Thinker, gaoler, soldier and spy: Sir John Peyton (1544-1630) and early modern intelligence brokering in the Tower of London

Shaw, Dannielle (2023) Thinker, gaoler, soldier and spy: Sir John Peyton (1544-1630) and early modern intelligence brokering in the Tower of London. History, 108 (381). pp. 262-281. ISSN 0018-2648

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Abstract

Through analysing local administrative records, state administrative records, and personal correspondence, this article demonstrates how Sir John Peyton’s role as Lieutenant of the Tower of London (1597-1603) provides us with a hitherto unexamined opportunity for commissioning, extracting, brokering, and obtaining intelligence. In doing so, it makes the case for re-examining the often-overlooked contribution of Elizabethan and Jacobean administrators to the history of intelligence-gathering in early modern England, here focussing on the position of the Lieutenant of the Tower of London.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Special Issue: New Explorations in Early Modern Espionage
Uncontrolled Keywords:	espionage,diplomacy,intelligence-gathering,early modern history,history ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1202
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2023 09:30
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2023 13:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92472
DOI:	10.1111/1468-229X.13365

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