Shrewsbury, George Talbot, sixth earl of: character, 58; religion, 126–7; marriage to Bess, 30, 60, 63; gaoler of Mary, 32, 35, 38, 39, 60–1, 65, 80–2; stepdaughter’s marriage, 32–4, 38–9; stepdaughter’s dowry, 49, 63; stepdaughter’s death, 54, 55; relationship with Bess, 56, 58, 60–1, 61–7, 71, 94–5, 107; portrait, 62; finances, 60, 61; rumours of affair with Mary, 65; on A, 60, 107; Mary’s execution, 82; Armada, 106; death, 69, 107–8, 126
Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, seventh earl of: character, 69, 150; marriage, 63–4; on Lennox marriage, 39; relationship with father, 58, 64; relationship with Bess, 56, 64, 107–8; son’s death, 56; relationship with A, 69, 79, 99, 102, 108, 140, 147, 168, 255, 261, 265–6, 283; daughters, 69, 77, 152, 439–40; religion, 127, 147; politics, 132, 137; quarrel with brother, 141; embassy to France, 152; relationship with Cecil, 79, 168–9, 193, 270, 314, 408; support for James’s succession, 168–9; James’s visit, 255; career, 265; A’s letters, 269–70, 272, 279–80, 281, 283, 289–90, 290–1, 294–5, 296, 297–8, 299, 300, 301; Gunpowder Plot, 306; city house, 310; Bess’s death, 313–14; A’s visit, 321–2; investiture ceremony, 341; care of A’s servants, 350; care of A, 363–4, 464–5; wife’s imprisonment, 388, 393–4, 399; Waad’s dismissal, 422; illness, 423, 438; Overbury investigation, 438; death, 438
Shrewsbury, Mary Talbot (Cavendish), countess of: character, 69–70; marriage, 63–4, 71; relationship with A, 69, 99, 102, 108, 140, 255, 265–6; daughters, 69, 51, 152, 439–40; funeral of Mary, 82; religion, 126–8, 147, 416, 417; Stanhope quarrel, 140–1, 146, 195; scheming, 146–7, 341; relationship with Elizabeth, 152, 185; A’s appeal to, 192–3; James’s visit, 255; A’s letters, 269–70, 272–3, 279, 290, 298; gifts to queen, 282–3; position at court, 294; mother’s death, 313–14; A’s visit, 322; on A’s pregnancy, 353; help with A’s escape, 364, 368, 369–70, 377–8, 386–8, 401, 475; arrest, 377; in Tower, 383, 384, 388, 393, 399, 400, 401, 410, 415–20, 423; trial, 408–10; A’s allegations against, 414–20; husband’s illness, 423, 438; on A’s death, 434; Overbury investigation, 438; released from Tower, 439; husband’s death, 438; re-imprisonment in Tower, 438–9; on A’s child, 447; death, 439
Sidney, Sir Philip, 133
Sigismund III, king of Poland, 301, 302
Slack, John and Matthew, 231–2
Smith, John, 448
Smyth, Samuel, 401, 424
Smythson, Robert, 472
Somerset, Anne, 431
Somerset, dukes of, see Seymour
Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, third earl of, 257, 394
Southwell, Elizabeth, 370
Stanhope, Sir John, 140–1, 195, 211
Stanhope family, 140, 146
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 472–3
Stanley, Sir William, 124, 142
Stanley family, 43, 101, 168
Stapleton, Henry, 230–1, 232, 233, 236
Starkey, James, 154, 155, 176, 186, 187, 188, 207–8, 224, 457
Steen, Sara Jayne, 136, 213, 221, 430, 464, 465, 466
Stewart, Sir William, 297
Stone, Lawrence, 128, 309, 344
Stow, John, 256
Strange, Lord, see Derby
Stubbes, Philip, 117
Surson (skipper), 383
Sydenham, Thomas, 466–7
Talbot, Edward, 141, 218
Talbot, Francis, 81
Talbot, Mary, 216
Talbot family, 29, 141, 193, 283, 447
Tasker (tailor), 113
Thorpe, john, 93
Throckmorton, Elizabeth (Bess), see Ralegh
Thurland, Edward, 147
Tichbourne, Chidiock, 382
Topcliffe, Richard, 114, 126–7
Tower of London, 346, 359, 371–2, 391–402, 415–22, 437–9, 472
Trumball, William, 403, 404, 405
Tudor, David Owen, 159
Turner, Anne, 292
Turquet de Mayerne, Sir Theodore, 463
Tyrone, Hugh O’Neill, second earl of, 160, 161, 162
Tyrwhitt, Sir Robert, 209
Van Meteren, Emanuel, 177
Vaux sisters, 126
Veal, Sir William, 282
Venetian envoys to England, 174, 219, 253, 258, 263, 265, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328
Villamediana, Juan de Taxis, count of, 281
Waad (Wade), Sir William, 396–8, 407, 414–22
Walpole, Horace, 58
Walsingham, Sir Francis: Lennox marriage affair, 38; correspondence, 54, 55, 56, 72; relationship with Bess, 64, 131; A’s marriage question, 68; on Elizabeth, 91; influence, 96; Lennox jewels, 109; use of Mary’s letters, 248; spymaster, 457; death, 114
Walsingham, Thomas, 459
Walsingham, Ursula, Lady, 114
Warwick, Lady Anne Dudley (Russell), countess of, 114
Watson, William (Catholic priest), 267, 273, 279, 280
Webster, John, 136, 292; as author of The Duchess of Malfi, 332–3, 336, 343, 345, 426–7, 429, 437, 453
Wentworth, Peter, 159
Weston, Richard, 438
Whyte, Rowland, 168–9
Wickham, Henry, 139
Wilbye, John, 295
Williamson, Nicholas, 146
Willoughby, Sir Francis, 175
Wilson, Arthur, 349
Wilson, Thomas, 168, 335
Winchilsea, Heneage Finch, second earl of, 446
Wingfield, 106, 107, 471
Wingfield, Elizabeth, 27, 73, 87
Winthrop, John, 448–50
Winwood, Sir Ralph, 384, 434–5
Worcester, Edward Somerset, fourth earl of, 291
Wotton, Lady, 413
Wroth, Lady Mary, 439
Württemburg, duke of, 112–13
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 278
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Sarah Gristwood’s Arbella: England’s Lost Queen and Elizabeth and Leicester both featured on the bestseller lists, while her Bird of Paradise was selected as a Radio 4 Book of the Week. Her most recent books are Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses, and a historical novel, The Girl in the Mirror. A former film journalist contributing to the Guardian, The Times, and the Telegraph, she now broadcasts regularly for Sky News and the BBC on royal and historical affairs.
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