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Alice Halcroft. Mary Fitton (or Fytton) (baptised 25 June 1578 – 1647) was an Elizabethan gentlewoman who became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. She is noted for her scandalous affairs with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, and others.
Mary Fitton (baptized June 24, 1578, Gawsworth, Cheshire, Eng.—died c. 1647) was an English lady considered by some to be the still-mysterious “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, though her authenticated biography does not suggest acquaintance with him.
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Mary Fitton. Among those suggested were Mary Fitton, a fiery maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth, and the mistress of William Herbert. Mary became the fourth woman that William Herbert resolutely refused to marry, even when he had made her pregnant, for which he suffered a spell in Fleet prison and banishment from court. Emilia Lanier
But Mary Fitton's true story is quite fascinating — we know a great deal more of her than we do of most of Queen Elizabeth's maids of honour, if that is the word for it — they were apt to be...
At the age of 20, William had an affair with Mary Fitton, who has incidentally been suggested as a possible model for the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets. She became pregnant, but although he admitted paternity he refused to marry her and was sent to the Fleet Prison , where he wrote verse.
Mary Fitton is considered by some to be the still-mysterious “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. It is not known whether she actually knew Shakespeare personally, but the two were linked through a mutual acquaintance.
MARY FITTON ( c. 1578-1647), identified by some writers with the "dark lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets, was the daughter of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire, and was baptized on the 24th of June 1578.
