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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IT HAS BEEN my greatest pleasure to continue working with Michael O’Mara Books, and I am extremely grateful for the enthusiasm and support that I have received from the whole team. Once again, my simply amazing editor Fiona Slater has to take a great deal of the credit: her insights and dedication have been invaluable, and she has always been unwaveringly supportive. I would also like to thank Becky McCarthy and Alara Delfosse for all of their hard work.
Thanks are also due to my agent, Andrew Lownie. The staff at the British Library, National Archives, Kent History and Library Centre, and the Institute of Historical Research have all been wonderful and exceedingly helpful. Especial thanks go to Viscount De L’Isle, for allowing me to access the Kenilworth Game Book and include my research in the book. I would also like to thank the guides at Longleat and St Mary’s Church, Warwick, who were extremely helpful and patient when answering my endless questions. Similarly, I am very grateful to the staff and volunteers at Greys Court, and my most particular thanks go to Lynn Holmes and Gill Overy. Lynn generously gave up her time to share her meticulous research on the Knollys family with me, while Gill kindly arranged for me to access the Knollys Chapel in St Nicholas’s Church, Rotherfield Greys.
Thanks are due to Elizabeth Norton for her insights into the Blount family, and Estelle Paranque, who thoughtfully took the time to read the unedited manuscript and make helpful suggestions. I am also very grateful to my PhD supervisors, Ellie Woodacre and James Ross, for allowing me to take time out from my thesis to finish the book on time. A huge thank you has to go to Tracy Borman, whose work has been so inspiring to me, and who read the manuscript at such short notice. I am also grateful for the continued support of Alison Weir, Sarah Gristwood and Chris Warwick.
Writing this book has meant months of hibernation, and throughout this time I am extremely fortunate to have had the understanding and encouragement of my friends and family. Thank you so much to Sian Cossins, Ed Gulliford, Kate, Chris, Chloe and Paige Bundy, Chloe Paxton, Hollie Markham, Kerrie Britten, Keita Weston, Gwenda and Colin Peters.
I would also like to say a special thank you to two little stars, Charlie and Olivia, who have brought so much happiness into my life. Thank you for patiently putting up with me when I’ve been unable to play, and for all of your love and enthusiasm. If I could offer you one piece of advice it would be to follow your dreams and never give up, and I will always encourage you both to do so.
As always, my parents have been marvellously supportive. Thanks to my dad, for reading parts of the book for me and restoring my faith in my writing ability. My mum, Sylvia, has constantly boosted my confidence and refused to allow me to give up when I’ve felt like I couldn’t do it. She has been my inspiration, and there could not be a more worthy dedicatee for the book.
Lastly but by no means least, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to my wonderful partner, Matthew Peters, who has stuck by me – and Lettice – unswervingly. Thank you for everything, but particularly for all of your ver
y wise words of encouragement, without which I don’t think I’d have been able to put pen to paper. Thank you for believing in me, and most of all, thank you for being you: you are simply the best.
INDEX
LK indicates Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester.
Act of Supremacy (1559) ref1
Act of Uniformity:
(1549) ref1
(1559) ref1
Allen, Cardinal William ref1
Anglo–Spanish war (1585–1604) ref1, ref2
Anne, Queen of England ref1, ref2, ref3
Anne of Cleves, Queen of England ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Armada Portrait ref1
Arthur, Prince of Wales ref1
Ascham, Roger ref1, ref2
Ashley, Kate ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Ashton, Thomas ref1
Babington, Anthony ref1
Babington Plot (1587) ref1, ref2
Bancroft, Richard, Bishop of London ref1
Barrett, Lettice ref1, ref2, ref3
Baynard’s Castle ref1
Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary’s, Warwick ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Bedford, Bridget Russell, Countess of ref1
Bedford House ref1, ref2
Bedingfield, Sir Henry ref1
Benington ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Berkeley, Sir Richard ref1
Bess of Hardwick ref1, ref2, ref3
Bestney, Robert ref1
Blount, Charles, Lord Mountjoy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Blount, Sir Christopher ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24
Blount, Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ ref1
Blount, Isabella ref1, ref2
Blount, James ref1
Blount, Mountjoy ref1, ref2, ref3
Blount, Penelope ref1, ref2
Blount, Scipio ref1, ref2
Blount, St John ref1, ref2
Blount, Sir Thomas ref1, ref2, ref3
Blount, William, Lord Mountjoy ref1
Blundeville, Ranulph, Earl of Chester ref1
Boleyn, Anne, Queen of England ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Boleyn, George ref1
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