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William Petre
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Sir William Petre was Secretary of State to three successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI, and Queen Mary I. He also deputised for the Secretary of State to Elizabeth I.
Sir William Petre. The sitter is identified both by his armorials (upper left) and in the cartellino (upper right). This form of cartellino was often added to portraits in the Lumley collection. A copy without the cartellino is among the Petre Pictures
Sir William Petre. The sitter is identified both by his armorials (upper left) and in the cartellino (upper right). This form of cartellino was often
Dorothy Wadham
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Dorothy Wadham was an English landowner and the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. Wadham was the first woman who was not a member of the r
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…Firstly, in about 1533, he married Gertrude Tyrrell (died 28 May 1541), with whom he had two daughters: Dorothy Petre (1534–1618) married Nicholas Wadham (died 1609), founders of Wadham College, Oxford Elizabeth Petre, god-daughter of Jane Wriothesley wife of Thomas…
1595 portrait of Wadham aged 60
1595 portrait of Wadham aged 60
Portrait of Dorothy Wadham, aged 77 in 1611, with arms of Wadham impaling Petre. By an unknown artist, collection of Wadham College, Oxford
Portrait of Dorothy Wadham, aged 77 in 1611, with arms of Wadham impaling Petre. By an unknown artist, collection of Wadham College, Oxford
Undated portrait of Dorothy Wadham, with arms of Wadham impaling Petre. By Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), painted after her death, apparently a late copy.
Undated portrait of Dorothy Wadham, with arms of Wadham impaling Petre. By Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), painted after her death, apparently a late copy. Collection of Wadham College, Oxford
Dorothy Petre (d.1618), wife of Nicholas Wadham. Detail from her monumental brass in St Mary's Church, Ilminster. Almost identical to the brass to her
Dorothy Petre (d.1618), wife of Nicholas Wadham. Detail from her monumental brass in St Mary's Church, Ilminster. Almost identical to the brass to her sister-in-law Florence Wadham (1538–1597), wife of John Wyndham (d.1572) of Orchard Wyndham, in St Decuman's Church, Watchet, Somerset