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Sir John Perrot, was a figure of unusual power and influence in Tudor Britain and Ireland. Born near Haverfordwest in 1528, he inherited wealth and power – the Perrots had been accumulating both in west Wales for centuries – and gained more ingratiating himself with the English court.
1 de abr. de 2024 · Sir John Perrot was the lord deputy of Ireland from 1584 to 1588, who established an English colony in Munster in southwestern Ireland. Perrot was long reputed to be the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England, but that claim has been strongly challenged in contemporary scholarship.
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Learn about Sir John Perrot, a Privy Councillor and former Lord Deputy of Ireland, who was accused of treason and executed in 1592. Find out his possible connection to Henry VIII, his career, and his controversies in this article.
John PERROT. I want to thank Andrew Kaufman, of the Bristol Renassaince Faire, for the research he had done about Sir John Perrot. Born in 1527 to Sir Thomas Perrot and Mary Berkeley; presumed to be a bastard son of Henry VIII . Mary Berkeley was the daughter of James Berkeley of Thornbury and Susan Fitzalan.
An article that examines Perrot's attempts to reform the Irish government and parliament in the face of various challenges and conflicts. It uses official sources and recent research to analyse Perrot's policies, alliances, and failures in the context of Elizabethan foreign and domestic politics.
Perrot, Sir John (1528–92), lord deputy of Ireland, was son of Mary Perrot (neé Berkeley) and Thomas Perrot of Harroldston, Pembrokeshire, Wales. His paternity was the subject of much scandalmongering in his own lifetime, but the rumour (spread by the inveterate gossip Robert Naunton) that he was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII has been ...
1 de jun. de 2007 · Even in the dark and vicious world of Elizabethan court politics the conviction for treason of Sir John Perrot seems shocking. It is hard not to be astonished by what happened. Perrot was in every sense a big man, ‘choleric’, outspoken, brave and loyal.
