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| has gloss | eng: Sir Thomas Heneage (1533 – 17 October 1595) was a courtier at the court of Elizabeth I of England. Around the year 1565, she flirted with him, making her favourite, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester jealous. However, Heneage had so far been on good terms with Leicester and the Earl, in his 1587 will, called him "my good old friend". In 1586, Heneage was sent by the Queen to the Netherlands. He was to convey to the States General her strong protest of the Earl of Leicester having accepted their offer of the title Governor-General. Heneage read out publicly Elizabeths letters of disapproval before the Dutch politicians, Leicester, their new Governor General, having to stand nearby. Heneage was also a friend of Francis Walsingham. In 1563, he was MP for Boston, Treasurer of the Queens Privy Chamber, and later Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household.<ref name="Hutchinson p. |
| lexicalization | eng: Thomas Heneage |
| instance of | c/1533 births |
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