Talk:Francis Walsingham

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I'm curious what 'Fire Over England ' has to do with Francis Walsingham. There seems to be a spying theme, but no link to Francis in particular.

[edit] The last bit about fiction

I'm also curious as to why the last bit was written. It seems to have been written solely to take a jab at the movie Elizabeth without offering any insight as to why the character of Walsingham was not portrayed accurately. I would think that this portion of the article could easily be removed without harming the otherwise informative writeup.

--Airosche 18:36, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Also, wasn't Walsingham portrayed in that HBO movie made in 2006?

If you are referring to the "gloriously inaccurately" comment, it is a while since I saw the film, but I seem to remember Walsingham is shown as a. not religious b. probably homosexual c. sleeping with and murdering Marie de Guise; none of these is at all accurate. The film's portrait stresses the Machivellianism dimension which would certainly have pained Walsingham who saw himself as a devout Protestant fighting for his country's life.

[edit] Date of birth?

Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1530 – April 6, 1590) is remembered by history as…

Francis Walsingham was born in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent in about 1532

Which is it? 1530 or 1532? Yes, I realize they're both hedged as "circa" or "about," but the article should be consistent one way or the other. Which is the more likely birth date? --Dodiad 06:26 29 Jul 2006 (UTC)