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by Sarah Gristwood


  Shrewsbury, George Talbot, sixth earl of: character, 58; religion, 126–7; marriage to Bess, 30, 60, 63; gaoler of Mary, 32, 35, 38, 39, 60–1, 65, 80–2; stepdaughter’s marriage, 32–4, 38–9; stepdaughter’s dowry, 49, 63; stepdaughter’s death, 54, 55; relationship with Bess, 56, 58, 60–1, 61–7, 71, 94–5, 107; portrait, 62; finances, 60, 61; rumours of affair with Mary, 65; on A, 60, 107; Mary’s execution, 82; Armada, 106; death, 69, 107–8, 126

  Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, seventh earl of: character, 69, 150; marriage, 63–4; on Lennox marriage, 39; relationship with father, 58, 64; relationship with Bess, 56, 64, 107–8; son’s death, 56; relationship with A, 69, 79, 99, 102, 108, 140, 147, 168, 255, 261, 265–6, 283; daughters, 69, 77, 152, 439–40; religion, 127, 147; politics, 132, 137; quarrel with brother, 141; embassy to France, 152; relationship with Cecil, 79, 168–9, 193, 270, 314, 408; support for James’s succession, 168–9; James’s visit, 255; career, 265; A’s letters, 269–70, 272, 279–80, 281, 283, 289–90, 290–1, 294–5, 296, 297–8, 299, 300, 301; Gunpowder Plot, 306; city house, 310; Bess’s death, 313–14; A’s visit, 321–2; investiture ceremony, 341; care of A’s servants, 350; care of A, 363–4, 464–5; wife’s imprisonment, 388, 393–4, 399; Waad’s dismissal, 422; illness, 423, 438; Overbury investigation, 438; death, 438

  Shrewsbury, Mary Talbot (Cavendish), countess of: character, 69–70; marriage, 63–4, 71; relationship with A, 69, 99, 102, 108, 140, 255, 265–6; daughters, 69, 51, 152, 439–40; funeral of Mary, 82; religion, 126–8, 147, 416, 417; Stanhope quarrel, 140–1, 146, 195; scheming, 146–7, 341; relationship with Elizabeth, 152, 185; A’s appeal to, 192–3; James’s visit, 255; A’s letters, 269–70, 272–3, 279, 290, 298; gifts to queen, 282–3; position at court, 294; mother’s death, 313–14; A’s visit, 322; on A’s pregnancy, 353; help with A’s escape, 364, 368, 369–70, 377–8, 386–8, 401, 475; arrest, 377; in Tower, 383, 384, 388, 393, 399, 400, 401, 410, 415–20, 423; trial, 408–10; A’s allegations against, 414–20; husband’s illness, 423, 438; on A’s death, 434; Overbury investigation, 438; released from Tower, 439; husband’s death, 438; re-imprisonment in Tower, 438–9; on A’s child, 447; death, 439

  Sidney, Sir Philip, 133

  Sigismund III, king of Poland, 301, 302

  Slack, John and Matthew, 231–2

  Smith, John, 448

  Smyth, Samuel, 401, 424

  Smythson, Robert, 472

  Somerset, Anne, 431

  Somerset, dukes of, see Seymour

  Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, third earl of, 257, 394

  Southwell, Elizabeth, 370

  Stanhope, Sir John, 140–1, 195, 211

  Stanhope family, 140, 146

  Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 472–3

  Stanley, Sir William, 124, 142

  Stanley family, 43, 101, 168

  Stapleton, Henry, 230–1, 232, 233, 236

  Starkey, James, 154, 155, 176, 186, 187, 188, 207–8, 224, 457

  Steen, Sara Jayne, 136, 213, 221, 430, 464, 465, 466

  Stewart, Sir William, 297

  Stone, Lawrence, 128, 309, 344

  Stow, John, 256

  Strange, Lord, see Derby

  Stubbes, Philip, 117

  Surrey, Henry Howard, earl of, 44–5

  Surson (skipper), 383

  Sydenham, Thomas, 466–7

  Talbot, Edward, 141, 218

  Talbot, Francis, 81

  Talbot, Mary, 216

  Talbot family, 29, 141, 193, 283, 447

  Tasker (tailor), 113

  Thorpe, john, 93

  Throckmorton, Elizabeth (Bess), see Ralegh

  Thurland, Edward, 147

  Tichbourne, Chidiock, 382

  Topcliffe, Richard, 114, 126–7

  Tower of London, 346, 359, 371–2, 391–402, 415–22, 437–9, 472

  Trumball, William, 403, 404, 405

  Tudor, David Owen, 159

  Turner, Anne, 292

  Turquet de Mayerne, Sir Theodore, 463

  Tyrone, Hugh O’Neill, second earl of, 160, 161, 162

  Tyrwhitt, Sir Robert, 209

  Van Meteren, Emanuel, 177

  Vaux sisters, 126

  Veal, Sir William, 282

  Venetian envoys to England, 174, 219, 253, 258, 263, 265, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328

  Villamediana, Juan de Taxis, count of, 281

  Waad (Wade), Sir William, 396–8, 407, 414–22

  Walpole, Henry, 126

  Walpole, Horace, 58

  Walsingham, Sir Francis: Lennox marriage affair, 38; correspondence, 54, 55, 56, 72; relationship with Bess, 64, 131; A’s marriage question, 68; on Elizabeth, 91; influence, 96; Lennox jewels, 109; use of Mary’s letters, 248; spymaster, 457; death, 114

  Walsingham, Thomas, 459

  Walsingham, Ursula, Lady, 114

  Warwick, Lady Anne Dudley (Russell), countess of, 114

  Watson, William (Catholic priest), 267, 273, 279, 280

  Webster, John, 136, 292; as author of The Duchess of Malfi, 332–3, 336, 343, 345, 426–7, 429, 437, 453

  Wentworth, Peter, 159

  Weston, Richard, 438

  Whyte, Rowland, 168–9

  Wickham, Henry, 139

  Wilbye, John, 295

  Williamson, Nicholas, 146

  Willoughby, Sir Francis, 175

  Wilson, Arthur, 349

  Wilson, Thomas, 168, 335

  Winchilsea, Heneage Finch, second earl of, 446

  Wingfield, 106, 107, 471

  Wingfield, Elizabeth, 27, 73, 87

  Winthrop, John, 448–50

  Winwood, Sir Ralph, 384, 434–5

  Worcester, Edward Somerset, fourth earl of, 291

  Wotton, Lady, 413

  Wroth, Lady Mary, 439

  Württemburg, duke of, 112–13

  Württemburg, prince of, 340

  Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 278

  About the Author

  Sarah Gristwood’s Arbella: England’s Lost Queen and Elizabeth and Leicester both featured on the bestseller lists, while her Bird of Paradise was selected as a Radio 4 Book of the Week. Her most recent books are Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses, and a historical novel, The Girl in the Mirror. A former film journalist contributing to the Guardian, The Times, and the Telegraph, she now broadcasts regularly for Sky News and the BBC on royal and historical affairs.

  Website: www.sarahgristwood.com

  Twitter: @sarahgristwood

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