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  Penelope DEVEREUX (B. Rich)
Penelope was engaged to Phillip at 14 for a period of about 4 years, but due to ill health, but on 10 Mar 1580/1 her guardian, the Earl of Huntingdon, applied through Lord Burghley for the Queen's consent to the girl's union with another suitor.
Mountjoy became Earl of Devonshire; Lady Rich, daughter of a junior Earl and wife of a junior baron, was given precedence of all barons' wives and almost all earls' daughters.
Lady Rich and Lord Devonshire were openly named and their scandal was discussed by a contemporary historian, Robert Johnston, but his Latin account was published in the Netherlands in 1655.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/PenelopeDevereux.htm   (1504 words)

  
 Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658) was an English colonial administrator and admiral.
Rich was the eldest son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and of his wife Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and succeeded to the earldom of Warwick in 1619.
His younger brother was Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick   (339 words)

  
 Penelope Rich Bio Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
By this grant she took precedence of all the baronesses of the kingdom, and of the daughters of all earls, except Arundel, Oxford, Northumberland, and Shrewsbury.
King James was infuriated by the divorce proceedings, banished Lady Rich from his court, and reprimanded Mountjoy.
Lady Rich died in Jul 1607 and was buried in a London church without any marking on her grave.
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 Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Penelope Devereux, Countess of Devon (1562-1607), was the elder daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Lady Catherine Carey.
Catherine was daughter of Lady Mary Boleyn by either her husband Sir William Carey, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber or her lover Henry VIII of England.
Penelope married Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, as her second husband.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penelope_Blount,_Countess_of_Devonshire   (200 words)

  
 MPR: The perils of Penelope, Lady Rich
Paul, Minn. — Lady Penelope Rich lived with a degree of freedom that was unusual for women at the end of the sixteenth century.
Penelope's father was fond of Philip Sidney and it was his wish that Sydney would marry his daughter, but after her father's death she was matched with a wealthier man.
Lord Rich apparently tolerated his wife's affair with Lord Mountjoy, but once she was no longer politically useful to him, he agreed to a divorce.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/08/09_gehrkek_ladyrich   (1122 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541–22 September, 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings.
Walter Devereux succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hereford in 1558, and in 1561 or 1562 married Lettice, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey.
His daughters were Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland.
www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/Walter_Devereux,_1st_Earl_of_Essex   (574 words)

  
 LADY PENELOPE RICH (c.... - Online Information article about LADY PENELOPE RICH (c.... (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Sidney's serious love for Penelope appears to date from her marriage with Rich.
Rich took no steps against his wife during ; her brother's lifetime, and she nursed him through an illness in 1600, but they obtained a legal separation in 16or, and Mountjoy acknowledged her five children See also:
Warwick in 1618, was Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick (1587-1658).
encyclopedia.jrank.org.cob-web.org:8888 /RHY_RON/RICH_PENELOPE_LADY_c_15621607_.html   (1079 words)

  
 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Essex was daughter of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick and Anne Cheeke.
The elder Essex was daughter of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich.
Mary was also a lover of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, mother of Lady Dorothy Saville and mother-in-law of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.
experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/d/da/daniel_finch,_2nd_earl_of_nottingham.htm   (566 words)

  
 The Dusty Shelf eZine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Though married to Frances Walsingham in 1583, it is commonly acknowledged Sidney's heart always remained with Penelope Devereux.
Penelope became Lady Rich upon being married off by her family to the wealthier Lord Rich.
Sidney cleverly displays this connection to reality in humor and puns; sonnet # 37 is an excellent example of his word plays using the word "rich".
www.thedustyshelf.com.cob-web.org:8888 /1-6/sidney.php   (367 words)

  
 Philip Sidney (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Famous in his day in England as a poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as a writer of sonnets.
Born at Penshurst, Kent, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney and Lady Mary Dudley.
Stella is Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, his uncle Robert's step-daughter.
philip-sidney.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (778 words)

  
 Ancestors of J. Craig Canada - Lady Penelope Devereux
Marriage: Robert Rich, 1º Earl of Warwick, 3º Lord Rich in Oct 1581
Penelope married Robert Rich, 1º Earl of Warwick, 3º Lord Rich, son of Robert Rich, 2º Baron Rich of Leez and Elizabeth Baldry, in Oct 1581.
(Robert Rich, 1º Earl of Warwick, 3º Lord Rich was born in Dec 1559
www.palmspringsbum.com /genealogy/7509.html   (147 words)

  
 Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541–1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux.
His grandfather was the 2nd Baron Ferrers, who was created Viscount Hereford in 1550 and by his mother was a nephew of Henry Bourchier, a former earl of Essex.
His daughters were Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland.He was succeeded in the Earldom of Essex by his son Robert.
experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/w/wa/walter_devereux,_1st_earl_of_essex.htm   (533 words)

  
 Elizabethan Sonneteers (Sidney) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Lady Penelope, sister of the unfortunate Earl of Essex, was some nine years younger than her distinguished lover.
Certainly, however, Lady Rich, whose rare charms of beauty and wit were the theme of many celebrated Elizabethan pens, was likely enough to be the object of a genuine passion.
Prefixed to the many ingenious praises of his lady's beauty, and allegations of her cruelty, and his own varied professions of unalterable love and consuming pangs of despair, are full references to the literary sources of his inspiration.
www.sonnets.org.cob-web.org:8888 /minto1.htm   (1712 words)

  
 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (baptized August 19, 1590 – March 9, 1649) was the son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and of Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and the younger brother of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.
His brother, the Earl of Warwick, and the Countess of Warwick petitioned Parliament for his life, as did other ladies of rank.
The speaker gave the casting vote for the sentence to stand.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Holland   (1423 words)

  
 ENGL 381 Course Highlights, 11.3.99
Sidney’s manipulation of persona (Stella = Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich) and the i
later sonnets seem to be addressed to a "dark lady" with whom he enjoys a frankly sexual relationship
Poems to the dark lady, on the other hand, are much less idealizing (cf.
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 Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (1541–22 September 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings.
His paternal grandfather was the 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, who was created Viscount Hereford in 1550 and by his mother was a nephew of Henry Bourchier, a former earl of Essex.
Family tree of some Devereux, Dudley, Sidney members
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Walter_Devereux,_1st_Earl_of_Essex   (565 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lady Rich;: A novel of Penelope Devereux at the Court of Queen Elizabeth: Books: Elizabeth Boatwright Coker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
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