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Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guilford

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161:. Boyle, according to Willoughby, had certain diseases and also a war injury that would have prevented him consummating the marriage. Ahead of the wedding he told his sister Lettice, Lady Goring, about this problem and they planned the excuse that she would tell everyone he had fallen down the stairs. However, Lettice told his secret to her husband 83:. William Feilding benefited greatly from his brother-in-law's rise in court, receiving various offices and dignities. He married circa 1607 and was invested as a knight around the same time, in March 1606/7. He was then created 1st Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddox in 1620, and 1st Earl of Denbigh and 1st Viscount Feilding on 14 September 1622. 360:
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes,
227:, who refers to her often, with special fondness, in his letters. Eventually he sent her away to England, for safety's sake. "God knows," he writes, "with what grief of soul I part with her." Her father fought in the 169:. The queen advised Feilding not to go to bed with her husband on her wedding night. Boyle soon realised that everyone at court knew about his health problems, and either fled to France or went into hiding in London. 113:, who converted to Catholicism after the death of her husband. Elizabeth and her sister Mary were known to be devout Catholics. On 21 January, either 1639 or 1640, Lady Elizabeth appeared as a 154: 516: 90:, born ca. 1608, became the 2nd Earl of Denbigh upon their father's death. Her sister Margaret, also known as Mary, born ca. 1613, married 263: 259: 80: 506: 476: 456: 95: 511: 192: 106: 65: 99: 91: 491: 446: 248: 110: 87: 73: 461: 173: 224: 200: 148: 22: 109:, converted to Roman Catholicism, which probably influenced other members of the family including her mother, 496: 471: 321: 144: 466: 188: 501: 162: 294: 240: 166: 49: 481: 301:, France. Her will (dated 2 September 1667) was probated on 20 November 1667. Upon her death, the 223:
During the following "dark days of the Irish Rebellion," Elizabeth stayed with her father-in-law,
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Elizabeth Feilding had two sisters and two brothers which survived infancy. Her brother
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The manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland preserved at Belvoir castle
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On 6 June 1641 a barge carrying Elizabeth, her father, Lady Cornwallis, and
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While in France she had charge of Margaret Blagge, daughter of Colonel
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by her husband's death in 1642. Lord Kinalmeaky was killed at the
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upon her death c. 3 September 1667. She held the office of
102:, born ca. 1614, became the 1st Earl of Desmond. 438: 157:, reported a story about her wedding day to the 431:The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork 131:On 26 December 1639, Elizabeth was married at 289:on 14 July 1660. She also held the office of 105:In the early 1620s, her maternal grandmother 425:Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick (1625–1678) 406: 404: 402: 356: 354: 352: 350: 348: 346: 344: 176:capsized while "shooting the rapids" at 399: 81:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 439: 341: 96:Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton 19:Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Guildford 247:in France along with her mother, the 193:Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 143:peer, Lewis "the Valiant" Boyle, 1st 107:Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham 517:Life peeresses created by Charles II 92:James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton 191:, and her brothers-in-law included 13: 429:Townshend, Dorothea Baker (2008), 385:HMC 12th Report, Part II: Coke MSS 44:and Lady of the Bedchamber to the 14: 528: 387:, vol. 2 (London, 1888), p. 288. 239:and shared for some years Queen 374:, vol. 1 (London, 1905), p. 519 322:Viscountess Boyle of Kinalmeaky 251:, who also attended the Queen. 201:Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery 149:Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork 390: 378: 364: 293:and Lady of the Bedchamber to 76:, herself sister to the royal 36:on 14 July 1660, which became 1: 507:17th-century English nobility 477:English expatriates in France 457:Converts to Roman Catholicism 334: 218: 512:Household of Henrietta Maria 183:Her sisters-in-law included 145:Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky 7: 235:. Lady Kinalmeaky became a 126: 10: 533: 492:17th-century English women 447:Daughters of British earls 417: 308: 272:The Life of Mrs Godolphin 55: 215:. She never remarried. 155:Francis, Lord Willoughby 94:, and was the mother of 462:English Roman Catholics 258:and eventually wife of 213:Irish Confederate Wars 211:, at the start of the 64:, the daughter of Sir 25:. She was created 1st 433:. Bryant Press, 2008. 316:Countess of Guildford 283:Countess of Guildford 270:, author of the book 27:Countess of Guildford 303:earldom of Guildford 209:battle of Liscarroll 147:, the second son of 497:Grooms of the Stool 472:Irish viscountesses 249:Countess of Denbigh 68:(later created 1st 467:English countesses 423:Palgrave, Mary E. 328:Baroness of Bandon 291:Groom of the Stole 62:Elizabeth Feilding 42:Groom of the Stole 502:Earls of Guilford 314:Elizabeth Boyle, 264:Francis Godolphin 229:English Civil War 524: 411: 408: 397: 394: 388: 382: 376: 368: 362: 358: 305:became extinct. 260:Sidney Godolphin 189:Lady Sarah Boyle 185:Lady Alice Boyle 120:Salmacida Spolia 66:William Feilding 532: 531: 527: 526: 525: 523: 522: 521: 482:Feilding family 437: 436: 420: 415: 414: 409: 400: 396:Townshend, 391 395: 391: 383: 379: 369: 365: 359: 342: 337: 311: 295:Henrietta Maria 281:, she was made 241:Henrietta Maria 221: 167:Henrietta Maria 159:Earl of Rutland 129: 72:) and his wife 70:Earl of Denbigh 58: 50:Henrietta Maria 12: 11: 5: 530: 520: 519: 514: 509: 504: 499: 494: 489: 484: 479: 474: 469: 464: 459: 454: 449: 435: 434: 427: 419: 416: 413: 412: 398: 389: 377: 363: 339: 338: 336: 333: 332: 331: 325: 319: 310: 307: 262:and mother of 237:Roman Catholic 220: 217: 128: 125: 98:. Her brother 74:Susan Villiers 57: 54: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 529: 518: 515: 513: 510: 508: 505: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 463: 460: 458: 455: 453: 450: 448: 445: 444: 442: 432: 428: 426: 422: 421: 407: 405: 403: 393: 386: 381: 375: 373: 367: 357: 355: 353: 351: 349: 347: 345: 340: 329: 326: 323: 320: 317: 313: 312: 306: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 275: 273: 269: 265: 261: 257: 256:Thomas Blagge 252: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 230: 226: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 181: 179: 178:London Bridge 175: 170: 168: 164: 163:George Goring 160: 156: 152: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 124: 122: 121: 116: 112: 108: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 84: 82: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 60:She was born 53: 51: 47: 46:queen dowager 43: 39: 35: 31: 28: 24: 20: 16: 487:Boyle family 430: 424: 410:Palgrave, 51 392: 384: 380: 371: 366: 285:for life by 282: 276: 271: 253: 222: 197:Robert Boyle 182: 171: 153: 133:Chapel Royal 130: 118: 104: 85: 61: 59: 18: 17: 15: 452:1667 deaths 279:Restoration 268:John Evelyn 165:, who told 141:Anglo-Irish 34:Restoration 441:Categories 335:References 287:Charles II 277:After the 219:Later life 174:Anne Kirke 225:Lord Cork 137:Whitehall 78:favourite 299:Colombes 233:Royalist 127:Marriage 30:for life 418:Sources 231:, as a 38:extinct 32:at the 23:peeress 309:Styles 199:; and 139:to an 115:masque 100:George 56:Family 245:exile 205:widow 111:Susan 88:Basil 187:and 243:'s 123:. 117:in 443:: 401:^ 343:^ 266:. 195:; 135:, 52:. 48:, 330:. 324:; 318:;

Index

peeress
Countess of Guildford
for life
Restoration
extinct
Groom of the Stole
queen dowager
Henrietta Maria
William Feilding
Earl of Denbigh
Susan Villiers
favourite
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Basil
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton
George
Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham
Susan
masque
Salmacida Spolia
Chapel Royal
Whitehall
Anglo-Irish
Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Francis, Lord Willoughby
Earl of Rutland
George Goring
Henrietta Maria

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