Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Earl of Oxford released from the tower June 8, 1581
Thomas Knyvet is Tybalt, prince of cats, rat-catcher, Tom cat
Also he was “a gentleman of the very first house”, the Howards,
to whom Oxford was related, “a name I tender as dearly as my own”
March 1582 Oxford and Knyvet fought a duel, and both were wounded
There was a melee between their men June 28,
when Oxford’s men planned an attack at a housewarming party,
Knyvet counter-attacked
In July, another duel with Knyvet and Gastrell,
who was killed by a Long Tom, Knyvet was the aggressor
Elizabeth intervened.