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Pix & notes: How to sit on a throne
Like many middle-aged people, my knees are going pear-shaped. So I went to see Dr. Barbara Bergin, a highly recommended orthopedic surgeon in my area. Among other talents, she’s written a novel called...
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Lady Anne Bacon
Lady Anne Bacon Francis Bacon’s mother, Anne (c. 1528 – 27 August 1610), was one of the five daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke. The Cooke sisters were renowned for their learning and intelligence, an...
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Not quite a countess: Lady Elizabeth Russell
This is a short biography of one my favorite Elizabethans, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell. She was the youngest sister of Francis Bacon’s mother. This post is derived chiefly from Chris Laoutaris’s...
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Honour, more than life: Lady Elizabeth Russell, part 2
My goal in this post is to craft a coherent narrative of Elizabeth’s importance to the world she lived in. I’m relying on Chris Laoutaris’s book, Shakespeare and the Countess, which is a great read, if...
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New widows howl: wardship in the Elizabethan era
Last time we got a look at the origin and structure of the Court of Wards. This time we’ll enjoy some of the many anecdotes in Joel Hurstfield’s The Queen Wards, looking at things from the point of the...
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