HARBORNE, WILLIAM
Arms.—Gu., a lion passant or, between 3 bezants. Harborne.
Motto.—Devs indvstriam beat.
[Passe. Hortus Floridus. Utrecht, 1615.]
William Harborne (born circ. 1550, died 9th September 1617) was the son of William Harborne of Great Yarmouth. He was a great traveller. In 1582 Harborne was appointed the Queen's Ambassador to Turkey, and remained at Constantinople until 1588. His tenure of this office was beneficial to trade, and he also procured several privileges from the Sultan as to English travellers in the East. Mr. Harborne wrote an account of his voyage to Constantinople, and other books about his stay there. His manuscripts are mostly at the British Museum or at the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
