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Brief Lives, Vol. 1

by John Aubrey

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Synopsis of the ‘Lives’
  3. 3Before Henry VIII
  4. 4Henry VIII — Mary (†1558)
  5. 5Elizabeth (†1603)
  6. 6James I (†1625)
  7. 7Charles I (†1649)
  8. 8Commonwealth
  9. 9Charles II (†1685) and James II
  10. 10Aubrey’s Personal Friends
  11. 11Introduction
  12. 12II — Condition of the Text of the ‘Lives’
  13. 13III — Aim of This Edition
  14. 14IV — Description of the MSS
  15. 15V — The Old Edition
  16. 16The ‘Lives’
  17. 17Sir Robert Aiton (1570-1638)
  18. 18Aldsworth
  19. 19Thomas Allen (1542-1632)
  20. 20Charles Alleyn (Obiit 1640?) — Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)
  21. 21Francis Anthony (1550-1623)
  22. 22Thomas Archer (1554-1630?)
  23. 23John Ashindon (Obiit 13 — ?)
  24. 24Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)
  25. 25Deborah Aubrey (1609/10-1685/6)
  26. 26John Aubrey (1626-1697)
  27. 27William Aubrey (1529-1595)
  28. 28Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
  29. 29Roger Bacon (1214-1294)
  30. 30Thomas Badd (1607-1683)
  31. 31Edward Bagshaw (1629-1671)
  32. 32Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (1594-1655)
  33. 33Richard Bancroft (1544-1610)
  34. 34John Barclay (1582-1621) — Robert Barclay (1648-1690)
  35. 35Isaac Barrow (1630-1677)
  36. 36Barrow (16..-168.)
  37. 37Thomas Batchcroft (15..-1670)
  38. 38George Bate (1608-1668)
  39. 39Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
  40. 40William Bedwell (15..-1632) — William Beeston (16..-1682)
  41. 41Richard Benese (14..-1546)
  42. 42Berkeley
  43. 43Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (1692-1760)
  44. 44Henry Billingsley (15..-1606)
  45. 45Martin Billingsley
  46. 46Richard Billingsley
  47. 47Thomas Billingsley (Obiit 167..)
  48. 48John Birkenhead (1615-1679)
  49. 49Henry Birkhead (1617-1696)
  50. 50Richard Blackbourne (1652-17..?)
  51. 51John Blagrave (1550-1611)
  52. 52Robert Blake (1599-1657)
  53. 53Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682)
  54. 54Edmund Bonner (1495-1569)
  55. 55John Booker (1601/2-1667) — James Bovey (1622-16..)
  56. 56Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork (1566-1643)
  57. 57Robert Boyle (1626/7-1691)
  58. 58William Brereton, 3rd Baron, (1631-1680)
  59. 59Edward Brerewood (1565-1613)
  60. 60Arthur Brett (16..-1677)
  61. 61Henry Briggs (1556-1630/1)
  62. 62Thomas Brightman (1562-1607)
  63. 63Alexander Brome (1620-1666)
  64. 64Christopher Brookes (16..-1665)
  65. 65Elizabeth Broughton
  66. 66William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount (1620-1684)
  67. 67William Browne (1591-1645)
  68. 68Robert Burton (1576/7-1639/40)
  69. 69Thomas Bushell (1594-1674)
  70. 70Samuel Butler (1612/3-1680)
  71. 71William Butler (1535-1617/8)
  72. 72Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1606-1675)
  73. 73William Camden (1551-1623)
  74. 74William Canynges (1399-1474)
  75. 75William Cartwright (1611-1643)
  76. 76Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland (1610-1643)
  77. 77Sir Charles Cavendish (16..-1652?)
  78. 78Charles Cavendish, Colonel, (1620-1643)
  79. 79John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628-1678)
  80. 80William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598)
  81. 81Thomas Chaloner (1595-1661)
  82. 82George Chapman (1557-1634)
  83. 83Walter Charleton (1619/20-1707)
  84. 84Thomas Charnock (1526-1581)
  85. 85Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400)
  86. 86William Chillingworth (1602-1643/4)
  87. 87John Clavell (1601-1642) — John Cleveland (1613-1658)
  88. 88George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (1558-1605)
  89. 89Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (1591-1643)
  90. 90Sir Edward Coke (1551/2-1633)
  91. 91Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683)
  92. 92John Colet (1466-1519)
  93. 93Henry Coley (1633-1695?)
  94. 94John Collins (1624/5-1683)
  95. 95Anthony Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1682/3) — Samuel Cooper (…
  96. 96Thomas Cooper (1517?-1594)
  97. 97Richard Corbet (1583-1635)
  98. 98Tom Coryat (1577-1617)
  99. 99Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
  100. 100Cradock
  101. 101William Croone (1633-1684)
  102. 102Curtin
  103. 103Robert Dalzell, Earl of Carnwarth (15..-1654)
  104. 104Sir Charles Danvers (1568-1600/1)
  105. 105Elizabeth Danvers
  106. 106Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby (1573-1644)
  107. 107Sir John Danvers (15..-1594)
  108. 108Sir John Danvers (1588?-1655)
  109. 109The Danvers-Villiers Family
  110. 110Michael Dary (16..-1679)
  111. 111Edward Davenant, Merchant (15..-16..)
  112. 112Edward Davenant, D.D. (16..-1679/80)
  113. 113John Davenant (1576-1641)
  114. 114Sir William Davenant (1605/6-1668)
  115. 115John Davenport (1597-1669/70)
  116. 116John Davys (1550-1605)
  117. 117Arthur Dee (1579-1651)
  118. 118John Dee (1527-1608)
  119. 119Thomas Deere (1639/40-16..)
  120. 120Gideon de Laune (1565?-1659)
  121. 121Sir John Denham (1615-1668/9)
  122. 122René Descartes (1596-1650/1)
  123. 123Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (1567-1600/1)
  124. 124Sir Everard Digby (1578-1605/6)
  125. 125Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)
  126. 126Venetia Digby (1600-1633)
  127. 127Leonard Digges (15..-1571?)
  128. 128Thomas Digges (15..-1595)
  129. 129Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
  130. 130Sir Erasmus Dryden (1553-1632)
  131. 131John Dryden (1631-1700)
  132. 132Sir William Dugdale (1605-1685/6)
  133. 133Sir John Dunstable
  134. 134Saint Dunstan (925-988)
  135. 135Sir Edward Dyer (15..-1607)
  136. 136St. Edmund (1170?-1240)
  137. 137Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere (1540-1616/7)
  138. 138George Ent (16..-1679)
  139. 139Desiderius Erasmus (1467-1536)
  140. 140Anthony Ettrick (1622-1703)
  141. 141John Evelyn (1620-1706)
  142. 142Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron (1611-1671)
  143. 143George Feriby (1573-16..)
  144. 144Nicholas Fiske (15..-166..)
  145. 145Thomas Flatman (16..-1688)
  146. 146Sir William Fleetwood (1535-1594)
  147. 147John Fletcher (1579-1625)
  148. 148John Florio (1545?-1625)
  149. 149Sir Edward Ford (1605-1670)
  150. 150Samuel Foster (15..-1652)
  151. 151John Foxe (1517-1587)
  152. 152Nicholas Fuller (1557-1623/4) — Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
  153. 153Simon Furbisher (1585-16..) — John Gadbury (1627-1704)
  154. 154Thomas Gale (1636-1702)
  155. 155William Gascoigne (1612?-1644)
  156. 156Henry Gellibrand (1597-1637)
  157. 157Gerard
  158. 158Adrian Gilbert (—— - — )
  159. 159Alexander Gill (1567-1635) — Alexander Gill (1597-1642)
  160. 160Joseph Glanville (1636-1680)
  161. 161Owen Glendower (1359(?)-1415)
  162. 162Robert Glover (1544-1588)
  163. 163Jonathan Goddard (1617-1674/5)
  164. 164Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey (1621-1678)
  165. 165Thomas Goodwyn
  166. 166Thomas Gore (1631/2-1684)
  167. 167Sir Arthur Gorges (15..-1625)
  168. 168John Gower (1327?-1408)
  169. 169John Graunt (1620-1674)
  170. 170Edward Greaves (1608-1680)
  171. 171Gregory
  172. 172Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)
  173. 173Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628) — Robert Greville, Lord Bro…
  174. 174Peter Gunning (1614-1684) — Edmund Gunter (1581-1626)
  175. 175John Guy (15..-1628)
  176. 176Gwyn
  177. 177William Habington (1605-1645)
  178. 178Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
  179. 179John Hales (1584-1656)
  180. 180Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
  181. 181Edmund Halley (1656-1741/2)
  182. 182Baldwin Hamey (1600-1676)
  183. 183William Harcourt (1610-1679)
  184. 184Thomas Hariot (1560-1621)
  185. 185Sir Edward Harley (1624-1700)
  186. 186Sir Robert Harley (1580-1656) — Sir Robert Harley (1626-1673)
  187. 187James Harrington (1611/2-1677)
  188. 188Samuel Hartlib (16..-1670)
  189. 189William Harvey (1578-1657)
  190. 190John Hawles (1645-1716)
  191. 191Richard Head (1637?-1686?)
  192. 192James Heath (1629-1664)
  193. 193Elize Hele (15..-1635)
  194. 194Sir Robert Henley (16..-1680?)
  195. 195Edward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1583-1648)
  196. 196George Herbert (1593-1633)
  197. 197Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1555-1621)
  198. 198Richard Herbert (15..-1596)
  199. 199William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1507-1570)
  200. 200William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580-1630)
  201. 201John Heydon (1629-166..)
  202. 202Peter Heylyn (1599-1662)
  203. 203Nicholas Hill (1570?-1610)
  204. 204Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
  205. 205William Holder (1616-1697/8)
  206. 206Hugh Holland (15 — -1633)
  207. 207Philemon Holland (1551-1637)
  208. 208Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677)
  209. 209John Holywood (11 — -1256) · Thomas Hoode — Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
  210. 210Charles Hoskyns (1584-1609)
  211. 211John Hoskyns (1566-1638)
  212. 212Sir John Hoskyns (1634-1705)
  213. 213Charles Howard (16 — -16 — )
  214. 214Robert Hues (1553-1632)
  215. 215Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674)

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