Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- 8 London Wardship
- 9 Early Teens
- 10 First Blood
- 11 Restless Youth
- 12 Best Friends
- 13 Necromancer
- 14 Oxford's Letters
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
9 - Early Teens
from Part II - Youth 1562–1571
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- 8 London Wardship
- 9 Early Teens
- 10 First Blood
- 11 Restless Youth
- 12 Best Friends
- 13 Necromancer
- 14 Oxford's Letters
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
Summary
Countess Margery took as her second husband the Gentleman Pensioner Charles Tyrrell, sixth son of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Heron, East Houndon, Essex, by Constance Blount, daughter of John Blount, Lord Mountjoy. (Charles's prior marriage to Agnes Chitwode alias Odell had been annulled by the Court of Delegates on 6 April 1560.) Although Margery and Charles are first identified as husband and wife in a will signed on 13 May 1566 by Charles's brother Richard of Assheton, Essex, as early as 11 October 1563 Margery, thanking Cecil for his ‘Gentylnes and fatherlye fryndshippe towerdes my Sunne’, refers to herself and ‘Mr Tyrell’ as ‘vs boothe’. The couple retained an interest in the Manor at Earls Colne, but lived principally in Kingston-upon-Thames, south-west of London. Charles's companions included ‘maister Iohn Seymore esquire one of the quenes Maiesties gentlemen pencioners and Mr Richarde Kelton gentleman … my freinde, maister Kelton of Colne’. An acquaintance was ‘Mr More clerke of our bande’ – another Gentleman Pensioner. Charles kept a ‘chamber at London’. Margery maintained friendships with the countesses of Warwick and Worcester, as with Charles's three sisters and one of their husbands: ‘sister Churche’; ‘brother and sister Garnisshe’; and ‘sister Felton’. One of Margery's gentlewomen-servants was a ‘Mrs Gardener’.
As for Oxford, on 9 January 1564 William Cecil wrote to the Countess of Rutland:
I wrote lately to you that Lord Rutland your sone in law [=step-son] might be brought up hither by my cousin Disney, your officer, and I wrote the like to him. I understand by the steward of my house near Stamford that my letters have miscarried. I therefore pray that either Mr. Disney, or any other whom you shall think meet, may forthwith conduct my said Lord hither or to a place within three miles, near Maidenhead Bridge, where Lord Oxford is. It is called Hitcham next to Burnham. In my letter to my cousin Disney, I offered this manner of journey for my Lord …
Hitcham (Berkshire), where Oxford was recuperating from an illness, lies about twenty-five miles west of London, between Slough and Maidenhead. Oxford and Rutland would keep close company over the next three years.
In August the Queen visited Cambridge, arriving on Saturday the 5th and leaving on Thursday the 10th. St John's College accommodated Cecil, Oxford, and Rutland – for this was Cecil's alma mater.
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- Monstrous AdversaryThe Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, pp. 41 - 46Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2003