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Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 19 October 1608) was an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland.

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Geoffrey Fenton

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Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 19 October 1608) was an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland. Geoffrey (spelt Jeffrey...

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Edward Fenton

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Edward Fenton (died 1603) was an English navigator, son of Henry Fenton and Cicely Beaumont and brother of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He was also a publisher...

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Catherine Fenton Boyle

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the only daughter of Secretary of State for Ireland 1580–1608, Sir Geoffrey Fenton, and Alice (née Weston). Her maternal grandfather was Robert Weston...

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Geoff Hurst

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Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE (born 8 December 1941) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he became the first player to ever score...

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James Fenton

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the voyage can be found in the book Into the Heart of Borneo. Fenton won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1984 for Children in Exile: Poems 1968–1984...

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Robert Boyle

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created Earl of Cork in October 1620. Catherine Fenton, Countess of Cork, was the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, the former Secretary of State for Ireland...

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John Challoner

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but he stayed on until his death in 1581 when he was replaced by Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He had applied to become Irish Master of the Rolls in 1564, and despite...

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Clontarf Castle

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to the crown. In 1600 Queen Elizabeth I granted the estate to Sir Geoffrey Fenton, her secretary of state for Ireland, and it passed by marriage from...

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Michael Fenton Stevens

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Michael Fenton Stevens (born 12 February 1958) is an English actor and comedian. He was a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and sang the lead on the...

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Mabel Bagenal

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number of prominent officials, including Archbishop Loftus and Sir Geoffrey Fenton, believed that the match could be in the public interest. Bagenal and...

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1600s in England

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– Edmund Whitelocke, soldier and courtier (born 1565) 19 October – Geoffrey Fenton, writer and politician (born c. 1539) December John Dee, mathematician...

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Battle of Moyry Pass

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casualties of 50 dead and 200 wounded. By 9 October the privy councillor Geoffrey Fenton complained, "we are now but where we were in the beginning". Mountjoy...

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1590s in England

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building his hospital at Croydon. June – Sir John Norreys and Sir Geoffrey Fenton travel to Connaught to parley with the local Irish lords. 21 November...

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1608 in literature

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19 Martin Delrio, Netherlandish-born Spanish theologian (born 1551) Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician (born c. 1539) before December – George...

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Sturton le Steeple

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Geoffrey Fenton (1539-1608), the poet and politician was born in Sturton Le Steeple. Edward Fenton (died 1603), the navigator and brother of Geoffrey...

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Siege of Smerwick

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upon the captains and gentlemen that hath well deserved ...." Sir Geoffrey Fenton wrote to London on 14 November about the prisoners that a further "20...

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Fenton baronets

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extinct on 17 March 1670, with the death of his son William Fenton. Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Principal Secretary of State in Ireland, had a grant, 27 August...

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1608

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October 19 Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. 1551) Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician (b. 1539) Maria Pypelinckx, Dutch writer...

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Surveyor General of Ireland

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Viscount FitzWilliam Launcelot Alford 16 January 1572 During pleasure Sir Geoffrey Fenton 10 August 1591 For life Sir William Parsons 26 December 1602 During...

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John Perrot

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Bingham's government of Connaught; caused the council secretary Sir Geoffrey Fenton to be imprisoned for debt;[citation needed] and in May 1587 was accused...

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Agnes Campbell

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well-spoken lady in Scottish, English, and French". Privy Councillor Geoffrey Fenton described her as a skilled negotiator; "eager and sharp". Her children...

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