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" Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney. "
The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 461
edited by - 1863
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Warwick castle, Volume 3

Prickett - 1815 - 318 pages
...sides of the tomb is also inscribed the style of the noble founder, as thus — • " Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, Counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." This nobleman, who was an ingenious writer, and a munificent patron of learning, was the son...
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New guide. An historical and descriptive account of Warwick and Leamington ...

William Field - 1816 - 208 pages
...following inscription, remarkable at once, for simplicity, conciseness, and dignity. " Fulke Grevil, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." f^eslry Room. — This is supposed to have been the library belonging to the monasteiy, in...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...former state. * * * * * * * * SIR FULK GREV1LLE, WHO ordered this inscription for his own grave : " Servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sydney ;" was created knight of the bath at James's coronation, afterwards appointed sub-treasurer, chancellor...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...church, which hath escaped the late desolation, with this well-known inscription, " Fulke Greville, servant to queen Elizabeth, counsellor to king " James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." Nor is he less remembered by the monument he has left in his writings and poems, chiefly composed...
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...church, which hath escaped the late desolation, with this well-known inscription, " Fulke Greville, servant to queen Elizabeth, counsellor to king " James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." Nor is he less remembered by the monument he has left in his writings and poems, chiefly composed...
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A topographical and historical description of the county of Warwick

James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 396 pages
...of a heavy character. On the ledge of the table part is the following inscription; " Fulke Grevil, servant to queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sydney." The remains of his lordship lie in a vault beneath, embalmed and enclosed in a coffin of lead. The...
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Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ: An Analytical Catalogue of Books on ...

Thomas Moule - 1822 - 718 pages
...a plate of the tomb, in the north aisle of the church of St. Mary, at Warwick, of " Fulke Greville, Servant to Queen Elizabeth, Counsellor to King James, and Friend to Sir Philip Sidney," ob. 30th Sept. 1628 ; on p. 98 the Crest of the Bear and Ragged Staff; granted to the Earl...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 43

1844 - 454 pages
...Sydney. The following lines were placed over his remains: "Here lies Sir Fulk Greville, Lord Brooke, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sydney." Chinese Batteries. — The engagement at Amoy was a fine spectacle, and it furnished strong evidence...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

1823 - 872 pages
...marble, ordering at his death the following inscription to be epgraved upon the tomb : " Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney. Trophamm Pcccati." He wrote several works both ¡n verse and prose j among which are, I. Two...
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The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1823 - 380 pages
...This accomplished nobleman and charming poet ordered this simple epitaph to be fixed on his grave: " Servant to queen Elizabeth, counsellor to king " James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." world, the duke continued to converse until he arose to take his leave, which he performed...
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