Philip Hoby

Courtier

Philip Hoby, Hans Holbein the Younger. Source.

The story so far…

Week 43: Nonsuch

February, 1538. Hoby is sent to France. ‘Hoby is a gentleman of the privy chamber: a gospeller, good-looking and keen, and well-briefed by himself, the Lord Privy Seal.’

Week 44: Corpus Christi (Part 1/2)

Cromwell schools Hoby in how to speak to princesses: make them think you are in love with them. Hoby and Hans go to France and the Empire for more painting.