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Nicholas Skeres

Murder

The documentation surrounding Marlowe’s death does not rule out murder. Marlowe’s rumored work as a spy for Elizabeth likely meant he had sensitive information that may have jeopardized one of the men present, or their employer.  Killing Marlowe efficiently erases

Kristen Bennett April 15, 2020April 26, 2020 Death Conspiracies, Death Conspiracy Theories Read more

Skeres, Nicholas

Nicholas Skeres (March 1563 – c.1601) was a con-man and government informant. Skeres worked as a servant for Thomas Walsingham. He was a government provocateur and a part of discovering the Babington Plot, working as a spy with Francis Walsingham.

Kristen Bennett October 17, 2017April 3, 2020 bio-placeography, Encyclopedia Read more

Babington, Anthony

Anthony Babington (1561-1586) was an English conspirator famous for being the leader of a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth, known afterwards as “The Babington Plot.” He was born October of 1561 and secretly raised a Roman Catholic. He went on

Kristen Bennett October 17, 2017August 16, 2021 bio-placeography, Encyclopedia Read more

Younger, Neil

Younger, Neil. “Robert Peake (c1551—1619) and the Babington Plot.” The British Art Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 2013, pp. 65–67. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/43492091.

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017December 13, 2019 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Wilson, Richard

Wilson, Richard. “Visible Bullets: Tamburlaine the Great and Ivan the Terrible.” ELH, vol. 62, no. 1, 1995, pp. 47–68. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/30030260.

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017December 13, 2019 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Trow, M. J.

Trow, M.J. “Who killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England.” The History Press, 2002.

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017March 19, 2018 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Hughes, Stephanie Hopkins

Hughes, Stephanie Hopkins. “The great reckoning: who killed Christopher Marlowe and why?” The Oxfordian, vol. 18, 2016, pp. 101-32. Academic OneFile, shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org.

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017December 13, 2019 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Eccles, Mark

Eccles, Mark. “Chapman’s Early Years.” Studies in Philology, vol. 43, no. 2, April, 1946, pp. 176–193. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/4172754. —. “Jonson and the Spies.” The Review of English Studies, vol. 13, no. 52, Oct. 1937, pp. 385-397. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/509598. —. “Samuel

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017April 21, 2020 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Bald, R. C.

Bald, R.C. “The Sources of Middleton’s City Comedies.” The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 33, no. 3, 1934, pp. 373–387. JSTOR,  jstor.org/stable/27703924.

Kristen Bennett October 5, 2017December 13, 2019 Bibliography, General Resources Read more

Skeres, Nicholas

Nicholas Skeres Nicholas Skeres (March 1563 – c.1601), was a con-man and government informant. Nicholas Skeres came from a wealthy family, as his father was a member of The Guild of Merchant Taylors. He worked as a servant for Thomas Walsingham.  He was a government provocateur and a part

Kristen Bennett October 3, 2017October 31, 2017 bio-placeography Read more
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