272:, recorded in his letter book attempts to secure royal favour and money for Dorothy, and he helped her draft letters to the king, queen, and prince. One letter accompanied an emblem (or emblematic jewel) that Anne of Denmark might wear, of an Indian herb that grows although severed from the earth, her mother's milk, so representing her and Stewart's devoted service. In another, Dorothy presumed "in this my cloudy dark misfortune to creep to the warmth of your sacred beams", to the extent that the queen would urge the king to pay Stewart's debts. Her third letter to the queen for money concluded, "I am most loth to be tedious to your majesty, words being a disease which usually accompanies misery". A letter to the king acknowledged a recent gift, and her presumption in begging for the queen's intercession as mediator, asking only for an annuity and £1,300 to clear Stewart's debts which otherwise may traduce the honour of Scotland and his friends. She asked Prince Henry for a place for her husband's servant John Semery.
91:, was clearly surprised by Holles's approach, and thought he was misinformed about his acquaintance with Dorothy, who he only knew at court where it was usual "to spend some hours with the ladies" and they had no "extraordinary liking". Holles was acting at the insistence of Dorothy's mother, who urged him to try again six months later when Willoughby returned to London. In 1605 there was a rumour that Willoughby would marry the queen's Maid of Honour,
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The dispute had started over a game of cards in the Earl of Essex's chamber in
Whitehall, A newsletter described Stewart as "a great minion of the king". John Dunbar wrote a Neo-Latin epigram, about the tragedy stressing their equality, published in his
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was accused of various faults committed during his time in
England. He was said to have behaved with indecency towards two noble ladies. "Isabella Fosch" was one of the women, but witnesses were less clear on identity of the other, either a daughter of
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was robbed at the same time. Dorothy
Hastings described herself as a servant of Anne of Denmark, but it is unclear if she was a paid member of the household. A "Lady Dorothie" appears in a list of fees and pensions made in 1606, receiving £50 annually.
72:. They wore skirts of cloth of silver, waiscoats embroidered with coloured silks and silver and gold thread, mantles of carnation taffeta, and "loose hair about their shoulders" which was also "curiously knotted and interlaced".
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or, identified by his interpreter, Dorothy
Hastings. The accusation may refer to conversation regarded as indecent or indelicate. "Isabella Fosch" may have been Elizabeth Fowkes, the mother of the queen's maid of honour
106:, also known as Lady Hastings), travelled to Scotland in 1603 in the hope of finding favour with Anne of Denmark. Her party met the queen ahead of an official group sent to welcome the queen at
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Hastings was given a bodkin, a jewelled hair-pin, with the lines, "Even with this bodkin you may live unharmed: Your beauty with your virtues so well armed". Around this time
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wrote that King James moved out of London in response to the duel, to avoid any bad feeling against his
Scottish courtiers. He identified Wharton as a brother of the sister-in-law of
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Dorothy
Hastings was a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth. She was probably the Lady Dorothy or "Lady Dougherty" who danced in the masque at the marriage of Anne Russell and
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She seems to have travelled with the court to the west country and
Winchester to avoid the plague in September 1603, and may have danced in the queen's masque,
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A lamentable ballat of a
Combate lately fought near London between Sir James Stewart and Sir George Wharton, Knights who were both slaine at that time
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John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: 1596-1603
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A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse: The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre
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John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: 1596-1603
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The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe
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Elizabeth Goldring, Faith Eales, Elizabeth Clarke, Jayne Elisabeth Archer,
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139:, organised a dinner for Anne de Rabot, the wife of the French ambassador,
110:. Hastings's party consisted of members of the Harington family, including
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143:. Anne de Rabot was asked to invite some English ladies. She brought the
252:, the English ambassador in Venice. (Margaret Wharton was the wife of
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The History and Topography of the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington
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The Progresses, Pageants, & Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth
222:. He died in a duel at Islington on 8 November 1609, fought with
414:(Cambridge, 2013), pp. 119-120: Barbara Kiefer Lewalski,
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tried without success to arrange a marriage for her with
329:(Philadelphia, 2013), pp. 498, 501: Arthur Collins,
32:Dorothy Hastings was born in 1579, the daughter of
198:, performed on their wedding day, 5 January 1606.
346:Michael Brennan, Noel Kinnamon, Margaret Hannay,
325:Michael Brennan, Noel Kinnamon, Margaret Hannay,
230:. King James paid for their burial at Islington.
518:The Hawthornden Manuscripts of William Fowler
333:, vol. 2 (London, 1746), p. 201: Roy Strong,
36:and Dorothy Port, daughter and co-heiress of
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507:, vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. viii, 119, 154.
237:Epigrammaton Ioannis Dunbari Megalo-Britanni
201:Her clothes were stolen from her chamber at
176:on 8 January 1604. She danced in the masque
95:, but he married Elizabeth Montagu instead.
578:, vol. 11 (London, 1904), p. 390 no. 720.
388:, vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. vii, 149-50.
279:Stewart married Robert Dillon, later 2nd
603:, vol. 14 (London, 1908), nos. 906, 912.
576:Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1607-1610
56:in June 1600. The other dancers, led by
588:HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland
505:HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland
386:HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland
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141:Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont
34:George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
226:, who also died. A ballad was printed
22:(1579 – after 1613) was a courtier to
442:Anna of Denmark: A Cultural Biography
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520:(Routledge, 2021), 129–130, 209-213.
132:Prince Henry's Welcome at Winchester
68:, Bess Russell, Mistress Darcy, and
590:, vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. 153-5.
350:(Philadelphia, 2013), pp. 498, 501.
48:Maid of Honour and masques at court
188:Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
165:The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses
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547:Extracts from the Revels at Court
416:Writing Women in Jacobean England
220:Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre
116:Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford
98:She, (or the wife of her brother
565:, vol. 1 (London, 1905), p. 419.
495:, vol. 24 (London, 1976), p. 67.
470:, vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 499.
457:, vol. 4 (Oxford, 2014), p. 191.
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287:. They had a son, Henry Dillon.
264:Sir John Holles, who had become
254:Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton
172:performed in the Great Hall of
100:Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings
16:English courtier to Elizabeth I
429:Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart
331:Letters and Memorials of State
275:In July 1613 Dorothy Hastings
85:Robert Bertie, Lord Willoughby
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468:Progresses of James the First
444:(Philadelphia, 2001), p. 91.
348:The Letters of Rowland Whyte
327:The Letters of Rowland Whyte
266:Comptroller of the Household
124:Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Hatton
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533:(London, 1842), pp. 244-7.
363:(Oxford, 2007), pp. 221-2.
337:(London, 1977), pp. 28-43.
120:Theodosia Noel, Lady Cecil
549:(London, 1842), p. xxxiv.
87:. Willoughby, who was in
630:Ladies of the Bedchamber
295:The Venetian ambassador
244:The Venetian ambassador
650:Court of James VI and I
625:British maids of honour
483:(Leiden, 2014), p. 304.
431:(Oxford, 1994), p. 192.
418:(Harvard, 1994), p. 22.
401:(London, 1906), p. 150.
399:Letters of Philip Gawdy
77:Harefield Entertainment
44:and Elizabeth Giffard.
493:HMC Salisbury Hatfield
397:Isaac Herbert Jeayes,
239:(London, 1616), IV. 54
155:, and "Lady Dorothy".
24:Elizabeth I of England
516:Allison L. Steenson,
335:The Cult of Elizabeth
137:Count of Villamediana
660:Court of Elizabeth I
246:Marc' Antonio Correr
186:for the marriage of
174:Hampton Court Palace
112:Anne, Lady Harington
427:Sarah Jayne Steen,
192:Lady Frances Howard
145:Countess of Bedford
66:Elizabeth Southwell
285:St Andrew, Holborn
224:Sir George Wharton
194:, daughter of the
108:Berwick upon Tweed
64:, Mistress Carey,
635:English courtiers
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614:Categories
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179:Hymenaei
151:, Lady
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