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  1. Summary. T he history of the life of this unfortunate beauty is a record of sin, shame, and wretchedness. The daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain to King James, her birth placed her amongst the highest in the kingdom, and the remarkable loveliness of her person rendered her conspicuous at a very early age.

  2. Frances Howard was the daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham. She was a member of the household of Queen Elizabeth as a lady of the Privy Chamber. On New Year's Day 1589, she gave the queen a scarf of black cloth "flourished" with Venice gold and silver, in 1600 she gave seven gold ...

  3. 20 de feb. de 2017 · Frances as a young woman. As a daughter of the Howard family, Frances Howard’s role early in her life was to be married off to the family’s advantage. She was raised to suit this aim, and at the age of 14 she was married to the 13-year old Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex. His father had been executed in 1601 for treason and the title had ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.