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See also:WOTTON, See also:NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567) , See also:English diplomatist, was a son of See also:Sir See also:Robert Wotton of See also:Boughton See also:Malherbe, See also:Kent, and a descendant of Nicholas Wotton, See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London in 1415 and 1430, and member of See also:parliament for the See also:city from 1406 to 1429. He See also:early became See also:vicar of Boughton Malherbe and of See also:Sutton See also:Valence, and later of Ivychurch, Kent; but, desiring a more worldly career, he entered the service of See also:Cuthbert See also:Tunstall, See also:bishop of London. Having helped to draw up the Institution of a See also:Christian See also:Man, Wotton in 1539 went to arrange the See also:marriage 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:Anne of See also:Cleves and the See also:union of See also:Protestant princes which was to be the See also:complement of this union. He crossed over to See also:England with the royal See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
bride, but, unlike 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:Cromwell, he did not lose the royal favour when the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king repudiated Anne, and in 1541, having already refused the bishopric of See also:Hereford, he became See also:dean of See also:Canterbury and in 1544 dean of See also:York. In 1543 he went on See also:diplomatic business to the Nether-lands, and for the next See also:year or two he had much intercourse with the See also:emperor .See also:Charles V. He helped to conclude the treaty of See also:peace between England and See also:France in 1546, and was See also:resident See also:ambassador in France from 1546 to 1549. Henry VIII. made Wotton an executor of his will and See also:left him £300, and in 1549, under See also:Edward VI., he became a secretary of See also:state, but he only held this See also:post for about a year. In 1550 he was again sent as See also:envoy to Charles V., and he was ambassador to France during the reign of See also:Mary, doing valuable See also:work in that capacity. He left France in 1557, but in 1558 he was again in that See also:country, helping to arrange the preliminaries of the treaty of Cateau Cambresis. In 156o he signed the treaty of See also:Edinburgh on behalf of See also:Elizabeth, and he had again visited the See also:Netherlands before his See also:death in London on the 26th of See also:January 1567.
His See also:brother, Sir Edward Wotton (1489—1551), was made treasurer of See also:Calais in 1540, and was one of those who took See also:part in the overthrow of the See also:protector See also:Somerset. His son, Thomas Wotton (1521—1587) was the See also:father of Sir Henry Wotton (q.v.).
End of Article: WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
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