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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 TradescantianumIn 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
Lived at or near London
Lived at or near Mortlake
People linked to person: 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 (-)