Richard Morrison (ambassador)
Sir Richard Morrison (or Morison or Morysine) (ca. 1513-1556) was an English humanist scholar and diplomat. He was a protégé of Thomas Cromwell, propagandist for Henry VIII, and then ambassador to the German court of Charles V for Edward VI.
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