Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Gibbs, VicaryEditor , St Catherine Press, 1959.
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George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham
Standard Name: Buckingham, George Villiers,,, first Duke of
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Lady Eleanor Douglas | It was noted, on the Duke of Buckingham
's assassination, that LED
had prophesied his death: her reputation grew. Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992. 51 |
| Cultural formation | Lady Eleanor Douglas | Her public prophesying now took off. She predicted unpleasant fates for the monarchs and for various courtiers including the Duke of Buckingham
. Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992. 50-2 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Hester Pulter | Hester's father, James Ley
, was a lawyer (in time a judge) who sat for many years as Member of Parliament for Westbury (under Queen Elizabeth, James I and Charles I). At the time of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Richardson | Elizabeth had six sisters and three brothers. Her family was related to the royal favourite the Duke of Buckingham
. Leigh, Dorothy, Elizabeth Joscelin, and Elizabeth Richardson. Women’s Writing in Stuart England. Brown, SylviaEditor , Sutton, 1999. 144-5 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. under John Ashburnham |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Alice Sutcliffe | Among his successive positions at court, John Sutcliffe was squire to James I
. He described himself (or perhaps an older namesake) in 1627 as an ancient servant of the Duke of Buckingham
, husband... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ephelia | Lady Mary's father, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
, politician and art collector, was well-known as James I
's favourite, and after his assassination on 23 August 1628 remained well-known for the manner of his death. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Friends, Associates | John Dryden | Of these female disciples, Mary, Lady Chudleigh
, and the younger Elizabeth Thomas
enjoyed personal friendships with JD
. But his career was conspicuous for professional enmities as well as friendships. His feud with Thomas Shadwell |
| Reception | Lady Mary Wroth | |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland | Elizabeth Cary Falkland
composed both An Epitaph upon the death of the Duke of Buckingham, and a companion piece, an elegy on the duke. Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland, and Lucy Cary. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. The Tragedy of Mariam, The Fair Queen of Jewry; with, The Lady Falkland: Her Life by One of Her Daughters, edited by Barry Weller and Margaret W. Ferguson, University of California Press, 1994, pp. 1 - 59; various pages. 10 Wolfe, Heather, editor. The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 3 Akkerman, Nadine N. W. “’Reader, Stand Still and Look: Lo Here I Am’: Elizabeth Cary’s Funeral Elegy ’On the Duke of Buckingham’”. The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680, edited by Heather Wolfe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 183 -00. 183-4, 193-6 and n32 |
| Textual Production | Catharine Macaulay | It was printed for the author, by J. Nourse
. CM
's primary publisher for the first four volumes was Thomas Cadell
. When she offered to sell him the entire copyright of the still... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Lady Eleanor Douglas | This work anagramatises Eleanor Audelie as Reveale O Daniel and Eleanor Davies as A Snare O Devil. Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Cope, Esther S.Editor , Oxford University Press, 1995. 1, 6 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland | Edward II is a generically complex work: a history composed largely of dramatic speeches, in prose which verges on blank verse. This monarch was famous or infamous for entertaining favourites (particularly Piers Gaveston
) with... |
Timeline
29 September 1617
Frances Coke
, daughter of the jurist Sir Edward Coke
and of his second wife (the former Lady Elizabeth Hatton
), was married at Hampton Court to John Villiers
, elder brother of King James...
13 June 1628
Dr John Lambe
, cunning man or astrologer and servant of the Duke of Buckingham
, was beaten to death by a London mob as punishment for a rape.