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2 unusual facts about Peter Carew


Peter Carew

-- aged 12 ?? yes --> when a family relation, on his way to the siege of Pavia in the service of King Francis I of France, heard Carew's companions call the young man by name.

This is a remarkably early date for a life of a lay commoner, and the work is described by J.P.D. Cooper as "a milestone in the English biographical genre".



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