Stuart, Lady Arbella. “Introduction and Textual Introduction”. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen et al., Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 1-113.
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Lady Arbella Stuart: 22 June 1610
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Arbella Stuart
22 June 1610
and
were married against the
's express command, at 4 a.m. in her lodgings in Greenwich Palace near London.
Anne Bacon: By 27 August 1610
Women writers item
Aemilia Lanyer: 2 October 1610
Women writers item
Author event in Aemilia Lanyer
2 October 1610
's long narrative poem on the passion of Christ, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, was entered in the
.
26 November 1610: Thomas Coryate entered in the Stationers'...
Writing climate item
26 November 1610
entered in the Coryats Crudities (his narrative of travels in Europe), which was published the next year.
12 December 1610: The Stationers' Company agreed to deposit,...
Writing climate item
12 December 1610
The
agreed to deposit, free of charge, in the
one copy of every book that was published.
Lady Anne Clifford: 1611
Writing climate item
Author event in Lady Anne Clifford
1611
, for his Niobe (a work on gentility, morality, and the Virgin Mary), wrote a flattering, hyperbolic dedication to
, which was quickly and very efficiently suppressed.
The work was dedicated instead...
Lady Mary Wroth: 1611
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Mary Wroth
1611
was praised in verse by
and
of Hereford.
He is not to be confused with
, husband of the prophecy writer who later became
1611: Thomas Dekker's (or Dekker's and Thomas Middleton's)...
Writing climate item
1611
's (or Dekker's and
's) comedy The Roaring Girle, or Moll Cut-Purse, written between 1604 and 1608, was published.
1611: John Speed published his History of Great...
Writing climate item
1611
published his History of Great Britaine, an early attempt at national history as continuous narrative; it is remembered in part for the maps, by
and others, in its early sections...
1611: James I created the title of baronet, and...
National or international item
1611
created the title of baronet, and used it as a source of revenue by selling it.
1611: The last burning for heresy in England took...
1611
The last burning for heresy in England took place: at Lichfield in Staffordshire.
20 April 1611: Simon Forman's diary describes the earliest...
Writing climate item
20 April 1611
's diary describes the earliest recorded performance of
's Macbeth, which was probably completed soon after early May 1606.
2 May 1611: A committee of bishops completed and issued...
Writing climate item
2 May 1611
A
completed and issued the English Bible translation generally called either the King James Bible (in North America) or the Authorised Version (in Britain).
Lady Arbella Stuart: By early May 1611
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Arbella Stuart
By early May 1611
The latest surviving letter-writing by
consists of several overlapping drafts of a petition she addressed to
, begging him not to believe malicious rumours against her.
Lady Arbella Stuart: 3 June 1611
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Arbella Stuart
3 June 1611
fled on foot from Barnet near London, where she was under the care of the physician
, to join her
and cross the Channel to Calais.
Mary Ward: Late 1611
Women writers item
Author event in Mary Ward
Late 1611
, during her first bout of measles, found her plans clarified and solidified: she announced that God had told her to found an
for women and to adopt a Rule.
Anne Bradstreet: 1612
Women writers item
Author event in Anne Bradstreet
1612
was born, probably in Northamptonshire, the eldest among five children.
Early 1612: John Webster's tragedy The White Devil, written...
Writing climate item
Early 1612
Good Friday 1612: A magistrate broke up a gathering of thirteen...
Good Friday 1612
A magistrate broke up a gathering of thirteen people at Pendle Hill in Lancashire, on suspicion of their being witches.
17 August 1612: The trial of the Lancashire witches resulted...
National or international item
17 August 1612
The trial of the Lancashire witches resulted in the execution of seven women and one man.
Lady Mary Wroth: Probably by 3 October 1612
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Mary Wroth
Probably by 3 October 1612
dedicated to The Alchemist (which had been first performed in 1610), calling her The Grace, and Glory of women.
Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland: 17 December 1612
Women writers item
Author event in Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland
17 December 1612
's The Tragedie of
, the Faire Queene of Jewry was licensed by the
; it was printed in 1613.
Between December 1612 and February 1613: Parthenia or The Maydenhead was the first...
Between December 1612 and February 1613
Parthenia or The Maydenhead was the first book of music for the virginals printed in England.
Lady Mary Wroth: 1613
Women writers item
Author event in Lady Mary Wroth
1613
A complimentary remark of
about
implies that she was circulating her writings in manuscript by this date.
1613: J. Guillimeau argued (like many others) that...
1613
argued (like many others) that mothers' milk is nothing else but the [menstrual] bloud whitened.