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Tudor & Elizabethan

George Ferrers

c. 1510–1579

George Ferrers was an English lawyer, member of parliament and courtier, who was put in charge of the Christmas entertainments at the court of Edward VI. He was one of the principal contributors to A Mirror for Magistrates, helping Baldwin to complete the work.

The legends here, signed G. F. in the printed text, are taken from Joseph Haslewood’s 1815 reprint of Part III.

Poems (6)

  1. The Fall of Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of England
  2. The Fall of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Unlawfully Murdered
  3. The Fall of King Richard the Second, Deposed and Murdered in Prison
  4. The Fall of Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, for Witchcraft and Sorcery
  5. The Fall of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, Protector of England
  6. The Tragedy of Edmund, Duke of Somerset, Slain at the First Battle of St Albans

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