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David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as `wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.
21 de ago. de 2013 · David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as `wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.
Frances, Countess of Somerset. A famous beauty, Frances Howard was divorced from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex in 1613 and married Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I. In 1615 she and her second husband, along with several accomplices, were convicted of poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury, who had opposed their marriage.
Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey ( née de Vere; c. 1517 – 30 June 1577) was the second daughter and third child of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell. She first married Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (executed for treason in 1547), and second Thomas Steyning. Frances Howard, sketch by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal ...
16 de oct. de 2018 · Frances Howard was 14 when she married the 13-year-old Robert Devereux, the 3rd Earl of Essex, in about 1604. The union between the two teenagers was no Romeo and Juliet love match, but a political alliance between two powerful families.
She has also been interviewed by NottinghamshireLive on youth club closures. Dr Frances Howard is a Senior Lecturer in Youth Work for the Department for Social Work, Care & Community. She is also lead for the Youth Research group and Deputy Director for the Centre for Policy, Citizenship and Society across the School of Social Sciences.
Frances Howard (1578-1639) was considered one of the great beauties of the Jacobean Court, and was also wealthy, being the granddaughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Frances was 43 years old when this portrait was painted, and had been married three times: first at the age of 14 to a wealthy London alderman (Henry Pranell), then to Edward ...
