See also:

• EARL

EARL See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

DUDLEY See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• EARL ROBERT DUDLEY LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

LEICESTER  of (c . 1531–1588) . This favourite of 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 came of an ambitious See also:

• FAMILY

family . They were not, indeed, such See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere upstarts as their enemies loved to represent them; for See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester's grandfather—the notorious See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley who was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII.'s extortions—was descended from a younger See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the barons of Dudley . But the love of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was a See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion which seems to have increased in them with each succeed- See also:

• ING

ing See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation, and though the grandfather was beheaded by Henry VIII. for his too devoted services in the preceding reign, the See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew powerful enough in the days of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI . to trouble the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the See also:

• CROWN

crown . This was that 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 Dudley, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, who contrived the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of 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 Jane 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 with his own son See also:

• GUILDFORD

Guildford Dudley, and involved both her and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband in a See also:

• COMMON

common ruin with himself . See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Dudley, the subject of this See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, was an See also:

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

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Guildford, and shared at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the misfortunes of the whole family . Having taken up arms with them against Queen See also:

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

Mary, he was sent to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, and was sentenced to Saxon named See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar has been described as the 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of Leicester. See also:

• DEATH

death; but the queen not only pardoned and restored him to 390 LEICESTER, EARLS OF See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty, but appointed him See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance . On the to Leicester's discredit and was kept See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret at first; but it was revealed to the queen in 1579 by Simier, an emissary of the duke of See also:

• ALENCON

Alencon, to whose projected match with Elizabeth the earl seemed to be the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal obstacle . The queen showed See also:

• GREAT

great displeasure at the See also:

• NEWS

news, and had some thought, it is said, of committing Leicester to the Tower, but was dissuaded from doing so by his See also:

• RIVAL

rival the earl of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . He had not, indeed, favoured the Alencon marriage, but otherwise he had sought to promote a See also:

• LEAGUE

league with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France against See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain .

He and Burleigh had listened to proposals from France for the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest and See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, and they were in the secret about the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• BRILL

Brill . When Alencon actually arrived, indeed, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1579, Dudley being in disgrace, showed himself for a time See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French; but he soon returned to his former policy . He encouraged See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake's piratical expeditions against the Spaniards and had a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty brought See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1582 he, with a number of other noblemen and gentlemen, escorted the duke of Alencon on his return to See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp to be invested with the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries . In 1584 he inaugurated an association for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Queen Elizabeth against conspirators . About this time there issued from the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press the famous pamphlet, supposed to have been the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

Parsons the Jesuit, entitled Leicester's See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth, which was intended to suggest that the See also:

• ENGLISH

English constitution was subverted and the government handed over to one who was at See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart an atheist and a traitor, besides being a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of in-famous See also:

• LIFE

life and morals . The See also:

• BOOK

book was ordered to be suppressed by letters from the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, in which it was declared that the charges against the earl were to the queen's certain knowledge untrue; nevertheless they produced a very strong impression, and were believed in by some who had no sympathy with See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after Leicester's death . In 1585 he was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of an expedition to the Low Countries in aid of the revolted provinces, and sailed with a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of fifty See also:

• SHIPS

ships to See also:

• FLUSHING
• FLUSHING (Dutch Vlissingen)

Flushing, where he was received with great See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm . In See also:

• JANUARY

January following he was invested with the government of the provinces, but immediately received a strong reprimand from the queen for taking upon himself a See also:

• FUNCTION

function which she had not authorized . Both he and the states See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general were obliged to apologize; but the latter protested that they had no intention of giving him See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of their affairs, and that it would be extremely dangerous to them to revoke the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment . Leicester accordingly was allowed to retain his dignity; but the incident was inauspicious, nor did affairs prosper greatly under his management . The most brilliant achievement of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war was the See also:

• ACTION

action at See also:

• ZUTPHEN, or ZUTFEN

Zutphen, in which his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney was slain .

But complaints were made by the states general of the conduct of the whole See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for a time, and went back in 1587, when he made an abortive effort to raise the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• SLUYS, BATTLE OF

Sluys . Disagreements increasing between him and the states, he was recalled by the queen, from whom he met with a very See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good reception; and he continued in such favour that in the following summer (the See also:

• YEAR

year being that of the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada, 1588) he was appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army mustered at Tilbury to resist See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish invasion . After the crisis was past he was returning homewards from the 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 to See also:

• KENILWORTH

Kenilworth, when he was attacked by a sudden illness and died at his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Cornbury in See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire, on the 4th See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . Such are the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main facts of Leicester's life . Of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character it is more difficult to speak with confidence, but some features of it are indisputable . Being in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person tall and remarkably handsome, he improved these advantages by a very ingratiating manner . A man of no small ability and still more ambition, he was nevertheless vain, and presumed at times upon his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with the queen to a degree that brought upon him a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp rebuff . Yet Elizabeth stood by him . That she was ever really in love with him, as See also:

• MODERN

modern writers have supposed, is extremely questionable; but she saw in him some valuable qualities which marked him as the fitting recipient of high favours . He was a man of princely tastes, especially in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . At court he became latterly the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Puritan party, See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Elizabeth he was also made master of the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse .

He as then, perhaps, about seven-and-twenty, and was evidently rising rapidly in the queen's favour . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he had been married to Amy, daughter of Sir John See also:

• ROBSART

Robsart . The match had been arranged by his father, who was very studious to provide in this way for the future fortunes of his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and the See also:

• WEDDING

wedding was graced by the presence of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Edward . But if it was not a love match, there seems to have been no See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive estrangement between the couple . Amy visited her husband in the Tower during his imprisonment; but afterwards when, under the new queen, he was much at court, she lived a good See also:

• DEAL

deal apart from him . He visited her, however, at times, in different parts of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and his expenses show that he treated her liberally . In September 156o she was staying at Cumnor See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall in See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire, the house of one See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, when she met her death under circumstances which certainly aroused suspicions of foul See also:

• PLAY

play . It is quite clear that her death had been surmised some time before as a thing that would remove an obstacle to Dudley's marriage with the queen, with whom he stood in so high favour . We may take it, perhaps, from Venetian See also:

• SOURCES

sources, that she was then in delicate See also:

• HEALTH

health, while Spanish See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state papers show further that there were scandalous rumours of a See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design to, See also:

• POISON

poison her; which were all the more propagated by malice after the event . The occurrence, however, was explained as owing to a fall down stairs in which she See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke her See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck; and the explanation seems perfectly adequate to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account for all we know about it . Certain it is that Dudley continued to rise in the queen's favour . She made him a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight of the Garter, and bestowed on him the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Kenilworth, the lordship of See also:

• DENBIGH (Dinbych)
• DENBIGH, WILLIAM FEILDING, 1ST EARL

Denbigh and other lands of very great value in See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire and in See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales .

In September 1564 she created him See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron of Denbigh, and immediately afterwards earl of Leicester . In the preceding See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month, when she visited See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, she at his See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request addressed the university in Latin . The honours shown him excited See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, especially as it was well known that he entertained still more ambitious hopes, which the queen apparently did not altogether discourage . The earl of Sussex, in opposition to him, strongly favoured a match with the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . The court was divided, and, while arguments were set forth on the one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side against the queen's marrying a subject, the other party insisted strongly on the disadvantages of a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance . The queen, however, was so far from being foolishly in love with him that in 1564 she recommended him as a husband for Mary Queen of Scots . But this, it was believed, was only a See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, and it may be doubted how far the proposal was serious . After his creation as earl of Leicester great See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was paid to him both at home and abroad . The university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford made him their See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, and Charles IX. of France sent him 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 St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael . A few years later he formed an ambiguous connexion with the baroness See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager of See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield, which was maintained by the lady, if not with truth at least with great plausibility, to have been a valid marriage, though it was concealed from the queen . Her own subsequent conduct, however, went far to discredit her statements; for she married again during Leicester's life, when he, too, had found a new conjugal partner . Long afterwards, in the days of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I., her son, Sir Robert Dudley, a man of extraordinary talents, sought to establish his See also:

• LEGITIMACY

legitimacy; but his suit was suddenly brought to a stop, the witnesses discredited and the documents connected with it sealed up by an order of the See also:

• STAR

Star Chamber .

In 1575 Queen Elizabeth visited the earl at Kenilworth, where she was entertained for some days with great magnificence . The picturesque account of the event given by Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott has made every one See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar with the general character of the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene . Next year Walter, earl of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, died in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and Leicester's subsequent marriage with his widow again gave rise to very serious imputations against him . For See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report said that he had had two children by her during her husband's See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in Ireland, and, as the See also:

• FEUD

feud between the two earls was notorious, Leicester's many enemies easily suggested that he had poisoned his rival . This marriage, at all events, tended and his letters were pervaded by expressions of religious feeling which it is hard to believe were insincere . Of the darker suspicions against him it is enough to say that much was certainly reported beyond the truth; but there remain some facts sufficiently disagreeable, and others, perhaps, sufficiently mysterious, to make a just estimate of the man a rather perplexing problem . No See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

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

biography of Leicester has yet been written except in See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical dictionaries and encyclopaedias . A general account of him will be found in the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Sidneys prefixed to See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins's Letters and Memorials of State; but the fullest yet published is Mr Sidney See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee's article in the See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

• NATIONAL

National Biography (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1888) where the sources are given . Leicester's career has to be made out from documents and state papers, especially from the See also:

• HATFIELD

Hatfield See also:

• MSS

MSS. and See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume's See also:

• CALENDAR

Calendar of documents from the Spanish archives bearing on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Queen Elizabeth . This last is the most See also:

• RECENT

recent source . Of others the principal are See also:

• DIGGES, WEST (172o-1786)

Digges's Compleat See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

Ambassador (1655), John See also:

• NICHOLS, JOHN (1745–1826)

Nichols's Progresses of Queen Elizabeth and the Leycester See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence edited by J . See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce for the See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden Society .

The death of Dudley's first wife has been a fruitful source of See also:

• LITERARY

literary controversy . The most recent addition to the evidences, which considerably alters their complexion, will be found in the English See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

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

Review, xiii . 83, giving the full See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text (in English) of De Quadra's See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 156o, on which so much has been built . (J .