Allegorical Portrait of John Luttrell. Sir John Luttrell, feudal baron of Dunster in Somerset, of Dunster Castle, was an English soldier, diplomat, and courtier under Henry VIII and Edward VI. Hans Eworth painted an allegorical portrait of John Luttrell with the goddesses Pax, Venus, Minerva, and the Three Graces.
This painting is thought to commemorate Luttrell's service with English armed forces and the subsequent Treaty of Boulogne of 24 March 1550, which formally ended England's long war with Scotland and France. He served under Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford in Scotland and France.
John Luttrell was the eldest son of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster Castle, Somerset by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndham. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Griffith Ryce, by whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Dorothy, and Mary.
John Luttrell's younger brother and uncle served as boy pages in the household of Cardinal Wolsey during his embassy to France in July 1527. Luttrell accompanied Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford in the first stages of the military expeditions to Scotland known as the Rough Wooing and was present at the taking of Edinburgh and Leith.
He was knighted at Leith by Hertford on 11 May 1544. In 1546, as the border wars in Scotland dragged on, Luttrell accompanied Hertford to France where the earl had been appointed commander of the English forces at the captured port of Boulogne. Luttrell comma
This painting is thought to commemorate Luttrell's service with English armed forces and the subsequent Treaty of Boulogne of 24 March 1550, which formally ended England's long war with Scotland and France. He served under Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford in Scotland and France.
John Luttrell was the eldest son of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster Castle, Somerset by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndham. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Griffith Ryce, by whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Dorothy, and Mary.
John Luttrell's younger brother and uncle served as boy pages in the household of Cardinal Wolsey during his embassy to France in July 1527. Luttrell accompanied Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford in the first stages of the military expeditions to Scotland known as the Rough Wooing and was present at the taking of Edinburgh and Leith.
He was knighted at Leith by Hertford on 11 May 1544. In 1546, as the border wars in Scotland dragged on, Luttrell accompanied Hertford to France where the earl had been appointed commander of the English forces at the captured port of Boulogne. Luttrell comma
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