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Even More Blog Housekeeping
Just a note that in the summer of 2022, I was honoured to be part of Claire Ridgway’s Elizabeth I online event. We had an in debth talk via Zoom about Amy Robsart. Meanwhile the event is closed, but it … Continue reading
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Blog Housekeeping
I had the pleasure to be asked some questions about Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley by Jessica Pearce Rotondi, author of What We Inherit: A Secret War And A Family’s Search For Answers. Here is her article on The History … Continue reading
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An Ox for the Earl of Leicester
In 1574, Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire made an extra effort to become an incorporated town, with charter and all. They sent a present to their High Steward, the Earl of Leicester, then at his castle of Kenilworth. The present was “an … Continue reading
“I will put in the names” – Elections, 1584
Parliamentary elections in Elizabethan England were great occasions for what was then called “patronage”. In this higher form of corruption most people believed that if they wanted a post or otherwise further their career, they needed to be on good … Continue reading
The Earl of Leicester’s Visit to the Town of Leicester
In June 1584, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, visited the town of Leicester. This sort of visits by great lords were almost little state visits. Leicester wanted to visit his youngest sister, Katherine, Countess of Huntingdon, who resided at Leicester. … Continue reading
Living on The Strand
The Elizabethan aristocracy, when in London, resided on the Strand. If you could afford to live in one of the former bishop’s palaces between the street called The Strand and the bank of the Thames (and rebuild them) you had … Continue reading
My Interview on the Dudley Family
I am very happy to tell you that Jessica Faulkner of TikTok, Youtube, and Twitter (X) interviewed me about the Dudley family, and especially Robert Dudley, on her blog Unholytudor. Please go here …
Lettice in the Theatre
On 4 September 1588 Lettice, Countess of Leicester (née Lettice Knollys), became a widow for the second time. She was never to regain Queen Elizabeth’s favour, but was still left a wealthy lady. Robert Dudley had appointed her executrix of … Continue reading
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Lettice and Elizabeth
On 3 March 1600 Rowland White wrote from the court that “[y]esterday the Countess of Leicester sent the Queen a most curious gown.” He reported that “Her Majesty liked it well.” Alas, she “did not accept or refuse it[,] only … Continue reading
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Robert Dudley in Opera
It will come as no surprise that Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, appears in Romantic opera. He is usually the tenor. At least this is the case in the three Italian operas, one by Rossini and two by Donizetti, that … Continue reading
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