Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- 65 Mistress Elizabeth Trentham
- 66 Oxford's Grammar School
- 67 A New Lord Bolbec
- 68 A Husband for Lady Elizabeth
- 69 Some Say my Lord of Oxford is Dead
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
69 - Some Say my Lord of Oxford is Dead
from Part X - Renewal 1592–1595
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- 65 Mistress Elizabeth Trentham
- 66 Oxford's Grammar School
- 67 A New Lord Bolbec
- 68 A Husband for Lady Elizabeth
- 69 Some Say my Lord of Oxford is Dead
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
Summary
In early 1595 Lady Elizabeth Vere, then nineteen, married William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby:
The 26 of Ianuarye beinge Fridaye [in fact, Sunday] in the yere of [Christ] 1594 and the 37 of the reigne of Quene Elizabethe at Grenewiche with great solempnitie and triumphe was William erle of Darbye (brother and heyre male to Ferdinando erle of Derbye and the sonne of Henry erle of Darbye & of his wyfe Margaret daughter to the erle of Cumberlande) maried to (blank) one of the daughters of Edwarde erle of Oxeforde by his first wyfe Anne the daughter of William Cecill lorde Burghleighe tresurer of England.
On the same day an unknown play was acted at Greenwich by the Lord Chamberlain's (Shakespeare's) company, doubtless as part of the festivities.
On 31 January John Carey wrote to Burghley from Berwick:
Touching the latter part of your lettre wherin your honour writes of the mariadge of your daughter the Ladye Vere, I am gladde as a feeling member of your Lordships Ioye and reioice at her ladyships good fortune in preserving your honours life so longe wherby thimperfections of her father shall be no blemishe to her honour whome I pray God make as happye a couple as ever were of that name. Being also very gladd that her maiestie will vouchsafe so honorablye to solempnise the matter, with her Royall presence which will be I dare saye a great comforth to your lordship and a great honour to the yonge couple.
The writer was the second son of Henry, 1st Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain from 1585 to 1596. Upon Henry's death his eldest son George Carey would became 2nd Lord Hunsdon, also succeeding his father (after a year's hiatus) as Lord Chamberlain. John, the writer of the letter, would succeed as 3rd Lord Hunsdon on George's death in 1603. At the time of the letter John was deeply involved in Scottish affairs. Elizabeth was Burghley's grand-daughter, but like her sisters she thought of Burghley as her father. Carey attributes to Oxford ‘imperfections’ which ‘shall be no blemishe to her honour’. Nevertheless – as we will discover – Oxford's ‘imperfections’ would follow Elizabeth Vere into her marriage.
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- Monstrous AdversaryThe Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, pp. 349 - 354Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2003