Sigh. This would not end well. Essex had already angered Elizabeth by appointing Blount and Southampton against her specific orders. He would anger her after…
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Tag: Robert Devereux
This was a move with huge implications: it prompted Essex’s rebellion, and opened the door for sweeping reforms. Before we get there, some context. Monopolies…
Essex, Essex, Essex. Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, is a man who provokes that kind of head shaking (like Thomas Seymour after Katherine Parr…
Robert Devereux was the son of Lettice Knollys and her first husband, Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex (I’ve got a post on her here…
November 8, 1543 – Birth of Lettice Knollys, one of the best known figures of Elizabeth I’s court. Read more about her at www.janetwertman.com