Letter signed from Queen Elizabeth to her maid of honour Lady Elizabeth Southwell, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, sending condolences on the death of Lady Southwell's husband, Sir Robert Southwell. Written from the Queen's palace at Richmond, 1598 October 15.
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth's Southwell Condolence
Description:
Elizabeth Howard married Sir Robert Southwell and, after his death, Sir John Stewart, from 1628 Earl of Carrick., In English., Variant title from description in Parkes, S. et al, Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its Library., and Parkes, S. et al dates the death of Robert Southwell and therefore the letter to 1599.
Subject (Name):
Carrick, Elizabeth Howard, Countess of, 1564-1646., Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., and Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1563-1598.
