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Sir Adam Newton, 1st Baronet

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his claim to the secretaryship. He retained his post until his death. In 1620 he was made a baronet, first selling the deanery of Durham to Dr. Richard Hunt, and presumably paying for his new honour with the proceeds. After Charles's accession Newton became secretary to the council, and in 1628
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shared the prince's studies under Newton's guidance. King James gave them a gift of silver gilt plate supplied by the London goldsmith
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secretary to the marches of Wales, the reversion of which office had been granted to him as early as 1611; it was worth £2,000 year.
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He continued as tutor to Prince Henry until 1610, when, upon the formation of a separate household for his pupil, now created
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he came to England, and was naturalized as an English citizen in James's first English parliament by an act of Parliament (
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He spent part of his early life in France, passing himself off as a priest and teaching at the college of St. Maixant in
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wrote humorous letters to Newton. Apologising for a breach of manners, he compared himself to the court jester
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A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England
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in Greek. After his return to Scotland he was, about 1600, appointed tutor to
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and Peter Newton were instructed to use a legacy to rebuild the nearby
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In June 1605 Newton married Katherine Puckering, youngest daughter of
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Henry Newton, who adopted his mother's surname, and became
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An Act for the naturalizing of Adam Newton, esquire.
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dean of Durham

Charlton House
Poitou
André Rivet
Prince Henry
Stirling Castle
Parliament of England
Long title
Citation
1 Jas. 1
Royal assent
Union of Crowns
1 Jas. 1
Charlton, Kent
Charlton House
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Tom Durie
Prince of Wales
Prince Charles
Thomas Murray
David Cunningham of Auchenharvie
St Luke's Church
Charlton
Vorstius
Paolo Sarpi
Sir Nathaniel Brent
Thomas Smith

Elizabeth Peyto

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