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5 giorni fa · During the reign of Anne, the Queen was served by a varying number of women or gentlewomen of the bedchamber, often described as dressers. Their duties were described by Abigail, Lady Masham in 1728: The bed-chamber woman came in to waiting before the queen's prayers, which was before her majesty was dressed.
2 giorni fa · The other moiety passed from the St. Johns to the family of Cole; and from them, 18 Jac., to Anne Countess of Arundel and Surrey. By the trustees of Henry Earl of Arundel, who died in 1652, it was sold in 1655 to Edmund Hoskins, afterwards knt. and serjeant at law; his son sold it to Sir William Scawen, who thus became possessed of ...
6 giorni fa · Mary gave Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland, a "pair of beads of gold of perfume" which had been her gift from the Pope. Mary gave other pieces with scented beads to her servants in England including a chain to Elizabeth Curle and bracelets to Mary, the daughter of Bastian Pagez.
2 giorni fa · At inclosure in 1816 the Long Stanton estate was owned jointly by his six sisters, being divided shortly afterwards among three who were unmarried, Frances, Elizabeth Ann, and Anne, who received 888 a., 550 a., and 318 a. respectively.
His eldest son Lord Richard Parsons (d.1741, created Earl of Rosse 1718) succeeded to his father’s viscountcy, and was created the first Earl of Rosse in 1718. He married Lady Mary, eldest daughter of Lord William Paulet.
1 giorno fa · Eleanor was descended from the Counts of Toulouse through her grandmother, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse. Philippa was the sole child of William IV of Toulouse, but following his death in 1093, it was his brother, Philippa's uncle, Raymond IV (r. 1094–1105) who asserted a right to the title.
1 giorno fa · The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones. Aline Griffith, born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, is desperate to aid in the war effort when the US enters World War II.
