham ( died 6 March 1597 ), was Warden of the Cinque Ports ( 1558 – 97 ), Knight of the Order of the Garter ( 1584 ), and member of the Privy Council ( 1586 – 97 ); his son Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, was granted the paternal post of Warden of the Cinque Ports upon his father's death, and made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1599.

Fortunately, for the players and for English literature, this interval did not last ; when Cobham died less than a year later, the post of Lord Chamberlain went to Henry Carey's son George, second Lord Hunsdon, and the actors regained their previous patronage.

Soon after the premier of Shakespeare's Oldcastle / Falstaff in 1597 – 98, literary and dramatic works began to appear that defended the reputation of the historical Oldcastle ; scholars argue that the muse that inspired these works was Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham.

He was one of the judges at the trials of Walter Raleigh and Lord Cobham in 1603, of Guy Fawkes in 1605, and of Henry Garnet in 1606, in each case pressing for a conviction.

Brooke's share in the earlier scheme caused suspicion to fall upon his brother Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, the ally and brother-in-law of Sir Robert Cecil.

Strood was owned by the Rochester monastery from the 18th year of Edward III's reign until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, after which time as part of the Hundred of Sharnel ( Shamwell ) which included Cobham, it was passed to George Brooke, Lord Cobham.

This letter reserved 10 % of the loot for the Crown, and Henry Gilbert's The Book of Pirates suggests that the King may have fronted some of the money for the voyage himself.

Shakespeare may have included a sly retaliation against the complaint in his play The Merry Wives of Windsor ( published after the Henry IV series ).

An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

Henry VII may refer to:

There may be some confusion here, however, in that Guy's son, Guy de Laval V, was also married to an Emma who described herself as the daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I as noted below.

Patrick Henry refers to Tarquin in his famous speech ending, " Tarquin and Caesar each had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third ... may profit by their example.

Shakespeare may allude to the image when Lady Macbeth says to her husband, " Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't " ( 1. 5. 74-5 ).. And the Porter's speech ( 1. 3. 1 – 21 ), in particular, may allude to the trial of the Jesuit Henry Garnet in spring, 1606 ; " equivocator " ( line 8 ) may refer to Garnet's defence of " equivocation ", and " farmer " ( 4 ) to one of Garnet's aliases.

He may also have intended an elaborate compliment to James's belief in the divine right of kings, although this hypothesis, outlined at greatest length by Henry N. Paul, is not universally accepted.

Many names for pubs that appear nonsensical may have come from corruptions of old slogans or phrases, such as " The Bag o ' Nails " ( Bacchanals ), " The Goat and Compasses " ( God Encompasseth Us ), " The Cat and the Fiddle " ( Caton Fidèle ) and " The Bull and Bush ", which purportedly celebrates the victory of Henry VIII at " Boulogne Bouche " or Boulogne-sur-Mer Harbour.

The incident successfully removed any military threat from the bishops, but it may have damaged Stephen's relationship with the senior clergy, and in particular with his brother Henry.

Contemporary chroniclers suggested that Henry argued that it would be in Stephen's own best interests to release the Empress and concentrate instead on attacking Robert, and Stephen may have seen Robert, not the Empress, as his main opponent at this point in the conflict.

Historian Henry Commager wrote that " Even when definitions of terrorism allow for state terrorism, state actions in this area tend to be seen through the prism of war or national self-defense, not terror .” While states may accuse other states of state-sponsored terrorism when they support insurgencies, individuals who accuse their governments of terrorism are seen as radicals, because actions by legitimate governments are not generally seen as illegitimate.

An answere, That by no manner of law, it may be lawfull for the most noble King of England, King Henry the eight to be divorced from the queens grace, his lawfull and very wife.

Mason warned that, otherwise, Congress may “ inflict unusual and severe punishments .” Henry emphasized that Congress could otherwise depart from precedent: " What has distinguished our ancestors ?-- That they would not admit of tortures, or cruel and barbarous punishment.

They may introduce the practice of France, Spain, and Germany ...." Ultimately, Henry and Mason prevailed, and the Eighth Amendment was adopted.

According to stories that may have legendary elements, an attempt was made to seize William at Valognes, but he escaped under cover of darkness, seeking refuge with King Henry.

Henry IV received a careful education, which may explain his subsequent interest in culture and poetry ( there are reasonable suspicions that the Duke wrote some poems in old Polish ).

Fine examples may be found in the church music of Giacomo Carissimi ; and the English vocal solos of Henry Purcell ( such as Mad Tom and Mad Bess ) show the utmost that can be made of this archaic form.

The action ends with the French king adopting Henry as his heir to the French throne and the prayer of the French queen " that English may as French, French Englishmen, receive each other, God speak this Amen.

Henry V may refer to:

A crystal lens, turned on the lathe, was discovered by Austen Henry Layard at Nimrud along with glass vases bearing the name of Sargon ; this could explain the excessive minuteness of some of the writing on the Assyrian tablets, and a lens may also have been used in the observation of the heavens.

Owen was probably born in about 1400, and may have gone to war in the service of Henry V's steward Sir Walter Hungerford in 1421 in France.

She may have been a maid of honour to Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI in 1445, when she was about eight years of age.