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Overbury, Sir Thomas, (1581-1613), Knight, Knight, poet and victim of court intrigue

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Surname: Overbury
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Thomas
Gender: Male
Date: 1581-1613
Title: Knight
History: Sir Thomas Overbury was a courtier and author. He formed an intimate friendship with Robert Carr, a favourite of James I, and acted as Carr's adviser. Following the attainder and execution of Robert Winter, one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, Overbury was given the lease of his saltworks in Worcestershire. Carr was knighted in 1607 and Overbury in 1608. When Overbury opposed Carr's (now Viscount Rochester) marriage to Lady Essex he was thrown in the Tower, where he was slowly poisoned by agents of Lady Essex, four of whom were hanged in 1615.
Biography: ODNB link for Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613) Knight Poet and Victim of Court Intrigue
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276100 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P143298 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Thomas Overbury
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
6 Jas 1 1608: Thomas Overbury, gentleman, now knight v John Talbot, Esquire, Gertrude Wyntour, widow,...
The National Archives, Kew
E 134/6Jas1/Hil13
2
7 Jas 1 1608-9: Sir Thomas Overbury v. John Talbott: Property of Robert Winter, of Huddington, lately of...
The National Archives, Kew
E 134/7Jas1/East30
3
parchment vol containing "Observations on the 17 Provinces and France, on the Arch-duke's Country, and on France Under Henry IV"
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 72242-621
NRA 7864
4
c1615-1625: report of the trials rel to his poisoning, arraignment of Mrs Turner
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
15, 41
NRA 20976 Lewin