Coryate, Thomas
(1577?–1617)
- Michael Strachan
Extract
Coryate, Thomas (1577?–1617), traveller and writer, was the only son of George Coryate (d. 1607), rector of Odcombe, Somerset, and his wife, Gertrude (d. 1645), whose maiden name may have been Williams. Doubt about his year of birth arises from Winchester College's...