Horsey, Jerome, 1550?-1626
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- The Author's Записки о России, 1990.
- Horsey, Jerome, 1573-1627
- NUC, pre-56
- Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present, 1626:t.p. (Sr. Ierome Horsey)
- DNB(Horsey, Sir Jerome, fl. 1573-1627 traveller; knighted 1603; MP Cornish boroughs)
- History of Parliament, 1558(Horsey, Jerome, d. 1626; of Great Kimbell, Bucks; MP Saltash 1593; Camelford 1597; Boissiney 1601; knighted 1603; servant of the Muscovy Co. in Russia 1572-ca. 1585)
- LC in RLIN, 03-17-92(hdg.: Horsey, Jerome, Sir, fl. 1573-1627)
- Rossii︠a︡ XV--XVII vv. glazami inostrant︠s︡ev, 1986:p. 151 (Dzherom Gorseĭ) p. 533 (sėr)
- Puteshestvīi︠a︡ v Moskovīi︠u︡, 1907:t.p. (Eremei︠a︡ Gorsei︠a︡)
- Wikipedia, Apr. 23, 2013(Jerome Horsey; Sir Jerome Horsey; born c. 1550; died 1626; of Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire, was an English explorer, diplomat and politician in the 16th and 17th centuries. He spent much time in Russia over the course of seventeen years, first arriving in 1573 and leaving in 1591. After returning to England, Horsey served in the House of Commons, sitting on many committees including the Committee for Returns, Elections, and Privileges. Knighted in 1603, he wrote accounts of his time in Russia which have been published several times, and was the subject of two novels)
Sir Jerome Horsey (c. 1550 – 1626), of Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire, was an English explorer, diplomat and politician in the 16th and 17th centuries. He spent much time in Russia over the course of seventeen years, first arriving in 1573 and leaving in 1591. He got to know well many leading people at the Russian Court. He first travelled to Moscow as an agent for the Russia Company, and later acted as an envoy of Tsar Ivan the Terrible to Queen Elizabeth and then from the English court under Queen Elizabeth to Ivan. After returning to England, Horsey served in the House of Commons, sitting on many committees including the Committee for Returns, Elections, and Privileges. Knighted in 1603, he wrote accounts of his time in Russia which have been published several times, and was the subject of two novels.
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