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John Derricke (
He was in all likelihood also the John Derick who was appointed to collect custom duty on wine imported into
''John Derricke’s'' The Image of Irelande'', with a discoverie of woodkarne: Essays on text and context''
(Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021).
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1578–1581) was the author and artist of '' The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne'', a 1581 book describing the Irish campaigns of Lord Deputy Henry Sidney
Sir Henry Sidney (20 July 1529 – 5 May 1586) was an English soldier, politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Background
He was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst (1482 – 11 February 1553) and Anne Pakenham (1511 – 22 Oc ...
.
The book's dedication to Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
His works include a sonnet sequence, '' Astrophil and ...
was signed at Dublin on 16 June 1578, indicating that Derricke completed the book in Ireland and was likely an eyewitness to the events therein. Katherine Duncan-Jones connects Derricke's dedication to an assumption that Sir Philip would succeed Sir Henry, his father, as Lord Deputy.Katherine Duncan-Jones, ''Sir Philip Sidney, Courtier Poet'' (1991), p. 229. He probably returned to England with Sidney in 1578, after which his illustrations would have been engraved and his book published in London by John Day in 1581.
He was in all likelihood also the John Derick who was appointed to collect custom duty on wine imported into Drogheda
Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...
port in 1569.
Notes
References
* Anthony M. McCormack and Terry Clavin, "Derricke, John", ''Dictionary of Irish Biography
The ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (DIB) is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
History
The ...
'', (Eds.) James Mcguire and James Quinn, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
* Thomas Herron, Denna Iammarino & Maryclaire Moroney (eds)''John Derricke’s'' The Image of Irelande'', with a discoverie of woodkarne: Essays on text and context''
(Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021).
External links
John Derricke, ''The image of Ireland with a discoverie of woodkarne'' (London, 1581, reprinted 1809, Edinburgh 1883) Irish writers 16th-century Irish writers 16th-century Irish male writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{comics-creator-stub