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NameSir Henry Killigrew 
[54, His article], [65, Killigrew, p. 268], [56, Berks of 1665-6, pub Harleian 1907, ed W Harry Rylands, p. 250], [56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian 1878, Cooke p. 40]
[54, His article], [65, Killigrew, p. 268], [56, Berks of 1665-6, pub Harleian 1907, ed W Harry Rylands, p. 250], [56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian 1878, Cooke p. 40]Birthca 1528
Deathca Mar 1603
General4th s. Ambassador and diplomat. MP for Launceston.
FatherJohn Killigrew (<1515-)
MotherElizabeth Trewenard
Spouses
Marriage4 Nov 1565 [54, Her article], [65, Knyvett, p. 272]
ChildrenAnne
MarriageNov 1590, St Peter le Poor, London [65, Killigrew, p. 268]
Notes for Sir Henry Killigrew
From “A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688” by Gary M Bell, pub Royal Hist Soc 1990:
France
F90, p. 85: Secretary to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Resident Ambassador: 3 May 1559 - c. 4 Feb 1563
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F94, p,86
Killigrew, Henry (later Sir Henry): c. 1528-1603) [and DNB]
11 Oct 1559 - 29 Jan 1560: Chargé d’Affaires (ad hoc)
With the aid of Robert Jones, he ran the embassy during Throkmorton’s absence
Instructions: CSPF, 1559-60, no 63.
Correspondence: CSPF, 1559-60, Forbes, A Full Review…, 1.
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F118, p. 91: sole Secretary to Sir Francis Walsingham, resident Ambassador.
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F120, p. 91:
Killigrew, Henry (later Sir Henry; c. 1528-1603)
12 Oct 1571 - & Mar 1572: Chargé d’Affaires
Audience: 30 Nov 1571
40s/d
Instructions: BL, Sloane 2442, f.28, Eg. 2970, ff. 156-7, Lands, 155, ff 396b-8, Harl, 260, ff 147-8, CPSF, 1569-71, no 2069; HMC, 2nd Report, p. 96.
Correspondence: BL, Add. 4105, Harl, 260; CSPF, 1569-71, 1572-4.
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Germany
G35, p. 134
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
26 Jan 1569-22 Sept 1569: Special Ambassador, visiting a number of the princes of the Empire.
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Low Countries
LC91, p. 189
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
26 Nov q585-c.10 Nov 1586: English Councillor with Dr Bartholomew Clerke.
Etc.
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LC96, p. 190
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
25 June 1587 - c.30 Jan 1589: English Councillor
He was appointed to the Dutch Council of State, together with Robert Beale.
Etc.
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Scotland
SC29, p. 239
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
23 Mar 1560 - 11 May 1560: Special Ambassador, accompanying the Bishop of Valence.
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SC38, p. 241
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
15 June 1566 - mid-July 1566: Special Ambassador at 20s/d.
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SC40, p. 241
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
c.1 Mar 1567 - c.15 Mar 1567: Special Ambassador.
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SC51, 52, 53, all p. 244
Killigrew, Henry (etc) Special Ambassador
5 Sep 1572 - 8 Jul 1573
24 May 1574 - 19 Sep 1574
12 June 1575 - 27 Sept 1575
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Introduction, p. 14
He is referred to, with others, as a “prototype of an emerging, professional diplomatic bureaucracy”.
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France
F90, p. 85: Secretary to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Resident Ambassador: 3 May 1559 - c. 4 Feb 1563
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F94, p,86
Killigrew, Henry (later Sir Henry): c. 1528-1603) [and DNB]
11 Oct 1559 - 29 Jan 1560: Chargé d’Affaires (ad hoc)
With the aid of Robert Jones, he ran the embassy during Throkmorton’s absence
Instructions: CSPF, 1559-60, no 63.
Correspondence: CSPF, 1559-60, Forbes, A Full Review…, 1.
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F118, p. 91: sole Secretary to Sir Francis Walsingham, resident Ambassador.
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F120, p. 91:
Killigrew, Henry (later Sir Henry; c. 1528-1603)
12 Oct 1571 - & Mar 1572: Chargé d’Affaires
Audience: 30 Nov 1571
40s/d
Instructions: BL, Sloane 2442, f.28, Eg. 2970, ff. 156-7, Lands, 155, ff 396b-8, Harl, 260, ff 147-8, CPSF, 1569-71, no 2069; HMC, 2nd Report, p. 96.
Correspondence: BL, Add. 4105, Harl, 260; CSPF, 1569-71, 1572-4.
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Germany
G35, p. 134
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
26 Jan 1569-22 Sept 1569: Special Ambassador, visiting a number of the princes of the Empire.
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Low Countries
LC91, p. 189
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
26 Nov q585-c.10 Nov 1586: English Councillor with Dr Bartholomew Clerke.
Etc.
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LC96, p. 190
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
25 June 1587 - c.30 Jan 1589: English Councillor
He was appointed to the Dutch Council of State, together with Robert Beale.
Etc.
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Scotland
SC29, p. 239
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
23 Mar 1560 - 11 May 1560: Special Ambassador, accompanying the Bishop of Valence.
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SC38, p. 241
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
15 June 1566 - mid-July 1566: Special Ambassador at 20s/d.
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SC40, p. 241
Killigrew, Henry (etc)
c.1 Mar 1567 - c.15 Mar 1567: Special Ambassador.
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SC51, 52, 53, all p. 244
Killigrew, Henry (etc) Special Ambassador
5 Sep 1572 - 8 Jul 1573
24 May 1574 - 19 Sep 1574
12 June 1575 - 27 Sept 1575
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Introduction, p. 14
He is referred to, with others, as a “prototype of an emerging, professional diplomatic bureaucracy”.
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Armorial Blazon notes for Sir Henry Killigrew
Argent, an eagle displayed with two heads sable, a bordure of the second bezantée.
Blazon source notes for Sir Henry Killigrew
Vivian’s Cornwall visitation, p. 267.
DNB Main notes for Sir Henry Killigrew
Killigrew, Sir Henry d. 1603
Name: Killigrew, Sir Henry
Dates: d. 1603
Active Date: 1583
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Diplomatist and ambassador
Place of
Education: Cambridge
Spouse: Catherine, fourth daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , Ja,l de Peigne
Sources: A Remembrance of Henry Kyllegrew's Journyes in her Majesty's...
Contributor: T. F. H. [Thomas Finlayson Henderson]
Article
Killigrew, Sir Henry d. 1603, diplomatist and ambassador, was the fourth son of John Killigrew of Arwenack, of an old Cornish family, by Elizabeth, second daughter of James Trewenard of Trewenard (pedigree in Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, p. 268). He was probably educated at Cambridge, but there is no definite information on the point. On 18 Feb. 1552-3 he was returned member of parliament for Launceston (Members of the Parliament of England, pt. i. p. 378). He assisted Sir Peter Carew [q.v.] in escaping to the continent in January 1553-4, and during the remainder of Mary's reign appears to have been in exile. He was at Paris in July 1556, when he was described by the English authorities as a rebel (Cal. State Papers, For. Ser. 1553-8, p. 238). Sir James Melville states that `Harry Killygrew, an Englis gentilman, my auld friend,' held his horse while he got his wound dressed after his escape from St. Quentin (Memoirs, p. 35). Killigrew was recalled to England on the accession of Elizabeth, and she employed him on various diplomatic missions, including one to Germany in connection with negotiations for a defensive league. In July 1559 he went for a short time to assist Throckmorton in France. In June 1566 he was sent on a mission from Elizabeth to the Queen of Scots, for the `declaration of sundry things necessary to be reformed between them for the preservation of their amity' (Instructions to Henry Killigrew, Cal. State Papers, Scott. Ser. i. 235). He returned in the following July, and after the murder of Darnley was again sent to Scotland with a special message to the Queen of Scots, which he delivered to her `in a dark chamber' (ib. p. 243). On 20 April 1572 he was elected M.P. for Truro. In September 1572 he was again sent to Scotland, in connection with the negotiations for the surrender of the Queen of Scots to the protestant lords. They came to nothing, but Killigrew ultimately succeeded in persuading Elizabeth to send an English force to assist in the siege of the castle of Edinburgh. He remained in Scotland till the castle fell, and in numerous letters to Burghley minutely described the siege, and the negotiations connected with its surrender (ib. Scott. Ser. and For. Ser.). Subsequently he was employed in similar diplomatic missions in Scotland, Germany, France, and the Low Countries. While in attendance on the Earl of Essex in France he was knighted on 22 Nov. 1591. He died in the spring of 1602-3, his will being proved on 16 April.
Lloyd eulogises Killigrew in his `Worthies' for his learning and his artistic accomplishments. He states that, while a good musician, he was specially skilled as a painter, being `a D_rer for proportion; a Goltzius for a bold touch, variety of posture, a curious and true shadow; an Angelo for his happy fancy, and an Holbein for oyl works,' but no authenticated work of his brush is known. Killigrew gave 140l. to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for the purchase of St. Nicholas Hostel, the materials of which were applied to the construction of the lodge for Dr. Laurence Chaderton [q.v.], the first master. His London residence was in Lothbury.
On 4 Nov. 1565 Killigrew married in the church of St. Peter-le-Poor, London, Catherine, fourth daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke [see Killigrew, Catherine]. She died in 1583, and on 7 Nov. 1590 he was married in the same church to Ja,l de Peigne, a Frenchwoman. She was naturalised in June 1601 (ib. Dom. Ser. 1601-3, p. 50), and on 19 April 1617 she married George Downham [q.v.], bishop of Derry (Boase, Collect. Cornubiensia, p. 454). By his first wife Killigrew had four daughters: Anne, married first to Sir Henry Neville, and secondly to George Carleton [q.v.], bishop of Chichester; Elizabeth, married first to Sir Jonathan Trelawny, knt., secondly to Sir Thomas Reynell, knt., and thirdly to Sir Thomas Lower, knt.; Mary, to Sir Reginald Mohun; and Dorothy, to Sir Edwin Seymour. By his second wife he had a daughter, Jane, and two sons, Joseph and Henry, the former of whom, only ten years of age at his father's death, succeeded to the estates.
Sources
A Remembrance of Henry Kyllegrew's Journyes in her Majesty's service, and by commandment from Lorde Treasurer, from the last yeare of Queene Marye, is printed in Leonard Howard's Collection of Letters, pp. 184-8, from the British Museum Lansd. MS. 106. There are numerous diplomatic letters by him in the British Museum, the Record Office, and elsewhere, the majority of which have now been calendared in the State Papers series. For the facts of his life see Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, 1887, pp. 268-9; Boase's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis and Collectanea Cornubiensia; Parochial History of Cornwall, i. 397-400; Wootton's Baronetage; Peck's Desiderata; David Lloyd's Worthies; Sir James Melville's Memoirs; Cooper's Athen‘ Cantabr. ii. 345-9, 553.
Contributor: T. F. H.
published 1892
Name: Killigrew, Sir Henry
Dates: d. 1603
Active Date: 1583
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Diplomatist and ambassador
Place of
Education: Cambridge
Spouse: Catherine, fourth daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , Ja,l de Peigne
Sources: A Remembrance of Henry Kyllegrew's Journyes in her Majesty's...
Contributor: T. F. H. [Thomas Finlayson Henderson]
Article
Killigrew, Sir Henry d. 1603, diplomatist and ambassador, was the fourth son of John Killigrew of Arwenack, of an old Cornish family, by Elizabeth, second daughter of James Trewenard of Trewenard (pedigree in Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, p. 268). He was probably educated at Cambridge, but there is no definite information on the point. On 18 Feb. 1552-3 he was returned member of parliament for Launceston (Members of the Parliament of England, pt. i. p. 378). He assisted Sir Peter Carew [q.v.] in escaping to the continent in January 1553-4, and during the remainder of Mary's reign appears to have been in exile. He was at Paris in July 1556, when he was described by the English authorities as a rebel (Cal. State Papers, For. Ser. 1553-8, p. 238). Sir James Melville states that `Harry Killygrew, an Englis gentilman, my auld friend,' held his horse while he got his wound dressed after his escape from St. Quentin (Memoirs, p. 35). Killigrew was recalled to England on the accession of Elizabeth, and she employed him on various diplomatic missions, including one to Germany in connection with negotiations for a defensive league. In July 1559 he went for a short time to assist Throckmorton in France. In June 1566 he was sent on a mission from Elizabeth to the Queen of Scots, for the `declaration of sundry things necessary to be reformed between them for the preservation of their amity' (Instructions to Henry Killigrew, Cal. State Papers, Scott. Ser. i. 235). He returned in the following July, and after the murder of Darnley was again sent to Scotland with a special message to the Queen of Scots, which he delivered to her `in a dark chamber' (ib. p. 243). On 20 April 1572 he was elected M.P. for Truro. In September 1572 he was again sent to Scotland, in connection with the negotiations for the surrender of the Queen of Scots to the protestant lords. They came to nothing, but Killigrew ultimately succeeded in persuading Elizabeth to send an English force to assist in the siege of the castle of Edinburgh. He remained in Scotland till the castle fell, and in numerous letters to Burghley minutely described the siege, and the negotiations connected with its surrender (ib. Scott. Ser. and For. Ser.). Subsequently he was employed in similar diplomatic missions in Scotland, Germany, France, and the Low Countries. While in attendance on the Earl of Essex in France he was knighted on 22 Nov. 1591. He died in the spring of 1602-3, his will being proved on 16 April.
Lloyd eulogises Killigrew in his `Worthies' for his learning and his artistic accomplishments. He states that, while a good musician, he was specially skilled as a painter, being `a D_rer for proportion; a Goltzius for a bold touch, variety of posture, a curious and true shadow; an Angelo for his happy fancy, and an Holbein for oyl works,' but no authenticated work of his brush is known. Killigrew gave 140l. to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for the purchase of St. Nicholas Hostel, the materials of which were applied to the construction of the lodge for Dr. Laurence Chaderton [q.v.], the first master. His London residence was in Lothbury.
On 4 Nov. 1565 Killigrew married in the church of St. Peter-le-Poor, London, Catherine, fourth daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke [see Killigrew, Catherine]. She died in 1583, and on 7 Nov. 1590 he was married in the same church to Ja,l de Peigne, a Frenchwoman. She was naturalised in June 1601 (ib. Dom. Ser. 1601-3, p. 50), and on 19 April 1617 she married George Downham [q.v.], bishop of Derry (Boase, Collect. Cornubiensia, p. 454). By his first wife Killigrew had four daughters: Anne, married first to Sir Henry Neville, and secondly to George Carleton [q.v.], bishop of Chichester; Elizabeth, married first to Sir Jonathan Trelawny, knt., secondly to Sir Thomas Reynell, knt., and thirdly to Sir Thomas Lower, knt.; Mary, to Sir Reginald Mohun; and Dorothy, to Sir Edwin Seymour. By his second wife he had a daughter, Jane, and two sons, Joseph and Henry, the former of whom, only ten years of age at his father's death, succeeded to the estates.
Sources
A Remembrance of Henry Kyllegrew's Journyes in her Majesty's service, and by commandment from Lorde Treasurer, from the last yeare of Queene Marye, is printed in Leonard Howard's Collection of Letters, pp. 184-8, from the British Museum Lansd. MS. 106. There are numerous diplomatic letters by him in the British Museum, the Record Office, and elsewhere, the majority of which have now been calendared in the State Papers series. For the facts of his life see Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, 1887, pp. 268-9; Boase's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis and Collectanea Cornubiensia; Parochial History of Cornwall, i. 397-400; Wootton's Baronetage; Peck's Desiderata; David Lloyd's Worthies; Sir James Melville's Memoirs; Cooper's Athen‘ Cantabr. ii. 345-9, 553.
Contributor: T. F. H.
published 1892