See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

ROE (or See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

Row), See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English diplomatist, son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Rowe, and of Elinor, daughter of Robert Jermy of Worstead in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LEYTON

Leyton near See also:

• WANSTEAD

Wanstead in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve (1593) matriculated at Magdalen See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . Shortly afterwards he joined one of the inns of See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and was made See also:

• ESQUIRE (0. Fr. escuyer, Mod. Fr. ecuyer, derived through the form escudier from Med. Lat. scutarius, " shield-bearer ")

esquire of the See also:

• BODY

body to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . He was knighted by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. in 16o5, and became intimate with See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, and also with his See also:

• SISTER

sister Elizabeth, afterwards queen of Bohemia, with whom he maintained a See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence and whose cause he championed . In 1610 he was sent by Prince Henry on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, during which he visited See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana and the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon, but failed then, and in two subsequent expeditions, to discover the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold which was the See also:

• OBJECT

object of his travels . In 1614 he was elected M.P. for See also:

• TAMWORTH

Tamworth, and in 1621 for See also:

• CIRENCESTER (traditionally pronounced Ciceter)

Cirencester . His permanent reputation was mainly secured by the success which attended his See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy in 1615—18 to the court at See also:

• AGRA

Agra of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul, See also:

• JAHANGIR, or JEHANGIR (1569-1627)

Jahangir, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal object of the mission being to obtain See also:

• PROTECTION

protection for an English factory at See also:

• SURAT

Surat . Appointed See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte in 1621, which he even then describes as being " irrevocably sick," he distinguished himself by further successes . He obtained an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the privileges of the English merchants, concluded a treaty with See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers in 1624, by which he secured the liberation of several See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred English captives, and gained the support, by an English See also:

• SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

subsidy, of the Transylvanian Prince See also:

• BETHLEN, GABRIEL (GABOR) (1580-1629)

Bethlen Gabor for the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance and the cause of the See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate . Through his friendship with the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, See also:

• CYRIL (376-444)
• CYRIL (827-869)
• CYRIL (c. 315–386)

Cyril See also:

• LUCARIS, CVRILLOS (1572-1637)

Lucaris, the famous Codex Alexandrinus was presented to James I., and See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

Roe himself collected several valuable See also:

• MSS

MSS. which he subsequently presented to the Bodleian library . In 1629 he was again successful in another mission undertaken to arrange a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . Subsequently Roe negotiated See also:

• TREATIES

treaties with See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig and See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in 1630, when a gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal was struck in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1637 he was appointed See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order of the Garter, with a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £1200 a See also:

• YEAR

year .

Subsequently he took See also:

• PART

part in the peace conferences at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg and See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and used his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence to obtain the restoration of the Palatinate, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor declaring that he had " scarce ever met with an ambassador till now." In See also:

• JUNE

June 164o he was made a privy councillor, and in See also:

• OCTOBER

October was returned to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member for the university of Oxford, where his unrivalled knowledge of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs, See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and See also:

• FINANCE

finance, together with his learning and eloquence, gained for him in another See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere considerable reputation . He died on the 6th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1644 . He had married Eleanor, daughter of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Carr of See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford, See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire . Roe was a distinguished and most successful diplomatist, an accomplished See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and a See also:

• PATRON

patron of learning, while his • See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was unblemished . His See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the mission to the Mogul, several times printed, has been re-edited, with an introduction by W . See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster, for the See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society (1899) . This is a valuable contribution to the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Of his correspondence, Negotiations in his Embassy to the See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman Porte, 162r-28, vol. i. was published in 174o, but the See also:

• WORK

work was not continued . Other correspondence, consisting of letters See also:

• RELATING

relating to his mission to Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus, was edited by S . R . See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner for the See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden Society See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany (1875), vol. vii., and his correspondence with See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CAREW, GEORGE (d. about 1613)
• CAREW, RICHARD (1555–1620)
• CAREW, THOMAS (1595–1645?)

Carew in 1615 and 1617 by Sir F . Maclean for the same society in 186o .

Several of his MSS. are in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum collections . Roe published a True and Faithful Relation . concerning the See also:

• DEATH

Death of See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan See also:

• OSMAN (1832-1900)
• OSMAN (`UsMAN)

Osman . . . , 1622; a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation from See also:

• SARPI, PAOLO (1552-1623)

Sarpi, Discourse upon the See also:

• RESOLUTION

Resolution taken in the Valteline (1628) ; and in 1613 Dr T . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright published Quatuor Colloquia, consisting of theological disputations between himself and Roe; a poem by Roe is printed in Notes and Queries, iv . See also:

• SER

Ser. v . 9 . The See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish Intelligencer (1632-33), including an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the career of Gustavus Adolphus and of the See also:

• DIET

Diet of Ratisbon (Regensburg), is attributed to Roe in the See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the British Museum . Several of his speeches, chiefly on currency and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial questions, were also published . Two other See also:

• WORKS

works in MS. are mentioned by See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood: Compendious Relation of the Proceedings . of the Imperial Diet at Ratisbon and Journal of Several Proceedings of the Order of the Garter .