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See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
MASON, See also:SIR See also:JOHN (1503–1566) , See also:English diplomatist, was See also:born of humble parentage at See also:Abingdon in 1503, and was educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where he became See also:Fellow of All Souls in 1521. He was ordained before 1531. Most of his See also:early years were spent on the See also:Continent, where he witnessed the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting between See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry. VIII. and See also:Francis I. at See also:Calais in 1532, and where he was employed in See also:collecting See also:information for the English See also:government, gaining in this See also:work the reputation of a capable diplomatist. By his never-failing caution, moderation and pliancy, Mason succeeded in keeping himself in favour with four successive sovereigns of the Tudor See also:monarchy. In 1537 he became secretary to the English See also:ambassador at See also:Madrid, Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Wyat; but when the latter was put on his trial for See also:treason in 1541 Mason was unmolested, and soon afterwards was appointed clerk of the privy See also:council, and procured for himself sundry other posts and privileges. Mason was knighted and made See also:dean of See also:Winchester by See also:Edward VI. He was one of the commissioners to negotiate the treaty by which See also:Boulogne was restored to See also:France in 1550, and in the same See also:year he became English ambassador in See also:Paris, where he helped to arrange the bethrothal of Edward VI. to the princess See also:Elizabeth of France. He returned to See also:England at the end of 1551, became clerk of See also:parliament, received extensive grants of See also:land, and in 1552 was made See also:chancellor of Oxford University. Ile was elected member of parliament in the same year. On the See also:death of Edward VI., he at first joined the party of See also:Northumberland and the See also:Lady Jane See also:Grey; but quickly perceiving his See also:mistake he took an active See also:part in procuring the See also:proclamation of See also:Mary as See also:queen. Mason now received fresh tokens of royal favour, being confirmed in all his See also:secular, though not in his ecclesiastical, offices; and in 1553 he was appointed English ambassador at the See also:court of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V., of whose See also:abdication at See also:Brussels in See also:October 1555 he wrote a vivid See also:account. He took a prominent See also:share in the
administrative business of the government in the first years of Elizabeth's reign, and largely influenced her See also:foreign policy until his death, which occurred on the loth of See also:April 1566. Sir John Mason married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Isley of Sundridge, See also:Kent, and widow of See also:Richard See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. He had no See also:children, and his See also:heir was See also:Anthony Wyckes, whom he had adopted, and who assumed the name of Mason and See also:left a large See also:family.
See J. A. See also:Froude, See also:History of England (12 vols., See also:London, 1856—187o) ; Charles Wriothesley, See also:Chronicle of England during the Reigns of the Tudors, edited by W. D. See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton (See also:Camden See also:Soc., 2 vols., London, 1875) ; P. F. See also:Tytler, England under the Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary (2 vols., London, 1839) ; John See also:Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials (3 vols., Oxford, 1824) and Memorials of Thomas Crammer (3 vols., Oxford, 1848); Acts of the Privy Council of England (new See also:series), edited by J. R. See also:Dasent, vols. i.—vii.
End of Article: MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
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