Thomas Perrot
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Sir Thomas Perrot (1553 – 1594) was an Elizabethan courtier, soldier, and member of parliament. He campaigned in Ireland and the Low Countries, and was involved in the defence of England against the
Spanish Armada. He was imprisoned several times, on one occasion to prevent a duel with Sir
Walter Raleigh, and on another occasion because of his
secret marriage to
Dorothy Devereux, a
Lady-in-waiting to
the Queen, and sister of the Queen's favourite, the
Earl of Essex. Perrot's only daughter, Penelope, married Sir
Robert Naunton, author of ''Fragmenta Regalia'', which claimed that Perrot's father, Sir
John Perrot, was an illegitimate son of
Henry VIII.
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