Archibald Armstrong

Archibald Armstrong
Archibald Armstrong

Archibald Armstrong (ou Amstrong) naquit à Arthurset dans le Cumberland, au début du dix-septième siècle. Communément appelé "Archy" ou "Archée", il fut bouffon de Jacques Ier, roi d'Angleterre. À la mort de ce dernier, il se mit au service de l'archevêque William Laud, contre lequel il publia un pamphlet. Son successeur fut John Muckle. Archibald Armstrong mourut en 1672.


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