TR, the succession box on this page is not for OTL offices. Turtle Fan 23:10, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Cool. I'm wondering if we might not be better off removing the succession box altogether. Government titles in sixteenth century England were done on something of an ad hoc basis. Cecil wore a few different hats in OTL, including in the period before the POD. Also, we don't know for a fact that the Hapsburgs didn't appoint a Secretary of State during their reign. We do know that England's heretofore exiled Catholic lords provided the Hapsburgs with a substantial base for local collaborators who knew English traditions and customs and laws better than the Hapsburgs themselves, and who would be more likely to win over English loyalties than a bunch of strutting Spanish conquerors would. I'd say there was a pretty good chance the Hapsburgs askedv(or compelled) a Howard or Throckmorton or someone like that to serve as Secretary. I'm going to remove that box now, sorry to make you go out of your way for it. Turtle Fan 01:37, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, we can do that. TR 01:39, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
Also, I could have sworn his title was spelled "Burleigh." Turtle Fan 01:38, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
- I've found it a dozen different ways. I think this is the one HT used. TR 01:39, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Funny thing, I don't remember him using the title at all. RB touched off my interest in the Tudor Era, which meant I was not yet at all well read in it when I read RB. And since I've never reread it, I'm sure there's plenty of stuff I've missed. Turtle Fan 01:41, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, HT does indeed call him Burghley. 48 times. What would we do without Amazon? Turtle Fan 15:31, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
I suspect quite a few English noblemen from RB sat on some Parliament or other, but it didn't count for so much in the Tudor era so it doesn't really make it into their quick and easily Google-able biographies. Turtle Fan 01:44, June 11, 2010 (UTC)