Mabel Harington (died 1603), was a courtier to

Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

and the sixth daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Harington, the daughter of

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. She married Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke, having 7 children. Later dying in 1603.

Biography

She married Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke (d. 1607), a son of Andrew Noel and Elizabeth Hopton. She was known as "Lady Noel" or "Lady Nowell". She attended the funeral of

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in 1587 with her sister Elizabeth, Lady Montagu. Andrew Noel's brother Henry Noel was a poet, a patron of

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

, and said to be a gentleman pensioner to the queen. He died on 28 February 1597 after playing a ball game called ''baloune'' at court with an Italian opponent. According to a letter written by Rowland Whyte in April, the queen had been angry at one of her maids of honour

Elizabeth Brydges Elizabeth Brydges (c. 1575–1617) was a courtier and aristocrat, Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I, and victim of bigamy. Elizabeth Brydges was a daughter of Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos and Frances Clinton, who lived at Sudeley Castle. Life a ...

for watching a game of ''ballon'' rather than attending to her duties. Brydges was a daughter of

Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley (c. 1548 – 21 February 1594) was an English courtier in the reign of Elizabeth I. Life He was born at Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, the son of Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos and his wife Hon ...

, a probable patron of Henry Noel. On 23 February 1600 the envoy Louis Verreycken from the Spanish Netherlands had an audience with Queen Elizabeth. The great ladies and "fair maids" of the court, all dressed in white "excellently brave", including Mabel, Lady Noel, and her sisters Sarah, Lady Hastings and Theodosia, Lady Dudley (or her mother-in-law Mary, Lady Dudley), waited in the presence chamber. Three letters Mabel wrote to her sister

Elizabeth Harington Elizabeth Harington (died in 1618) was an English aristocrat. Life Elizabeth Harington was the daughter of James Harington (lawyer), James Harington of Exton, Rutland, Exton and Lucy Sidney, the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent. ...

, wife of Edward Montagu of Boughton, survive.Patricia Phillipy, 'Literary Legacies: Children's reading and Writing', in, Naomi J. Miller & Diane Purkiss, ''Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), p. 318, held at Northampton Record Office NRO Montagu MS B2 fol. 37; MS 191. She died in 1603.

Family

Mabel's children included; * Edward Noel (1582-1643), married in 1605 Julianna Hickes (c. 1580-1680), daughter of Sir Baptist Hicks, the disappearance of her steward William Harrison was known as

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, another steward, Endymion Canning, was buried at Brooke. * Charles Noel (1591-1619), commemorated by a monument at St Peter's, Brooke, Rutland. * Arthur Noel * Alexander Noel of Whitwell, married Mary Palmer daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer of Charlton. * Lucy Noel, married in 1601 the recusant

William Eure, 4th Baron Eure William Eure, 4th Baron Eure ( – 28 June 1646) was an English nobleman. Early life Eure was born around 1579. He was the only son of Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure of Ingleby and Malton and, his first wife, the former Mary Dawnay. After his ...

of Ingleby and Malton (1579-1646). * Elizabeth Noel, married (1) George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven, (2) Sir Piers Crosby. * Theodosia Noel (1578-1618), married

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