Pressed by her small son's illness and her husband
's increasingly debilitating gout, Mary Rich (later Countess of Warwick)
underwent an experience of conviction or conversion.
Mendelson, Sara Heller. The Mental World of Stuart Women: Three Studies. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Cultural formation
Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
When Mary Rich
became Countess of Warwick on her husband
's inheritance of his late brother's earldom, she feared the spiritual effect of this elevation on them both.
Mendelson, Sara Heller. The Mental World of Stuart Women: Three Studies. Harvester Press, 1987.
Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Rich Countess of Warwick
The husband
of Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick
, died. For more than a month she could not eat, sleep, or pray—judging from his recent behaviour, she may have feared he was damned.
Mendelson, Sara Heller. The Mental World of Stuart Women: Three Studies. Harvester Press, 1987.