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Elizabeth Howard (1564—1646) was an English aristocrat and

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. She was a daughter of

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, KG (1536 – 14 December 1624), known as Lord Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I. He was commander of the Eng ...

and

Catherine Carey Catherine Carey, after her marriage Catherine Knollys and later known as both Lady Knollys and Dame Catherine Knollys, (c. 1522 – 15 January 1569), was chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who was her first cousin. Biograph ...

. She was a maid of honour and lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, as was her sister

Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare (died 1628), was a courtier and governess of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, and a member of the House of Howard. Marriages Frances Howard was the daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Notting ...

. She married

Sir Robert Southwell Sir Robert Southwell PRS (31 December 1635 – 11 September 1702) was a diplomat. He was Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society from 1690. Background and education Robert Southwell was born near Kinsale in County ...

(1563—12 October 1598) of

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, on 17 April 1583. He was the son of Sir Thomas Southwell and his second wife Mary Mansell, a daughter of Sir Rice Mansell (1487–1559). Sir Thomas Southwell had a daughter with his third wife

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(d. 1583), another

Elizabeth Southwell Lady Elizabeth Southwell ( née Cromwell), called Lady Cromwell (1674–1709) was an English noblewoman, the only daughter of Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass and wife Catherine Hamilton. Title When her father died in 1687, she claimed ...

, who was a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth. She was a mistress of

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a ...

and mother of Walter Devereux, who married Sir Barentine Moleyns or Molyns of Clapcot. After Robert Southwell's death in October 1598 Elizabeth Howard was left "a rich widow", and there was a rumour she would marry Sir William Woodhouse of

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, a cousin of her fellow courtier Lady Walsingham. She became a lady of the Privy Chamber to

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in 1603. Her daughter, Elizabeth Southwell, was also a maid of honour to Anna of Denmark. A letter of the

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describing the household in 1604 mentioned that "of late the Lady Sothwell sfor the drawing chamber". After 1608 her daughters Frances and Katherine were gentlewomen of the

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. A "Mrs Southwell", who made an unsuccessful trip to meet the queen in Scotland in May 1603, mentioned in the letters of Captain John Skinner from

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, was

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, an author, the wife of a Sir Thomas Southwell. "Southwell the elder" was one of queen's ladies "taken out" of the audience to dance on 1 January 1604 at

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during ''

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''. In October 1604 she married Sir John Stewart, a son of

Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone. Robert Stewart was half-brother to M ...

, at

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. In a letter of 1605 to the

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she identifies her husband as the brother of the Master of Orkney. John Stewart became Lord Kinclaven in 1607, and

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in 1628. She walked in procession at the funeral of Anne of Denmark in 1619, listed as "Lady Kencleven". She died in 1646 and was buried at Greenwich. Christopher Sutton, rector of Woodrising dedicated his ''Disce Mori'' (1600) and ''Disce Vivere'' (?1604) to Lady Southwell, and his ''Godly Meditations on the Most Holy Sacrament'' (1613) to her daughters Frances and Katherine. Portraits of Elizabeth Howard, her mother Catherine Carey, and her daughter Elizabeth Southwell were included in a sale at Cowdray Park in 2011.

Family

Her children included; * Charles Southwell (2 February 1588 - 23 April 1588), buried at

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where the Howard family lived at Reigate Priory. * Thomas Southwell (d. 1648), married Margaret Fuller. *

(1584-1631), maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth in 1599 to replace Margaret Ratcliffe. She danced in the masque at the marriage of

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in June 1600. She was also maid of honour to Anne of Denmark, and third wife of Robert Dudley. She wrote an account of the death of Queen Elizabeth. She was buried in

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where there was formerly a Latin inscription including her age, 37 years. Her portrait is drawn in an Italian armorial. * Frances Southwell, gentlewoman of the privy chamber to Anne of Denmark, married Sir Edward Rodney of

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, Somerset, at

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in 1614. The

Earl of Rutland Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

gave a wedding present of a gilt bowl and cover worth £21.''HMC Rutland'' vol. 4 (London, 1905), p. 500. *

Katherine Southwell Katherine Southwell (died 1657) was an English courtier. She was a daughter of Sir Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard, and a granddaughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. She was a gentlewoman in the household of Anne of Denmark, w ...

, gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Anne of Denmark, who married

Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke Greville Verney, 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 15th Baron Latimer (1586 – 12 May 1642) of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, England, served twice as a Member of Parliament for Warwick, in 1614 and 1621. Origins He was the son and hei ...

in 1618. * Robert Southwell. * Margaret Stewart, married Sir Matthew Mennes of Sandwich.

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