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These were the arms of the heiress
Barbara Gammage borne as an escutcheon of pretence by her husband Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, as is visible on the imprints of 55 books donated by him to the Bodleian Library. The earlier arms of Gammage found on various rolls of arms omitted the escallops
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As an heiress, Barbara Gamage was much sought after in marriage, and at least three of her relations were among her suitors: Thomas Jones of
Abermarlis, Sir James Whitney, and
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Sidney's letters to his wife, written when he was away from home on official business, have been published, and contain information about household details, the court of
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George Edward
Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 13.
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Domestic
Politics and Family Absence: The Correspondence (1588-1621) of Robert Sidney, First Earl of Leicester, and Barbara Gamage Sidney, Countess of Leicester
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Politics and Family Absence: The Correspondence (1588â1621) of Robert Sidney, First Earl of Leicester, and Barbara Gamage Sidney, Countess of Leicester
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in 1616), at St Donat's Castle, the home of her guardian. Although Sidney was the
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Carole Levin; Anna Riehl
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