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Catherine Tollemache, Countess of Sutherland. Portrait of Catherine, Lady Doune, at Ham House, inscribed "Lady Doune" but also said to be a portrait of her mother, Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale. Catherine or Katherine Tollemache, Countess of Sutherland (died 1705) was an English aristocrat. [1]
Catherine or Katherine Tollemache ( née Cromwell; 1557–1621) was an English aristocrat, who collected and wrote culinary and medical recipes, and was known for her healing skills. Family. She was a daughter of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell and Mary Paulet, and lived at North Elmham in Norfolk .
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- English Civil War and First Marriage
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Murray was the eldest of the five daughters of William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart, and his wife Catherine Bruce. Dysart was a close friend and groom of the bedchamber of Charles I. Murray's birth was recorded in the baptismal register at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in 1626. During that year, her parents moved to Ham House, near Richmond by the Thames,...
During the English Civil War, Elizabeth's father was often away from the family in service to the King. Her mother took the opportunity to travel along the Thames to the court at Oxford, to spend time with William while also instructing her daughters in etiquette. Elizabeth developed a reputation for charisma and beauty, being described by Thomas K...
In 1669 her husband Lionel died in France and Elizabeth became the sole owner of Ham House, along with other properties including Framsden Hall in Suffolk. Soon after Lionel's death she became the mistress of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, the Scottish noble and politician, and became involved in the intrigues and power struggles of the Res...
In early 1680, Elizabeth suffered a severe attack of gout which affected her health for the rest of her life. In the same year, John's health also deteriorated after suffering a stroke as well as bouts of scurvy and bladder stones. He resigned his government positions in September, at which point Elizabeth nursed him at Ham House. Maitland's death ...
Elizabeth suffered from gout for many years, which limited her mobility until she was largely confined to the ground floor at Ham House. Despite that, she maintained a brisk correspondence with friends and family, as she was keenly interested in the news from Court.[e]In 1694 she suffered the loss of her sons Thomas and William. The Duchess of Laud...
Akkerman, Nadine (2018). Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-82301-8. OCLC 1048595615.Cripps, Doreen (1975). Elizabeth of the Sealed Knot: a Biography of Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart. Kineton, Warwickshire: Roundwood Press. ISBN 978-0-900-09343-2. OCLC 1937689.Dunn, John (1851). Letters Illustrative of Public Affairs in Scotland Addressed by Contemporary Statesmen to George, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, 1681–1684. Aberdeen: The Spa...Pritchard, Evelyn (2007). Ham House and its Owners through Five Centuries 1610–2006. London: Richmond Local History Society. ISBN 978-1-955-07172-7. OCLC 1118277705.Reconstructing Everyday 16th Century Dress. Catherine Tollemache is just one of the many individuals whose wills make up the data on which The Typical Tudor is based. It breaks new ground with a thorough survey of evidence for ordinary people's clothing in the 16th century.
When Catherine Tollemache was born about 1618, in Helmingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Lionel Tollemache, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Stanhope, was 26. She married Sir Charles Mordaunt 3rd Bt. on 25 April 1637, in Fakenham Magna, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Sir Charles Mordaunt 3rd Bt., Charles Lee
- Helmingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
The Tollemache Book of secrets : a descriptive index and complete facsimile with an introduction and transcriptions together with Catherine Tollemache's Receipts of pastery, confectionary &c / by Jeremy Grffiths, completed by A.S.G. Edwards. | Wellcome Collection. Griffiths, Jeremy. Date: 2001. Books. About this work. Also known as. Book of secrets
Catherine Tollemache. Marriage. Children (2) Lady Catherine Brydges. Jane Brydges. View All. Parents and Siblings. Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl of Dysart. Grace Wilbraham , Countess of Dysart. Siblings (5) Grace Tollemache. Lionel Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower. Elizabeth Tollemache.
