Gervase Markham
John Aubrey, in Brief Lives, 1669-1696; ed. Clark (1898) 2:43.
Mr. ... Markham: he wrote of husbandry and huswifry, 4to; of horsemanship, 4to; of the art of shooting with the long bow, 8vo; etc. — quaere.
He was a Nottinghamshire gentleman. His brother Sir Gryffin Markham was servant to the emperor ..., and did deserve well of him.
This ... Markham, the writer, dyed poor. — Old Jack Markham (late gentleman-usher to the queen) from whom I have these informations told me he hath given < him > many a crown.