Sir Thomas North

Sir Thomas North (1535–1604) was an English justice of the peace, military officer and translator. His translation into English of Plutarch's Parallel Lives is notable for being a source text used by William Shakespeare for several of his plays.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_North

According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[i]t is almost impossible to overestimate the influence of North's vigorous English on contemporary writers, and some critics have called him the first master of English prose."[2]

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From http://www.thepeerage.com/p30029.htm#i300289

Sir Thomas North is the son of Edward North, 1st Lord North and Alice Squire. (2) He translated Plutarch's Lives.(1) He was invested as a Knight.(1)

From Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 41 North, Thomas (1535?-1601?) by Frances Bushby

North was married: first, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Colville of London, and widow of Robert Rich; and, secondly, to Judith, daughter of Henry Vesey of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, and widow of Robert Bridgwater. This lady was a third time married, to John Courthope, second son of John Courthope of Whiligh, Sussex. By his first wife he was father of Edward, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wren of Haddenham, Isle of Ely; and Elizabeth, married in June 1579 to Thomas Stuteville of Brinkley, Cambridgeshire. Cooper mentions a third child, Roger, but the boy's name is absent from the family records; and if he ever existed, it is probable that he died in infancy.

Citations

1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1690. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
3. Online Library of Liberty A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets.

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From http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NORTH.htm#Thomas%20NORTH%20(Sir%20Knig...

Married 1: Elizabeth COLVILLE ABT 1560, London, Middlesex, England

The children listed below are not the ones described in DNB above. DNB is considered a reliable secondary source; TudorPlace has not cited their source

Children:

• 1. Margaret NORTH
• 2. Annis NORTH
• 3. John NORTH

Married 2: Judith VESEY ABT 1570, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Nov 10 2014, 8:45:48 UTC