Sir Stephen Powle of Court & Country: Memorabilia of a Government Agent for Queen Elizabeth the First, Chancery Official, & English Country Gentleman Book

	List of Illustrations	9
	Preface	11
	Introduction: The Significance of Powle's Manuscripts	15
1	Education in the Liberal Arts and the Law	19
2	Travel: A Modified "Grand Tour"	32
3	England and Scotland	53
4	Agent for Queen Elizabeth at Casimir's Court	58
5	Agent for Queen Elizabeth in Italy	69
6	Home	95
7	Interlude: Recovery from Tragedy	100
8	Early Years in Chancery	104
9	Family Life	108
10	Recording the Essex Rebellion	113
11	Suits, Paradoxes, and Slanders	122
12	Lord of the Manor of Smyths-hall	126
13	Country Squire at Mylend	132
14	Sir Stephen Powle as "Adventurer" in the Virginia Company of London	137
15	Later Years at Smyths-hall and Mylend	157
16	"Indian Summer"-- Third Marriage	175
	Appendix A: Catalogue of Manuscripts and Their Provenance	181
	Appendix B: Printed References to Stephen Powle	185
	Appendix C: Funerary Monument of Powle's Parents	187
	Appendix D: Books Dedicated to Thomas Powle, Clerk of the Crown	188
	Appendix E: Transcripts of Typical Letters from and to Powle and Other Representative Pages from His Notebooks	190
	Notes	222
	Index	237