Excerpt from Fragmenta Regalia: Memoirs of Elizabeth, Her Court and Favourites Robert Naunton, the author of the fragmenta regalia, was born in 1563, being the son of Henry Naunton, Esq. Of Alderton, in Suffolk, and of Eliza beth his wife, whose maiden name was Ashby. Of the occurrences of his early years no record re mains. He was admitted a fellow commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was subse quently chosen fellow of Trinity Hall. When his uncle, William Ashby, was sent ambassador from Queen Elizabeth into Scotland, in 1589, he attended him thither, and was sometimes dispatched by him on affairs of trust and im portance to the court of England, where he was, in July in that year, discontented with his unsuccess ful attendance on 'courtiers, and resolved to hasten back to his uncle; to whom he returned in the month following, and continued with him until his death, which happened in January, 1589 After this event he returned to Cambridge, where he pro ceeded master of arts, and in 1594 was public orator of that university. It is probable that it is to this situation he alludes in a letter to the Earl Of Essex; when he says he was preferred to his place at Cambridge by her majesty's special license.. His Lloyd, ' both while proctor and orator of Cambridge, discovered him more inclined. To public accomplishments than private studies. Naunton seems, at this time, to have been taken under the patronage of Essex, and having in Cc tober, 1595, received a licence from the master and fellows of Trinity Hall to travel beyond the seas for three years from that time, together with all emoluments, profits, stipends, and commodities. Appertaining to the right'of a fellow, for and dur ing'the full and whole term of the aforesaid three, years, he was by that nobleman in 1595-6, sent into France with letters to the English ambassador, and' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.