. Historical portraits ... Lord Mountjoy, who hadsucceeded to his command in Ireland, imploring him to land troopsin Wales; but his only real accomplice was Shakespeares patron,the Earl of Southampton. The rash Essex was a bad head forany insurrection, and the London mob, with whom he was reallypopular, was not so foolish as to rise against Queen was, however, actually something like a small riot whenEssex and Southampton were seized and sent to the Tower. Theformer was beheaded on February 25, 1601, and there is goodreason for believing that the Queen broke her aged heart when
. Historical portraits ... Lord Mountjoy, who hadsucceeded to his command in Ireland, imploring him to land troopsin Wales; but his only real accomplice was Shakespeares patron,the Earl of Southampton. The rash Essex was a bad head forany insurrection, and the London mob, with whom he was reallypopular, was not so foolish as to rise against Queen was, however, actually something like a small riot whenEssex and Southampton were seized and sent to the Tower. Theformer was beheaded on February 25, 1601, and there is goodreason for believing that the Queen broke her aged heart when shesigned his death-warrant. Vain and rash beyond any one of his age, lacking any realmeasure of statesmanship, Robert Devereux had been lifted by theaccidents of his birth into a position for which he was whollyunfitted; yet he possessed in a marked degree qualities whichendeared him even to those with whom he quarrelled most—utterfrankness, warm affection and generosity, and in war the courage ofa Paladin of SIR T, GRESHAM From the portrait b} Sir Anthonis Mor in theNational Portrait Gallery Face p. 172 173 SIR THOMAS GRESHAM {d. 1579) son of Sir Richard Gresham, Lord Mayor of London, was bornbefore 1522, educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,and followed his father in a mercantile career, but always upon amagnificent scale. He was an excellent scholar and linguist (accom-plishments to-day unusual among rich young * men in the city ), andwas several times employed by Henry VIII upon diplomatic or otherbusiness abroad. During the reign of Edward VI he was frequentlyresiding at Antwerp, negotiating with foreign bankers and merchantsfor loans to his government, and, after a temporary removal owing tohis strong Protestant convictions, Marys ministers were obliged tobeg him to resume his good offices on the Queens behalf. Therestoration of English credit under Elizabeth, after the disastrousdebasement of the coinage practised by the last three sovereigns,w
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