Richard Martin
TBD Draft evidence packet
Topic: Richard Martin
1. Verified Sourced Facts
- Michelle O’Callaghan’s description of the
Convivium Philosophicumattendee list includes:
“Richard Martin”
- O’Callaghan also writes that members of the
Sireniacsincluded:
“Brooke, Donne, Martin, Hoskyns, Holland, Jones, the Phelips family”
- The Middle Temple article notes that Ben Jonson dedicated:
“his play Poetaster to Richard Martin.”
- The same article describes the tavern/intellectual group near the Temple as including:
“the ‘Mitre’ and ‘Mermaid’ taverns, near the Temple”
- Source-hardening check of the local Middle Temple PDF confirms that Martin's placement in this packet should be read through two separate source lanes: O'Callaghan for the Sireniac/parliamentary-political network, and Winston for the Inns/tavern literary community around the Temple.
- James Doelman writes that
1614parliamentary and literary circles overlapped through Brooke’s world, in which:
“Brooke was known to frequent” the Mermaid Tavern
- Source-hardening check of Doelman's PDF confirms that the Martin packet should keep Doelman narrow: he is useful for Brooke's Mermaid setting and the Addled Parliament literary-political context, while O'Callaghan remains the stronger source for Martin's core Sireniac/parliamentary network placement.
2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information
- No Ken Feinstein Twitter/blog material is isolated in this packet at present.
3. Quoted Source Text
O’Callaghan
- “Richard Martin”
- “Brooke, Donne, Martin, Hoskyns, Holland, Jones, the Phelips family”
Middle Temple article
- “his play Poetaster to Richard Martin”
- “‘Mitre’ and ‘Mermaid’ taverns, near the Temple”
- “broader intellectual and political community”
Doelman
- “Brooke was known to frequent” the Mermaid Tavern
- “the Addled Parliament of 1614”
4. Citations
- O’Callaghan, Michelle. “‘Talking Politics’: Tyranny, Parliament, and Christopher Brooke’s The Ghost of Richard the Third (1614).” The Historical Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 1998, pp. 97-120. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/2640146. Local PDF: GhostRichard.pdf.
- Winston, Jessica. “Literary Associations of the Middle Temple.” In Middle Temple Lawyers and the Law, edited by Richard O. Havery. Local PDF: Literary_Associations_of_the_Middle_Tem.pdf.
- Doelman, James. “Born with Teeth: Christopher Brooke’s The Ghost of Richard the Third (1614).” The Seventeenth Century, vol. 14, no. 2, 1999, pp. 115-129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.1999.10555459. Local PDF: Born with Teeth Christopher Brooke s The Ghost of Richard the Third 1614.pdf.
5. Notes on Access
- This is a network packet for Martin’s place in the
Sireniacand Inns-of-Court milieu around Neville. - It should be expanded from direct witnesses or stronger Martin-specific scholarship as more local material is mined.
- Source-hardening result,
2026-04-27: the Middle Temple PDF should be cited as Jessica Winston's chapter, not as Wilfrid Prest's monograph. - Source-hardening result,
2026-04-27: Doelman adds Brooke/Mermaid/Addled Parliament context but should not be used alone as direct Martin/Neville evidence.