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Renowned for her financial acuity, passion for building, and four shrewd marriages, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury, was one of the wonders of the Elizabethan age. Widely called Bess of Hardwick, she was among the richest women in England (second only to the queen), and she knew how both to increase and to spend her money.
The letters of the indomitable Elizabethan matriarch and dynast Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c.1527-1608, known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’), provide an unparalleled historical resource. Her letters number almost 250 items of correspondence (over 70 of which are from Elizabeth Talbot, mainly written in her own hand) include over 60 ...
A clever, ambitious Derbyshire woman in Tudor England, Bess of Hardwick was intent on establishing a dynasty. Bess was born about 1527. Her father owned a modest estate, but he died when she was little more than a year old. Her mother remarried, and we hear no more of Bess until she herself was married as a young girl to a boy even younger than ...
Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury Account book of Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, kept by her steward Edward Whalley, 1589 September 9-1592 July 12. Folger MS V.b.308. Account book of Sir William and Lady Cavendish of Chatsworth, 1548 Michaelmas-1550.
5 de jul. de 2011 · C onnected, from circumstances, for many years, with the fortunes of one of the most interesting female characters in history, the Countess of Shrewsbury, whose fourth husband was jailor to the ill-fated Queen of Scotland, derives, from that circumstance alone, a claim to universal attention. Even, however, without this, Elizabeth Hardwick is a ...
ELIZABETH TALBOT, COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY, (1518-1608), better known by her nickname "Bess of Hardwick," was the daughter and co-heiress of John Hardwicke of Hardwicke in Derbyshire. At the age of fourteen she was married to a John Barlow, the owner of a large estate, who did not long survive the marriage, and as his estates had been settled on her and her heirs, she became a wealthy widow.
About Mary Cavendish, Countess of Shrewsbury. 'Mary Cavendish1. 'F, #12144, b. 1556, d. 1632. Last Edited=8 Mar 2009. 'Mary Cavendish was born in 1556.4 She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwicke.1,3 She married Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, son of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Gertrude ...
