1. Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial.
11 Facts About Thomas Overbury
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Thomas Overbury was born near Ilmington in Warwickshire, a son of the marriage of Nicholas Overbury, of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucester, and Mary Palmer.
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Thomas Overbury took his degree of BA in 1598, by which time he had already been admitted to study law in the Middle Temple in London.
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Thomas Overbury soon found favour with Sir Robert Cecil, travelled on the Continent, and began to enjoy a reputation for an accomplished mind and free manners.
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Carr's early history is obscure, and it is probable that Overbury secured an introduction to court before his young associate contrived to do so.
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At all events, when Carr attracted the attention of James I in 1606 by breaking his leg in the tilt-yard, Thomas Overbury had for some time been servitor-in-ordinary to the king.
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Thomas Overbury had the wisdom and Carr had the king's ear into which to pour it.
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The Countess tried to manipulate Thomas Overbury into seeming to be disrespectful to the queen, Anne of Denmark who took offence.
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Thomas Overbury declined, possibly because he felt tricked into it by Carr, possibly because Thomas Overbury sensed the urgency to remain in England and at his friend's side.
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When, after the annulment, Thomas Overbury Bilson was knighted, he was given the nickname "Sir Nullity Bilson".
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Thomas Overbury knew too much of Carr's dealings with Frances and, motivated by a deep political hostility to the Howards, opposed the match with a fervour that made him dangerous.