Nicholas Fitzherbert

Nicholas Fitzherbert (1550 – 6 November 1612) was an English recusant gentleman who served as secretary to Cardinal William Allen and was found guilty of treason due to his Catholicism.

During his absence from England he was found guilty of treason on 1 January 1580, on account of his zeal for the Catholic cause, and especially for his activity in raising funds for the English College at Rheims.

In 1595, Gilotti of Rome published Fitzherbert's translation into 'Anglo-Latin' of the poet Giovanni della Casa's Italian language treatise on manners, Il Galateo (1558).

An instance of this is recorded in the diary of Roger Baynes, a former secretary to Cardinal Allen: Father Parsons returned from Naples to Rome, 5 October 1598.

[1] On Cardinal Allen's death, recommendations were made to Philip II of Spain to note who should receive any of the King's generosity.