Cavendish, Margaret. “Introduction”. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, edited by Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, pp. 9-37.
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William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Standard Name: Newcastle, William Cavendish,,, Duke of
Used Form: William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Margaret Cavendish | Margaret Cavendish
's husband was created Duke of Newcastle
in recognition of his services to the crown. 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. 9: 524 |
| Friends, Associates | Margaret Cavendish | John Evelyn
, as a member of the Royal Society
, several times visited the Duke
and Duchess of Newcastle
(sometimes with his wife
) to arrange their visit to the Society. Cavendish, Margaret. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader. Editors Bowerbank, Sylvia and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview. 91 |
| Other Life Event | Margaret Cavendish | Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
, on a rare visit to London with her husband
, was entertained by the Royal Society
as a distinguished visitor. Jones, Kathleen. A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Bloomsbury. 162 |
| Textual Production | Margaret Cavendish | Margaret Cavendish
, Marchioness of Newcastle, in London on her exiled husband
's business, published her first book: Poems, and Fancies. Grant, Douglas. Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Rupert Hart-Davis. 126 |
| Textual Production | Margaret Cavendish | Margaret Cavendish
, Marchioness of Newcastle, included a dedicatory preface to her husband
in CCXI Sociable Letters. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Jane Cavendish | |
| Textual Production | Margaret Cavendish | Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
, published The Life of . . . William Cavendishe, Duke . . . of Newcastle . . .. Grant, Douglas. Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Rupert Hart-Davis. 188 |
| Textual Production | Lady Jane Cavendish | According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, LJC
gave this date to the apparently earliest-written poem in her (and her sister Lady Elizabeth Brackley
's) manuscript collections which were transcribed by her father |
| Wealth and Poverty | Margaret Cavendish | Booth confessed that an anonymous accusation of her adultery, received by Margaret Cavendish's husband
on 3 November 1670, had in fact been forged by a steward. The duke's two surviving children, Henry and Frances, were... |
| Textual Production | Lady Jane Cavendish | While his master was away in exile abroad, the Marquess of Newcastle
's secretary, John Rolleston
, made at least two presentation copies for him of a collection of poetry by LJC
(and her sister... |
| Textual Production | Margaret Cavendish | Her prefatory address To the Readers explains the kind of reading performance she envisaged for her plays, and acknowledges her husband
's contribution of certain scenes, which she says she has marked to avoid misleading... |
| 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 |
| Textual Production | Margaret Cavendish | When a comedy by MC
's husband the Duke of Newcastle, The Humorous Lovers, was acted in 1667, many of the audience (including Samuel Pepys
and Aphra Behn
's lover Jeffrey Boys
) supposed... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Jane Cavendish | From late 1642 the Earl of Newcastle
was seldom at home, increasingly involved in military action (though he stayed at Welbeck with a body of troops from December 1643 to mid-January 1644 both to refresh... |
| Textual Features | Margaret Cavendish |
Timeline
July 1634: William Cavendish, Earl (later Duke) of Newcastle,...
Writing climate item
July 1634
William Cavendish, Earl (later Duke) of Newcastle
, gave a masque at one of his Nottinghamshire estates for Queen Henrietta Maria
: Love's Welcome at Bolsover.
2 June 1644: The Battle of Marston Moor near York was...
National or international item
2 June 1644
The Battle of Marston Moor near York was fought: a singularly bloody affair, and the largest battle of the English Civil War.
8 July 1644: William Cavendish (then Marquess of Newcastle,...
National or international item
8 July 1644
William Cavendish (then Marquess of Newcastle
, later husband of Margaret Cavendish
), commander-in-chief of royalist forces in England, landed in Hamburg in Germany.
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