Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

The Right Honorable The Earl of Southampton KG
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, miniature by Hans Holbein the Younger
Born	21 December 1505 London
Died	30 July 1550(1550-07-30) (aged 44) Lincoln Place, London
Noble family	Wriothesley
Spouse	Jane Cheney
Issue	William Wriothesley Anthony Wriothesley Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton Elizabeth Wriothesley Mary Wriothesley Katherine Wriothesley Anne Wriothesley Mabel Wriothesley
Father	William Wriothesley, otherwise Wrythe
Mother	Agnes Drayton

1. The pronunciation uncertain. /ˈraɪzli/ RYZE-lee (archaic), ^[1] /ˈrɒtsli/ ROT-slee (present-day) ^[1] and /ˈraɪəθsli/ RY-əth-slee ^[2] have been suggested. However, in Hilary Mantel's novel "Wolf Hall" it is assumed that the pronunciation may have been "Risley", as Wriothesley is nicknamed "Call-Me Risley", see "In fiction".

References

1. Montague-Smith 1977, p. 410
2. Wells 2008
3. Pollard, Alfred Frederick (1900). "Wriothesley, Thomas (1505-1550)"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
4. Cokayne 1953 , p. 122; Graves 2004.
5. Graves 2004; Elton 1953 , pp. 308ff..
6. Weir, p.399
7. Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII; Weir (2001), p.311
8. Letters and Papers of Henry VIII; Domestic State Papers: Spanish; Weir (2001), p.415
9. Thomas Wriothesley
10. Weir (2001), Henry VIII, p.422
11. Edward Hall, The Triumphant Reign; Weir (2001), p.455
12. Weir (2001), p.464
13. Weir (2001), p.479
14. Letters and Papers of the Reign of King Henry VII; Weir, p.479
15. Weir (2001), p.479-80
16. Alison Weir (1992). The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Pimlico Books.
17. Tytler, P. (1839), England under the Reigns of Edward VI and Mary, vol. 2 vols, London; Weir (2001), p.503
18. Starkey 2002 , pp. 138–39; Alford 2002 , p. 69
19. Elton 1977 , p. 333
20. Loades 2004 , pp. 33–34; Elton 1977 , p. 333
21. Cokayne 1953 , pp. 125–66; Stopes 1922 , pp. 486–7; Akrigg 1968 , pp. 4, 6; Elzinga 2004; Goulding 1920 , p. 23; Baker 2004.
22. Cooper 1858 , p. 469.
23. Dugdale reverses the order of her marriages.
24. J. Aubrey, The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey 5 vols (E. Curll, London 1718), III, pp. 248-49 (Internet Archive).

Bibliography

• Akrigg, G. P. V. (1968). Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
• Alford, Stephen (2002). Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-03971-1.
• Baker, J. H. (2004). "Lyster, Sir Richard (c. 1480–1553)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17300 . Retrieved 29 November 2012.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
• Cokayne, G. E. (1953). The Complete Peerage edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII (Part I). London: St. Catherine Press.
• Cooper, Charles Henry and Thomson Cooper (1858). Athenae Cantabrigiensis. Vol. I. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
• Elton, G. R. (1953). The Tudor Revolution in Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Elton, G. R. (1977). Reform and Reformation. London: Edward Arnold. ISBN   0-7131-5953-7.
• Goulding, Richard W. (1920). "Wriothesley Portraits, Authentic and Reputed". The Eighth Volume of the Walpole Society 1919-1920, ed. Alexander J. Finberg. Oxford: Frederick Hall: 17–94. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
• Graves, Michael A. R. (2004). "Wriothesley, Thomas, first earl of Southampton (1505–1550)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30076 . Retrieved 27 November 2012.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
• Elzinga, J.G. (2004). "Wriothesley, Henry, second earl of Southampton (bap. 1545, d. 1581)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30072 . Retrieved 27 November 2012.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
• Loades, David (2004). Intrigue and Treason: The Tudor Court, 1547–1558. London: Pearson Longman. ISBN   0-582-77226-5.
• Montague-Smith, Patrick (1977). Debrett's Correct Form (1st ed.). London: Debrett's Peerage Ltd.(subscription required)
• Pollard, Albert (1900). "Wriothesley, Thomas (1505-1550)"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 148–154.
• Starkey, David (2002). The Reign of Henry VIII. London: Vintage. ISBN   0-09-944510-7.
• Stopes, Charlotte Carmichael (1922). The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's Patron. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Wells, J. C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
• Weir, Alison (2001). Henry VIII: King and Court. London: Jonathan Cape.

External links

• Works related to Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550) at Wikisource: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 63
• tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 4 December 2007
• Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. googlebooks
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Southampton, Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 489–490.

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton
Lord Chancellor
In office 21 April 1544 –1547

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Cromwell	Secretary of State 1540–1544 With: Sir Ralph Sadler 1540–1543 Sir William Paget 1543–1544	Succeeded by Sir William Petre Sir William Paget
Preceded by The Lord Audley of Walden	Lord Chancellor 1544–1547	Succeeded by The Lord St. John (Keeper of the Great Seal)
Peerage of England
New creation	Earl of Southampton 1547–1550	Succeeded by Henry Wriothesley
	Baron Wriothesley 1544–1550