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Frances Apsley (1653 – 7 June 1727), later Lady Bathurst, was a maid of honour to the future Queen Mary II of England and her younger sister, the future Queen Anne, the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York.
Gowing noted the strangeness of this letter but attributed it to Mary's desire to keep her pregnancy a secret: “What is really being threatened is Frances's dismissal from Mary's intimate circle: she is important enough to hear the secret, but only if she can keep it to herself” (Gowing, “The Politics of Women's Friendship in Early Modern ...
- Molly McClain
- 2008
The essay draws upon two decades of pioneering work on the history of early modern women. In 1998, Patricia Crawford and Sara Mendelson drew scholars’ attention to the correspondence between Mary Stuart and Frances Apsley that had been published in 1924.
- Molly McClain
Citations. Sources. External links. Mary II. For the ship, see Queen Mary 2. For other uses, see Mary II (disambiguation). Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
29 de mai. de 2024 · You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened. Four members of the Apsley family are buried in the south ambulatory of Westminster Abbey: Sir Allen, Frances, Anne and Allen.
16 de nov. de 2020 · Mary grew up somewhat isolated and starved of affection. Nevertheless, she fell in love with Frances Apsley – the daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, to whom she wrote many passionate letters.
15 de fev. de 2019 · However, Mary, and to some extent Anne, both shared a deep attachment to their Maid of Honour, Lady Frances Apsley. Mary had a very intimate friendship with Apsley – exchanging letters laden with pet names and in-jokes, and playing the part of a wife to Frances as her husband.
