Hieronimo Custodis Frances Clinton Lady Chandos

Frances Brydges, Lady Chandos ''née'' Clinton (1552–1623) was an English aristocrat. She was a daughter of

Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln Edward Fiennes, or Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln KG (151216 January 1584/85) was an English landowner, peer, and Lord High Admiral. He rendered valuable service to four of the Tudor monarchs. Family Edward Clinton, or Fiennes, was born ...

and his second wife Ursula Stourton, a daughter of

William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505 – 1548) was the eldest son of Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton, and his wife Agnes Fauntleroy, daughter of John Fauntleroy of Dorset. He succeeded his father as Baron Stourton in 1535. His wife ...

. She was born at

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. She married

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 ...

, and lived at

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. They entertained

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at Sudeley in September 1592 with an entertainment based on the theme of Apollo and

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. A part of the entertainment was printed in, ''Speeches delivered to her Majestie this last progresse, at the Right Honorable the Lady Russels, at Bissam, the Right Honorable the Lord Chandos at Sudley, at the Right Honorourable the Lord Norris at Ricote'' (Oxford: Joseph Barnes, 1592). She died on 12 September 1623 at

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, the home of her daughter, and was buried in the Bedford Chapel at

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. Her portrait dated 1589 by

Hieronimo Custodis Hieronimo Custodis (also spelled Hieronymus, Heironimos) (died c. 1593) was a Flemish portrait painter active in England in the reign of Elizabeth I.Strong 1969, p. 195 Life and work A native of Antwerp, Custodis was one of many Flemish artists ...

is kept at Woburn. Her clothes are embroidered with pearls in patterns of moths and pillars. On her sleeve she wears a large pendant showing a scene of Diana and Actaeon and another pinned to her bodice depicts Perseus and Andromeda. An earlier portrait of Frances, Lady Chandos, by

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is dated 1579, the sitter was formerly thought to be Frances' mother-in-law

Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos Dorothy Bray (or Braye), Baroness Chandos (c. 1524 – 31 October 1605) was an English noblewoman, who served as a Maid of Honour to three queens consort of King Henry VIII of England; Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. Fr ...

. Her children included: * Elizabeth Brydges (died 1617), Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I, she married Sir John Kennedy, but it was discovered he had a wife already in Scotland.Lawrence Stone, ''Crisis of the Aristocracy'' (Oxford, 1965), pp. 625–6: Maurice Lee, ''Great Britain's Solomon, James VI and I in his three kingdoms'' (Urbana, 1990), p. 144. * Catherine Brydges (died 1657), married

Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent Garden, with the piazza and St Paul's Church, employing Inigo Jones as his architect. He is also known for ...

* John Brydges, died young * Charles Brydges, died young

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Frances Frances is an English given name or last name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'the French.' The male version of the name in English is Francis (given name), Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "F ...