Overby, Thomas
| Birth Name | Overby, Thomas |
| Gramps ID | I3288 |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 32 years, 2 months, 27 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Birth [E3071] | 1581-06-18 | Compton-Scorpion, Warwickshire, England |
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| Death [E3072] | 1613-09-15 | The Tower of London, England |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Overby, Nicholas [I3285] | about 1547 | 1643-05-30 | |
| Mother | Palmer, Mary [I3286] | about 1551 | 1617 | |
| Brother | Overby, Frances [I3287] | 1580-06-05 | about 1601 | |
| Overby, Thomas [I3288] | 1581-06-18 | 1613-09-15 | ||
| Brother | Overby, Meriall [I3289] | 1585-05-02 | ||
| Brother | Overby, Giles [I3277] | 1590-04-00 | 1653-02-06 | |
| Sister | Overby, Margaret [I3290] | 1591-10-18 | ||
| Sister | Overby, Mary [I3291] | about 1592 | ||
| Brother | Overby, Nicholas [I3295] | 1593-04-02 | 1593-04-02 | |
| Brother | Overby, Walter [I3292] | 1593-04-02 | 1637-04-00 | |
| Brother | Overby, John [I3294] | 1594-11-19 | 1595-06-04 | |
| Brother | Overby, William [I3293] | 1597-05-22 | 1597-10-12 |
Narrative
He graduated Oxford in 1598 and later became attached to the court ofJames I. For opposing the marriage of his friend the ViscountRochester (ultimately Earl of Somerset) and the disreputable Countessof Essex, Overby was imprisoned in the Tower of London on April 26,1613. A victim of poisoning - he died Sept 15, 1613.
Sir Thomas wrote several short prose sketches called characters.Twenty-one of his characters were published posthumously in 1614 as anappendix to the second edition of his marital poem "A Wife". Althoughproceeded by Joseph Hall's "Characters of Virtues and Vices" in 1608,Overby's sketches were more influential in establishing the charactersextreme popularity. Pieces were later added by admiring imitators.Despite problems of authorship, the Overby collection is distinguishedby its satire and humor, and its alert observation of people.