

He was a shareholder in the Children of the Revels, a troupe of boy actors who performed 'in a converted room in the former Blackfriars monastery', as evidenced by his deposition in a lawsuit in 1606. Strachey also kept a residence in London, where he regularly attended plays. Strachey wrote a sonnet, Upon Sejanus, which was published in the 1605 edition of the 1603 play Sejanus His Fall by Ben Jonson. Strachey's sonnet, Upon Sejanus, published in Ben Jonson's Sejanus His Fall (1605)

In 1602 he inherited his father's estate following a legal dispute with Elizabeth Brocket, his stepmother. In 1605 he was at Gray's Inn, but there is no evidence that he made the law his profession. In 1588, at the age of sixteen, he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, but did not take a degree. Strachey was brought up on an estate purchased by his grandfather in the 1560s.

Strachey's mother died in 1587, and in August of that year Strachey's father married Elizabeth Brocket of Hertfordshire, by whom he had five daughters. īy his father's first marriage Strachey had three brothers and three sisters. Strachey's maternal grandfather, Henry Cooke (died 1551), held Lesnes Abbey in Kent he was succeeded by his son, Edmund Cooke (died 1619), while his younger son, Richard Cooke, has been identified as the author of Description de Tous les Provinces de France. William Strachey, born 4 April 1572 in Saffron Walden, Essex, was the grandson of William Strachey (died 1587), and the eldest son of William Strachey (died 1598) and Mary Cooke (died 1587), the daughter of Henry Cooke, Merchant Taylor of London, by Anne Goodere, the daughter of Henry Goodere and Jane Greene. His account of the incident and of the Virginia colony is thought by most Shakespearean scholars to have been a source for Shakespeare's play The Tempest. The survivors eventually reached Virginia after building two small ships during the ten months they spent on the island. He is best remembered today as the eye-witness reporter of the 1609 shipwreck on the uninhabited island of Bermuda of the colonial ship Sea Venture, which was caught in a hurricane while sailing to Virginia. You can also make a donation by visiting the Marine Mammal Care Center's website.William Strachey (4 April 1572 – buried 21 June 1621) was an English writer whose works are among the primary sources for the early history of the English colonisation of North America. The public can help by emailing to report any sea lions that are stranded with a picture and location. READ MORE | Harmful algae bloom in Santa Barbara, Ventura counties poisoning sea lions and dolphins It's been off the coast since the beginning of June and could stick around for much longer. "That is why what is happening here today and it's been happening here for a number of weeks is so critically important."Īlgal blooms happen from time to time, but experts said this one is causing an extra burden.

"It's unusual for these beautiful creatures to experience dehydration seizures and if not treated, even death," said LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. LAUSD stepped in to help create a holding enclosure/triage space in the center's parking lot. "That's a mixture of both California sea lions that have been affected by demoic acid and we're still actually working on rehabilitation for this year's annual stranding season." "Right now, the Marine Mammal Care Center has over 113 animals on our site," said Dave Bader, a marine biologist and chief operations and education officer at the Marine Mammal Care Center. The Marine Mammal Care Center is trying to take care of all the sea lions but needs to expand to keep up. Experts said the number is higher than what they've seen in many years. Seals, sea lions and dolphins eat fish that have eaten these algae, which then makes them sick. The planktonic algae are what makes the water look green and is producing a toxin that builds up in the food chain. Sea lions and dolphins have been washing up along the coastline from Santa Barbara through Santa Monica and down into Orange County. SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) - The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro and the Los Angeles Unified School District are teaming up to help care for the many sea lions that have gotten sick from a toxic algae bloom. The Marine Mammal Care Center is currently taking care of more than 113 animals at their facility in San Pedro - and they need to expand if they want to care for more.
