Overbury — This unusual and interesting name is of Medieval English origin and is locational from a place so called in Worcestershire. The surname is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century ufer , meaning a slope, or ridge, with byrig , a town, or fort … Surnames reference
Overbury's Folly — Overbury s Folly, Thalassery Overbury s Folly, Th … Wikipedia
OVERBURY, Sir Thomas — (1581 1613) Thomas Overbury was the murder victim in a plot that scandalized the English royal court and a writer from the same circles as Ben Jonson* and John Webster.* Overbury s poem The Wife enjoyed great popularity in Stuart England. Born… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Overbury, Sir Thomas — ▪ English author baptized June 18, 1581, Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England died September 15, 1613, London English poet and essayist, victim of an infamous intrigue at the court of James I. His poem A Wife, thought by some to have played a … Universalium
OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS — English gentleman, remembered chiefly from the circumstances of his death, having been poisoned in the Tower at the instance of Rochester and his wife for dissuading the former from marrying the latter, for which crime the principals were… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Overbury, Sir Thomas — (1581 1613) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl of Rochester and Somerset, and fell a victim to a Court intrigue connected with the proposed marriage of Rochester and Lady Essex, being… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Thomas Overbury — Sir Thomas Overbury (1581 ndash; 15 September 1613), English poet and essayist, and the victim of one of the most sensational crimes in English history, was the son of Nicholas Overbury, of Bourton on the Hill, and was born at Compton Scorpion,… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Overbury — Sir Nicholas Overbury (1551 May 1643) was an English lawyer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611. Overbury was the son of Thomas Overbury. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple and was chosen Autumn… … Wikipedia
Anne Turner (murderer) — Anne Turner Anne Turner on the way to the gallows Born Anne Norton January 5, 1576 Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, England Died … Wikipedia
James I of England — Infobox British Royalty|majesty name = James VI and I title = King of Scotland, England, and Ireland imgw = 200 caption = James I of England from the period 1603–1613, by Paul van Somer I (1576–1621) succession = King of Scotland reign = 24 July… … Wikipedia
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