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Levinus Munck (c.1568 - 1623)

Secretary to Robert Cecil, member of the Parliament (1601) for Great Bedwyn, and director of the East India Company in 1609 (MacGregor, 26). Leith-Ross suggests he is the "Mr. Munke" named as a benefactor in Musaeum Tradescantianum
In 1612 he was sent on diplomatic business to the Low Countries an afterwards accompanied the Princess Elizabeth to Heidelberg after her marriage to the Elector Palatine. By this time he held the appointment of Clerk to the Signet and was also receiving interest on money loaned to the Crown. He died in 1623, reputedly worth £40,000, which, as Chamberlain commented, was 'very rich for a clarke of the signet' (175-6).
 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinus_Munck Relevant locations: Birth place in Ghent, East Flanders
Lived at or near London, England
Lived at or near Mortlake, London
 Relationships: Levinus Munck was a employed by Robert Cecil (1 Jun 1563-24 May 1612)
Levinus Munck was a employed by East India Company (1600-)
Levinus Munck was a benefactor of Tradescanti (-)

 Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
as Mentioned or referenced by - Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum, 1683, with a Catalogue of the Surviving Early Collections .
 References in Documents:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Principall Benefactors to the precedent Collection. {King Charles.} {Queen Mary.} George Duke of Buckingham. Lady Katharine Dutchess of Buck: William Laud Archbishop of Cant: Robert Earle of Salisbury. William Earle of Salisbury. Earle of Carlisle. Lord Viscount Dorchester. Lord Viscount Faulkland. Lord Strange. Lord Goring. Lord Cambden. Countesse of Arundell. Lady Matrevers. Lady Denbeigh. Lady Wootton. 180Musæum Tradescantianum. Lady Mary Villers. Lady Goring. Lady Killegray. Lady Christian Leviston. Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry VVootonWooton. Sir Kenelme Digby. Sir Nathanael Bacon. Sir Butts Bacon. Sir Dudly Diggs. Sir Henry Vane. Sir Henry Palmer. Sir Robert Heath. Sir Peter Manwood. Sir John Trever. Sir William Boswell. Sir Clipsby Crew. Sir Alexander Gourdon. Sir James Bagg. Sir David Kirke. Sir Richard Wiseman. Sir John Smith. Sir John Wieldes. Sir Henry Meldree. Musæum Tradescantianum.181 Sir John Aemoote. Lady Roe. Lady Graimes. Doctor Owin. Doctor John Hill. Doctor Thomas Wharton. Doctor William Broad. Doctor Bugg. William Murray Esq. William Curteene Esq. Elias Ashmole Esq. Captain Weddell. Captain Plumbey. Captain Ireland. Captain Cleborne. Captain Prim. Captain Wood. Captain West. Captain Swanley. Captain Adam Denton. Captain Trenchfield. Captain David Atchinson. Mr. Nicolas, Secretary to the Navy. Mr. John Slany Merchant. Mr. Charleton Merchant. 182Musæum Tradescantianum. Mr. James Boovy Merchant. Mr. John Millen. Mr. Thomas Howard. Mr. White of Burntwood. Mr. Ofield. Mr. Ofley. Mr. Greene. Mr. Munke. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bushell. Mr. Liggon. Mr. George Tomasin. In EEBO copy: Scratched out in original document and has "Thomason" written beside it in ink. Mr. Dells. Mr. Gage. Mr. Pergins. Mr. Robert Martyn. Mr. Trion. Mr. Woolfe. Mr. Browne. Mr. Martin Masters. Mr. Butler. Mr. Phillips. Mr. Harison. Mr. Pette. Mr. Short. Musæum Tradescantianum.183 Mr. Bound. Mr. Stone. Mr. Bartholomew Hagatt. Mr. Reeve. Mr. Francis Cline. Mr. Thomas Herbert. Mr. Rowland Bucket. Mr. Snelling. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Smith. Mr. Butterworth. Mr. le Goulz. Mr. William Martyn. Mr. Lanyon. Mr. Gasper Calthoofe. Mr. William Lambert. Mr. John Benson.