Transcripts of the Papers of Fulke Greville

Transcripts of the Papers of Fulke Greville by

Fulke Greville was born at Beauchamp Court, Alcester in 1554. Educated at Shrewsbury School and Jesus College, Cambridge he went on to serve both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Indeed he was knighted by Elizabeth in 1597 and later bestowed with the title of Lord Brooke by James. His parliamentary posts included Secretary to the Principality of Wales, Treasurer of the Navy and Chancellor of the Exchequer. James also granted him Knowle Park and Warwick Castle upon the latter of which he spent a considerable sum in restoration work and much of the benefit is still being enjoyed to this day. Fulke Greville was murdered by one of his servants who then killed himself and his tomb can be seen at St. Mary's Church, Warwick.

Pauline Sands was horn in Birmingham but spent a significant part of her life living and working abroad, notably in Norway and Bangladesh. She came to live in Alcester in 1.984 and spent the rest of her life there in the cottage which she purchased just off the High Street. The cottage she later converted into two flats once she found it difficult to negotiate the stairs, residing on the ground floor and letting out the first floor. She was I am told, the main motivator in the forming of Alcester Gardening Club and also had an allotment behind cottages in Bleach field Street. She devoted much of her time in the latter years working on this book spending many hours at Warwick Museum in the transcription of the documents found here. In fact it was her intention to move to Warwick she was in the course of purchasing sheltered accommodation there at the time of her final diagnosis.

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ISBN 13	9781858585444
ISBN 10	1858585449
Title	Transcripts of the Papers of Fulke Greville
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brewin Books
Year published	2016-02-26
Number of pages	124
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