Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury

Standard Name: Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot,,, Countess of
Used Form: Bess of Hardwick

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Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton Countess of Bridgewater
Elizabeth Cavendish's father, William Cavendish, Viscount Mansfield (later Duke of Newcastle) , was a grandson of the almost legendary Bess of Hardwick . He is remembered as a horsemaster, a patron of literature and the...
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Jane Cavendish
Lady Jane's father, William Cavendish (later Duke of Newcastle) , was a grandson of Bess of Hardwick , and was from his youth a courtier and a horseman of exceptional skill.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under William Cavendish
He...
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Arbella Stuart
LAS , tired of living cooped up under her grandmother 's eye, wrote to propose to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford , that she should marry his grandson Edward.
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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Family and Intimate relationships Lady Arbella Stuart
LAS 's mother, born Elizabeth Cavendish , was a daughter of Bess of Hardwick ; she died on 21 January 1582.
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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Performance of text Naomi Jacob
She mentions two historical one-acters which she later wrote, both on Scottish themes. One, about Bonnie Prince Charlie as a tired, disappointed exile after his attempt on the throne, was staged by the Scottish National Players
politics Lady Arbella Stuart
A plan by LAS to escape from her confinement at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire was foiled by her grandmother, Bess of Hardwick .
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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Textual Features Sarah Murray
Murray then divides her volume into three parts: A Guide to the Lakes . . . and . . . the West Riding of Yorkshire, A Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, and...
Textual Production Elizabeth Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire
Her subjects include such remarkable women as Bess of Hardwick and her own friend Germaine de Staël .
Textual Production Lady Arbella Stuart
LAS wrote her earliest extant letter, to her Good Lady GrandmotherBess of Hardwick .
Stuart, Lady Arbella. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart. Editor Steen, Sara Jayne, Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Timeline

1591: The construction of Hardwick Hall at Hardwick,...

Building item

1591

The construction of Hardwick Hall at Hardwick, Derbyshire, for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury ("Bess of Hardwick"), was begun.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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