Thomas Arden (1508–1550) was
Mayor of Faversham, Kent, England.
He was murdered by his wife,
Alice, and her lover, Richard Moseby.
This would inspire the
Elizabethan play, ''
Arden of Faversham
''Arden of Faversham'' (original spelling: ''Arden of Feversham'') is an Elizabethan play, entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 3 April 1592, and printed later that same year by Edward White. It depicts the real-life murde ...
'', which in turn was the basis of the opera ''
Arden Must Die'' (1967).
References
Further reading
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Raphael Holinshed
Raphael Holinshed ( – before 24 April 1582) was an English chronicler, who was most famous for his work on ''The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'', commonly known as ''Holinshed's Chronicles''. It was the "first complete printe ...
's ''
Chronicles
Chronicles may refer to:
* ''Books of Chronicles'', in the Bible
* Chronicle, chronological histories
* ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', a novel series by C. S. Lewis
* ''Holinshed's Chronicles'', the collected works of Raphael Holinshed
* '' The Idh ...
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1508 births
1550 deaths
16th-century English politicians
Mayors of places in Kent
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