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	Thomas Howard Suffolk - LoveToKnow 1911
		THOMAS HOWARD SUFFOLK, 1ST Earl of (1561-1626), second son of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, was born on the 24th of August 1561.
		Created Baron Howard de Walden in 1597 and earl of Suffolk in July 1603, he was lord chamberlain of the royal household from 1603 to 1614 and lord high treasurer from 1614 to 1618, when he was deprived of his office on a charge of misappropriating money.
		One of his three daughters was the notorious Frances Howard, who, after obtaining a divorce from her first husband, Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, married Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, and instigated the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Thomas_Howard_Suffolk (996 words)

	Charles HOWARD (1° E. Nottingham)
		Howard acted as deputy chamberlain in 1574 and 1575 for his cousin the Earl of Sussex, whose health was so poor that he found it necessary to be away from Court for months at a time.
		Howard was the nineteenth of the Queen's subjects so honored since her accession; of that number, eleven were noblemen of the rank of earl or higher who became companions more or less in due course if they remained on good terms with the Crown.
		Howard's achievement should be assessed as a diplomatic and administrative one in keeping together such a band of disparate individualists as Drake, Hawkins, and Frobisher.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/CharlesHoward(1ENottingham).htm (1829 words)

	Frances HOWARD (C. Essex / C. Somerset)
		In spite of her clandestine relationship with her lover, Frances managed to convince a panel of matrons and midwives that she was virgo intacta, and - despite grave doubts on the part of the Archbishop of Canterbury - her marriage to Essex was formally dissolved in 1613.
		This led to the Earl and Countess of Somerset being arraigned for murder, and to the trials and executions of various minor plotters.
		The only daughter of Frances Howard and Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset managed due to the determination of her father to make a match which was not only equal to her rank, but a love match.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/FrancesHoward(CEssexCSomerset).htm (1161 words)

	Marlowe Society Book Reviews: Summer 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Whether or not the young Frances Howard actually engaged in extra-marital affairs at this time is less important than, as Lindley notes, "assumptions about the court, about masquing, and about women in general all play their part in manufacturing the mould from which the character of Frances Howard is cast" (75).
		Howard sued for an annulment on the basis of Essex's purported impotence, which she claimed prevented her from becoming a mother.
		Howard's guilt in the murder of Thomas Overbury became, as Lindley notes, an "example of the dangers of lust and the menace of womankind" (191) for a misogynist audience eager to contain her dangerous to challenge male authority.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~pwhite/marlowe/msar96_1.htm (4813 words)

	SHE STANDS ACCUSED BY Victor MacClure - THE COUNTESS AND THE COZENER
		If Frances Howard, as we read, showed distress over the painful mishap to the handsome Scots youth it is almost certain that Anne Turner, with the quick eye she had for male comeliness and her less need for Court-bred restraint, would exhibit a sympathetic volubility.
		Frances Howard was the daughter of that famous Elizabethan seaman Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk.
		It is perfectly clear that the Countess of Somerset was led to confess on the promise of the King's mercy.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Accused/00000013.htm (10800 words)

	Frances Howard, Countess of Essex and Somerset
		THE HOWARDS OF CASTLE HOWARD II The descent to the Howard's of Castle Howard
		Frances Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk and his wife Katherine Knyvet.
		She was thus the grand-daughter of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk who was executed in 1572.
	freespace.virgin.net /owston.tj/franceshoward.htm (724 words)

	Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds -- Chapter 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shortly afterwards, his marriage with the Countess of Essex was celebrated with the utmost splendour, the King himself being present at the ceremony.
		As in Italy, the first notice the government received of the prevalence of this crime was given by the clergy, to whom females of high rank, and some among the middle and lower classes, had avowed in the confessional that they had poisoned their husbands.
		The Countess of Soissons fled to Brussels, rather than undergo the risk of a trial; and was never able to clear herself from the stigma that attached to her, of having made an attempt to poison the Queen of Spain by doses of succession powder.
	www.litrix.com /madraven/madne016.htm (9074 words)

	The Orpheus Books
		When Lady Frances heard of this threat, she was certain, I am sure, that Overbury knew the circumstances of Prince Henry's death and, believing all was lost, hastened for advice to her great uncle Henry, from which time Overbury's life was forfeit.
		Somerset's continued power was a thorn in the flesh of the Protestant party, until they found his successor in the person of another penniless younger son, George Villiers, or Steenie, as the King nicknamed his beautiful new possession.
		As she trembled and was silent, Coke first attacked the Somersets, then the poor girl herself, shouting that she had the seven deadly sins, being a whore, a bawd, a sorcerer, a witch, a Papist, a felon and a murderer, the daughter of the devil, Forman.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~orpheus/theob17.htm (5138 words)

	Drew Spencer Family Tree - aqwg201
		Ludovic of Richmond Stuart Duke of Lennox married Frances Howard.
		Edward married Raine of Dartmouth McCorquodale Countess on 14 Jul 1976 in Caxton Hall.
		Raine of Dartmouth McCorquodale Countess [Parents] was born Sep 1929.
	members.tripod.com /drewspen/genealogy/aqwg201.htm (144 words)

	Frances Howard - Moviefone
		Frances Howard, countess of Essex and later countess of Somerset.
		Frances Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk and his wife...
		Frances Howard - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Frances Howard Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/frances-howard/33478/main (99 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot Society
		Lennox fled to France, where he died the following May, and for ten months power was exercised by the ‘raiders’, with the approval of Elizabeth and support from the city of Edinburgh and the general assembly of the kirk.
		There was nothing here of his mother's inability to control those who rebelled against her nor the ditherings of Elizabeth over the execution of Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, after the rising of the northern earls in 1569 and even the Ridolfi plot of 1571.
		Ironically, a reaction to the appalling news of the assassination in May of Henri IV of France also helped belatedly to gain James the appreciation he had sought, and by the time parliament was prorogued in July, he was a fair way towards obtaining a substantial subsidy and £200,000 a year.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /james.asp (18158 words)

	Sir Thomas Overbury son
		Carr and Frances Howard were convicted of his murder, but their lives were spared by the king.
		In 1611 Rochester became enamoured of Frances Howard, wife of the Earl of Essex.
		Four accomplices in the murder were convicted and executed; the Earl and Countess of Somerset were also convicted but were pardoned by the king.
	www.connieq.com /main-overbury-thomas.htm (498 words)

	Sir Thomas Overbury. His Wife. With addition of many new Elegies upon his untimely and much lamented Death. : OVERBURY, ...
		His health had been declining for at least three months before his death but it was only two years later that the true cause, slow poisoning, emerged from the confession of an apothecary's boy.
		The Earl and Countess of Somerset, Sir Gervase Elwes, Governor of the Tower, James Franklin, an apothecary, Richard Weston, a gaoler, and a Mrs.
		The Countess, undoubtedly the main hand in the plot, was sentenced to death but was pardoned two months later and was released from the Tower, with her husband, in January 1622.
	www.maggs.com /title/EA10247.asp (1012 words)

	Amazon.com: "Frances Howard": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		' 17 `Your woman' was Frances Howard, daughter of Thomas, earl of Suffolk, and great-niece of the earl of Northampton.
		Interest in the marriage of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, in January 1614, suggests to several contributors that together with agitation about the legitimacy and proper place...
		Frances Howard, accused of consulting cunning men and women to ensure her husband's copulatory impotence and to procure poison for Overbury,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Frances-Howard (564 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 93000654 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Publisher description for The trials of Frances Howard : fact and fiction at the court of King James / David Lindley.
		Howard was branded as a `lewd woman', as well as the the more unsavory epithets comprising the title, and became an icon of female villany.
		In a fascinating examination of both the historical evidence and cultural representations of Howard, David Lindley presents important new insights into the case against her.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0648/93000654-d.html (212 words)

	Tower of London: Britain's Heritage and History
		He died in 1396 and was buried near Hauley in the Abbey.
		Engaging in negotiations with Charles V of France.
		A favourite of James I, he married the Countess of Essex.
	www.camelotintl.com /tower_site/prisoners/book.html (1828 words)

	NPG 1955; Frances, Countess of Somerset
		Frances Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and a famous beauty.
		She was divorced from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex in 1613 and married Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I.
		In 1615 she and her second husband, along with several accomplices, were convicted of poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury who had opposed their marriage.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw05900 (160 words)

	Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of — FactMonster.com
		In the same year he married Frances Howard, the countess of Essex (who had her marriage to the 3d earl of Essex annulled in a sensational trial).
		, Somerset and his wife were tried and found guilty (1616) of perpetrating it, although Somerset's guilt was not definitely established.
		Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 1st earl of - Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 1st earl of, 1561–1626, English nobleman; son of the 4th duke of...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0845904.html (277 words)

	Amazon.com: "Somerset Masque": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Two of the marriage masques were published in 1614: Thomas Campion's Somerset Masque, performed on the wedding night, and The Masque of Flowers, put on by Gray's Inn and sponsored by Sir Francis...
		On the wedding night Campion's Somerset Masque` was performed, to be followed the next evening by A Challenge at Tilt delivered by two Cupids, scripted by Jonson.
		Lord Hay's Masque, performed at court in 1607; The Lords' Masque for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (1613); and The Somerset Masque for the marriage of the Earl of Somerset to the Countess of Essex (1613).
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Somerset-Masque (617 words)

	Amazon.com: "Frances Howard": Key Phrase page (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This wedding is the starting point for the study of Frances...
		But he has also been murdered by a wife: Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, newly married to Robert Carr, James's favorite and Overbury's patron.
		Key Phrases in this book: Frances Howard, Van Dyck, Countess of Somerset, Anne Turner, Sir Thomas Overbury, King's Men, yellow starch, contradictory fixations, copper lace, material mnemonics, fine stitchery, russet gown (See more)
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /phrase/Frances-Howard (573 words)

	Guardian \| Mastermind back for Christmas special
		A total of 1,231 contestants made it onto the show out of 100,000 applicants.
		The last winner was romantic novelist Anne Ashurst, who answered questions on her specialist subject, Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, who was regarded as one of the most beautiful women during the reign of James I and was tried with her husband for the murder of a high ranking courtier.
		Among the most famous winners was London taxi driver Fred Housego, who became a TV presenter after his win in 1980.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4554052-111213,00.html (497 words)

	Thomas Campion - LoveToKnow 1911 (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In 1607 he wrote and published a masque for the occasion of the marriage of Lord Hayes, and in 1613 he issued a volume of Songs of Mourning (set to music by Coperario or John Cooper) for the loss of Prince Henry, which was sincerely lamented by the whole English nation.
		The same year he wrote and arranged three masques, the Lords' Masque for the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, an entertainment for the amusement of Queen Anne at Caversham House, and a third for the marriage of the earl of Somerset to the infamous Frances Howard, countess of Essex.
		If, moreover, as appears quite likely, his Two Bookes of Ayres (both words and music written by himself) belongs also to this year, it was indeed his annus mirabilis.
	www.1911ency.org.cob-web.org:8888 /C/CA/CAMPION_THOMAS.htm (1106 words)

	Water, Subject Matter, Artists, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources
		Illustrated biography of Ellis A. Oliver, Philadelphia artist, student of Howard Pyle.
		1617, London) Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset and Essex c.
		Born in France, educated in Switzerland and today lives and paints on Israel.
	wwar.com /categories/Artists/Subject_Matter/Water/index31.html (749 words)

	Whose Grave Was It
		The proof of this "high employment" comes from a dispatch sent to Burghley, from the Countess of Shrewsbury, then Elisabeth Talbot, or Bess of Hardwick, as she was called.
		After this flap, Mary Herbert and her mother, who was Lettice's sister-in-law, retired to Penshurst in Kent, i.e., at the moment of Mary's conception of William Herbert.
		The Countess of Kent, Lady Jane Grey, said the "mistress of my youth" by the author of Slave Deus Rex Judaeorum, a radical translation of the Bible attributed to the courtesan Emilia Lanier.
	www2.localaccess.com /marlowe/deptford1.htm (10194 words)

	Anne Ashurst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A writer of romantic fiction who will go down in history as being the last ever Mastermind (until the programme is re-launched!).
		She won her heat with 'Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset' but came second in her semi-final with 'The Regency Novels of Georgette Heyer'.
		However, Anne still reached the final as the highest-scoring semi-finalist, the only time in the programme's history that the rules permitted this.
	www.geocities.com /mastermind_hsp/anne_ashurst.htm (186 words)

	Part Two
		Most of Tyllney's remarkable manuscript was eventually published under the name of "Sir Thomas Overbury," following his sensational death in the Tower of London by poisoning, carried out by servants of the lovely
		Countess of Essex, (3rd Earl) then Countess of Somerset, convicted of murdering Sir John Overbury, hinted by Coke as implicated in the death of Prince Henry.
		is addressed to Lady Annabella Murray, the Countess of Mar, wife of his Guardian.
	www2.localaccess.com /marlowe/utricht2.htm (1696 words)

	Excerpts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Several servants and accomplices were hanged for his murder, but the main conspirators, Lady Frances Howard and her husband Robert Carr, were spared the noose because of their high social rank.
		History has laid most of the blame at the feet of Lady Frances, but she may not have been the sole instigator of the poisoning plot.
		Overbury's murder at the hands of Frances and the others was really the logical outcome of a society that concentrated on the consolidation of political power at any cost, and that gained that power, in part, by marrying off eligible sons and daughters, often too young and against their will.
	www.magma.ca /~oking/Exerpts.htm (2026 words)

	Early Stuart Libels: The Essex Nullity, the Somerset Marriage and the Death of Overbury (1613-1614)
		Early Stuart Libels: The Essex Nullity, the Somerset Marriage and the Death of Overbury (1613-1614)
		Lindley (190) prints the poem in full and places it in the context of other attacks on Frances Howard, noting the slight strains of sympathy for the widely calumniated Countess.
		Castor and Pollux: Helen’s brothers; here, referring to two of Frances Howard’s brothers, perhaps the eldest brothers Theophilus and Thomas Howard.
	www.earlystuartlibels.net /htdocs/overbury_murder_section/H19.html (254 words)

	The Art Fund - Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Essex and Somerset
		The Art Fund - Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Essex and Somerset
		Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Essex and Somerset
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	www.artfund.org /artwork/3919/portrait-of-frances-howard-countess-of (62 words)

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