30:
158:"The Scots have many spies which flock about the King; and they cannot but know how the state of this kingdom stands, and be encouraged, knowing how uncertainly a war will be maintained, which is to be maintained out of prerogative, imposition, and voluntary contributions. They know our divisions, and the state of their own combination; and that they have a party amongst us, and that we have none amongst them, and they are a people that can live of nothing, and we, that can want nothing without discontentment and mutiny, and our men and horses so unused to war, that if his majesty attempt any thing before they be better exercised, the dishonour is likely to be increased ...
124:
59:
160:
They say the women in
Scotland are the chief stirrers of this war. I think it not so shameful for women of England to wish well to the peace of these nations, whether it be by word or writing; yet I pray you, when you read this letter, to burn it, that it might not rise up in any body's judgement but
165:
Writing to her daughter Rachel Fane on 9 January 1640, Mary, now dowager countess, called herself an old hen, her daughter
Katherine a chick, and praised Mary Vere; "the olde hen left at home, with her best chick, my daughter of Westmorland hath proved a good Christmas woman & has made on, &
108:
Mary
Mildmay Fane collated and transcribed her mother's medical works, a bequest of over 2,000 sheets of paper. Grace had dedicated her volume of 'Spiritual Meditations' to Mary, writing of scripture as a gift to "Mary, the Lady Fane, wife of the Honourable Knight, Sir Francis Fane". Mary later
146:
thanking him for royal letters sent in her favour and asking him to prevent the king taking the side of her adversary, the
Countess of Home, who was then in London. Westmorland explained that Home had the advantage of continual residence and acquaintance in Edinburgh. She asked him to keep her
352:, (London, 1993), pp. 11-2, 15-8, 70: NRAS 217, 5:304 (Moray Papers), "od blesses you both with the dew of heaven & the fattnes of the earth, this was your good grandmothers prayer upon me & mine, which bequeathe she had out of Jacobs will".
29:
154:. The letter has sometimes been attributed to her daughter-in-law, Mary Vere. A later reader endorsed it as, "A very sencible and Prophetick letter". She wrote that the Scots were better prepared and better suited for war;
112:
Mary wrote a 'Book of
Advices to the Children' for her sons Francis and Mildmay. She also wrote letters of advice to Francis. Other surviving letters include a group of business letters sent to
573:
598:
116:, six letters to her daughter Grace Fane, Countess of Home, concerning her health and hopes of pregnancy, and a number of letters of petition to
123:
603:
186:
97:
207:
466:
134:
After her daughter, Grace, Countess of Home died in 1633, as her executrix, the
Countess of Westmorland disputed her property with the
613:
263:
267:
258:
618:
252:
161:
yours, against me, to tax my zeal with ignorance, who would willingly sacrifice my own life to the quenching of this fire "
623:
135:
569:'Physic & Lace Bonnets': Examining a letter from the Countess of Westmorland to her daughter Grace, Countess of Home
245:
628:
113:
89:, Wiltshire. Mary built an imposing monument to her parents at Apethorpe Church in 1621, the sculpture attributed to
150:
On 6 May 1639 Mary wrote a letter to
Secretary Windebank advising against sending an army to Scotland in the first
633:
552:
374:
Susan E. Hrach, "Maternal
Admonition as Devotional Practice: Letters of Mary Fane, Countess of Westmorland",
120:
and others. Her handwriting includes a distinctive ampersand, which also appears in her daughter's writings.
608:
195:
257:
Elizabeth Fane (b. 1608), who married John Cope, and secondly
William Cope, by whom she was grandmother of
251:
Mary Fane (1606-1634) married, after 18 May 1625, Dutton Gerard, 3rd Baron Gerard (1613-1640), grandson of
532:
453:
Jacqueline Eales, 'Anne and Thomas
Fairfax, and the Vere connection' in Andrew Hopper & Philip Major,
109:
passed this blessing to her newly married daughter Grace, Countess of Home, in a letter of January 1627.
588:
593:
218:
568:
128:
117:
127:
Detail of a letter from the Countess of Westmorland to her daughter Grace, Countess of Home, with
100:, and he became the Earl of Westmorland. They lived at Apethorpe and in London, at the Old Savoy.
50:'s interest in physic and was a significant author of spiritual guidance and writer of letters.
479:(London, 1873), pp. 123-4: Gerald W. Morton in Helen Ostovich, Elizabeth Sauer, Melissa Smith,
213:
Anthony Fane (1613â1643), a colonel in the Parliamentary army, who was injured at the siege of
471:
143:
574:
Letters from the Countess of Westmorland to her daughter Grace, Countess of Home, in Scotland
536:
139:
74:
63:
90:
70:
151:
58:
214:
203:
582:
78:
47:
86:
521:. Vol. 3. London: F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son. pp. 294, 295.
516:
417:
Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters Relative to the Affairs of Scotland
225:
42:
199:
17:
483:(Routledge, 2004), pp. 191-4: TNA SP16/420 f202: Spelling modernised here.
228:(c. 1616 â April 1663), a Royalist officer and later Member of Parliament.
481:
Reading Early Modern Women: An Anthology of Texts in Manuscript and Print
271:
553:"Charles I - volume 450: April 1-19, 1640 | British History Online"
518:
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical
142:
in Edinburgh on her behalf on 5 May 1634. On December 1635 she wrote to
298:
With Faith and Physic: The Life a Tudor Gentlewoman, Lady Grace Mildmay
189:(24 January 1602 â 12 February 1666), a poet and Member of Parliament.
505:
Herald's funeral certificates The National Archives TNA SP16/360/10.
169:
Mary died at Stevenage on 9 April 1640 and was buried at Apethorpe.
81:(1552â1620), who was daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Sherington (
122:
57:
28:
403:
Marion O'Connor, 'Entertainments and poems by Lady Rachel Fane',
492:
Marion O'Connor, 'Rachel Fane's May Masque at Apethorpe, 1627',
455:
England's Fortress: New Perspectives on Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax
457:, (Farnham, 2014), 161 (attributes the letter to Mary Vere).
376:
ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
277:
Frances Fane. Died unmarried, some time before 9 April 1640.
198:(c. 1611â1681?) of Fulbeck. He was a Royalist governor of
138:. She obtained the favour of Charles I, who wrote to the
69:
Mary was the daughter and eventual sole heiress of Sir
46:
Mildmay; c. 1582 â 9 April 1640) continued her mother
475:, (London, 1778), pp. 128-130: W. Douglas Hamilton,
335:Kate Chedgzoy, 'Did Children Have a Renaissance?',
177:Mary and Francis had seven sons and six daughters:
496:, vol. 36, No. 1 (Winter 2006), pp. 90-113, 97-8.
477:Calendar State Papers Domestic, Charles I, 1639
429:Calendar State Papers Domestic, Charles I: 1635
8:
541:. Vol. 3, Part 1. R.B. Ede. p. 34.
472:Miscellaneous State papers from 1501 to 1726
363:Women and the Bible in Early Modern England
217:on 9 December 1642 and died at his home in
515:Collins, Arthur; Brydges, Egerton (1812).
442:Fall of the British Monarchies, 1537-1642
392:Calendar State Papers Domestic: Charles I
289:
431:, vol. 8, p. 610: TNA SP14/305 f.210.
187:Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
96:On 15 February 1598/99, Mary married
41:
7:
244:Grace Fane (1604-1633), who married
208:Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland
62:Marble overmantle in the gallery at
419:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1885), p. 737.
390:4th S II (11 July 1868), pp. 25-8:
599:17th-century English women writers
206:. He was the great-grandfather of
136:Mary, the dowager Countess of Home
38:Mary Fane, Countess of Westmorland
25:
268:Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath
253:Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
85:Sharington) (c. 1518-1581) of
1:
339:, vol. 8 (Fall 2013), p. 267.
33:Mary, Countess of Westmorland
604:17th-century English writers
494:English Literary Renaissance
326:(London, 1993), pp. 98, 110.
246:James Home, 2nd Earl of Home
192:Thomas Fane, died in infancy
114:Emmanuel College, Cambridge
650:
394:: NRAS 217 (Moray Papers).
365:(Oxford, 2013), pp. 94-98.
614:British spiritual writers
407:, 17 (2016), pp. 158â159.
221:early the following year.
77:, Northamptonshire, and
166:allowed of much mirth".
533:Brayley, Edward Wedlake
378:, 24 (2011), pp. 63-74.
264:Rachel Fane (1614-1681)
619:British letter writers
313:(London, 1993), p. 16.
300:(London, 1993), p. 21.
163:
131:
66:
34:
538:The History of Surrey
444:, (Oxford, 1991), 81.
350:With Faith and Physic
324:With Faith and Physic
311:With Faith and Physic
156:
126:
61:
32:
624:Women letter writers
219:Kingston upon Thames
202:, and afterwards of
388:Notes & Queries
173:Family and Children
144:Secretary Windebank
118:Viscount Dorchester
104:Writing and Letters
629:English countesses
337:Early Modern Women
132:
67:
35:
266:, who married of
147:business secret.
54:Family background
16:(Redirected from
641:
634:Wives of knights
557:
556:
549:
543:
542:
529:
523:
522:
512:
506:
503:
497:
490:
484:
464:
458:
451:
445:
440:Conrad Russell,
438:
432:
426:
420:
414:
408:
401:
395:
385:
379:
372:
366:
361:Femke Molekamp,
359:
353:
346:
340:
333:
327:
320:
314:
307:
301:
294:
270:(1593-1654), of
140:Court of Session
79:Grace Sherington
75:Apethorpe Palace
45:
21:
649:
648:
644:
643:
642:
640:
639:
638:
579:
578:
565:
560:
551:
550:
546:
531:
530:
526:
514:
513:
509:
504:
500:
491:
487:
465:
461:
452:
448:
439:
435:
427:
423:
415:
411:
402:
398:
386:
382:
373:
369:
360:
356:
348:Linda Pollock,
347:
343:
334:
330:
322:Linda Pollock,
321:
317:
309:Linda Pollock,
308:
304:
296:Linda Pollock,
295:
291:
287:
280:Catherine Fane.
241:
183:
175:
159:
106:
91:Maximilian Colt
71:Anthony Mildmay
56:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
647:
645:
637:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
609:Mildmay family
606:
601:
596:
591:
581:
580:
577:
576:
571:
564:
563:External links
561:
559:
558:
544:
524:
507:
498:
485:
459:
446:
433:
421:
409:
396:
380:
367:
354:
341:
328:
315:
302:
288:
286:
283:
282:
281:
278:
275:
272:Tawstock Court
261:
255:
249:
240:
237:
236:
235:
232:
229:
222:
215:Farnham Castle
211:
204:Lincoln Castle
193:
190:
182:
179:
174:
171:
105:
102:
73:(d. 1617), of
55:
52:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
646:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
586:
584:
575:
572:
570:
567:
566:
562:
554:
548:
545:
540:
539:
534:
528:
525:
520:
519:
511:
508:
502:
499:
495:
489:
486:
482:
478:
474:
473:
468:
463:
460:
456:
450:
447:
443:
437:
434:
430:
425:
422:
418:
413:
410:
406:
400:
397:
393:
389:
384:
381:
377:
371:
368:
364:
358:
355:
351:
345:
342:
338:
332:
329:
325:
319:
316:
312:
306:
303:
299:
293:
290:
284:
279:
276:
273:
269:
265:
262:
260:
259:Sir John Cope
256:
254:
250:
247:
243:
242:
238:
233:
230:
227:
223:
220:
216:
212:
209:
205:
201:
197:
194:
191:
188:
185:
184:
180:
178:
172:
170:
167:
162:
155:
153:
148:
145:
141:
137:
130:
125:
121:
119:
115:
110:
103:
101:
99:
94:
92:
88:
84:
80:
76:
72:
65:
60:
53:
51:
49:
48:Grace Mildmay
44:
39:
31:
27:
19:
589:1580s births
547:
537:
527:
517:
510:
501:
493:
488:
480:
476:
470:
467:Philip Yorke
462:
454:
449:
441:
436:
428:
424:
416:
412:
404:
399:
391:
387:
383:
375:
370:
362:
357:
349:
344:
336:
331:
323:
318:
310:
305:
297:
292:
248:(died 1633).
231:William Fane
196:Francis Fane
176:
168:
164:
157:
152:Bishop's War
149:
133:
111:
107:
98:Francis Fane
95:
87:Lacock Abbey
82:
68:
37:
36:
26:
18:Mary Mildmay
594:1640 deaths
405:Collections
234:Robert Fane
226:George Fane
129:cipher code
583:Categories
285:References
239:Daughters
200:Doncaster
64:Apethorpe
535:(1844).
274:, Devon.
224:Colonel
83:alias
181:Sons
43:nÊe
585::
469:,
93:.
555:.
210:.
40:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
