See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY See also:

• MARY FITTON (c. 1578-1647)
• FITTON, WILLIAM HENRY (1780-1861)

FITTON (c. 1578-1647)  , identified by some writers with the " dark See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady " of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's sonnets, was the daughter of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FITTON, MARY (c. 1578-1647)
• FITTON, WILLIAM HENRY (1780-1861)

Fitton of Gawsworth, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, and was baptized on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1578 . Her See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• SISTER

sister, See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, married See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER (1719-1806)

Newdigate in 1587, in her fourteenth See also:

• YEAR

year . About 1595 See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Fitton became maid of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . Her See also:

• FATHER

father recommended her to the care of Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• KNOLLYS

Knollys, See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the queen's See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, who promised to defend the " See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

innocent See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

lamb " from the " wolfish See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty and See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox-like subtlety of the tame beasts of this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place." Sir William was fifty and already married, but he soon became suitor to Mary Fitton, in See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of the speedy See also:

• DEATH

death of the actual Lady Knollys, and appears to have received considerable encouragement . There is no hint in her authenticated See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography that she was acquainted with Shakespeare . William See also:

• KEMP, WILLIAM (fl. 1600)

Kemp, who was a See also:

• CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

clown in Shakespeare's See also:

• COMPANY

company, dedicated his Nine Daies Wonder to See also:

• MISTRESS

Mistress Anne (perhaps an See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error for Mary) Fitton, " Maid of Honour to Elizabeth"; and there is a See also:

• SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet addressed to her in an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous See also:

• VOLUME

volume, A Woman's Woorth defended against all the Men in the See also:

• WORLD

World (1599) . In 1600 Mary Fitton led a See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance in See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court festivities at which William See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert, later See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke, is known to have been See also:

• PRESENT

present; and shortly afterwards she became his mistress . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 16os Pembroke was sent to the See also:

• FLEET

Fleet in connexion with this affair, but Mary Fitton, whose See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child died soon after its See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, appears to have simply been dismissed from court . Mary Fitton seems to have gone to her sister, Lady Newdigate, at Arbury . A second See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal has been fixed on Mary Fitton by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• ORMEROD, ELEANOR A

Ormerod, author of See also:

• HISTORY

History of Cheshire, in a MS. quoted by Mr . T . See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler (See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, 27th See also:

• SEPT

Sept .

1884) . Ormerod asserted, on the strength of the See also:

• MSS

MSS. of Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Leycester, that she had two illegitimate daughters by Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Leveson, the friend and correspondent of her sister Anne . He also gives the name of her first See also:

• HUSBAND

husband as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Logher, and her second as Captain Polwhele, by whom she had a son and daughter . Polwhele died in 1609 or 161o, about three years after his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . But Ormerod was mistaken in the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Mary Fitton's husbands, for her second husband, Logher, died in 1636 . Her own will, which was proved in 1647, gives her name as " Mary Lougher." In Gawsworth See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church there is a painted See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of the Fittons, in which Anne and Mary are represented kneeling behind their See also:

• MOTHER

mother . It is stated that from what remains of the colouring Mary was a dark woman, which is of course essential to her See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification with the lady of the sonnets, but in the portraits at Arbury described by Lady Newdigate-Newdegate in her See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

Gossip from a Mvniment See also:

• ROOM

Room (1897) she has See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey eyes . The identity of the Arbury portrait with Mary Fitton was challenged by Mr Tyler and by Dr See also:

• FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES (1825-1910)

Furnivall . For an See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to their remarks see an appendix by C . G . O . Bridgeman in the and edition of Lady Newdigate-Newdegate's See also:

• BOOK

book .

The See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion that Mary Fitton should be regarded as the false mistress of Shakespeare's sonnets rests on a very thin See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of reasoning, and by no means follows on the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of the theory that William Herbert was the addressee of the sonnets, though it of course fails with the rejection of that supposition . Mr William See also:

• ARCHER, WILLIAM (1856— )

Archer (Fortnightly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1897) found some support for Mary Fitton's identification with the " dark lady " in the fact that Sir William Knollys was also her suitor, thus numbering three " See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

Wills " among her admirers . This supplies a definite See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation, whether right or wrong, to the initial lines of Sonnet 135: " Whoever See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath her wish, See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou hast thy ' Will,' And ' Will ' to See also:

• BOOT

boot, and ' Will ' in overplus." Arguments in favour of her See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption into the Shakespeare circle will be found in Mr See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Tyler's Shakespeare's Sonnets (189o, pp . 73-92), and in the same writer's Herbert-Fitton Theory of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1898) .