Sisters of Treason (58 page)

M
ISTRESS
P
OYNTZ
 

Mistress of the maids during Mary I’s reign. (Dates not known)

M
ISTRESS
S
T
. L
OW
 

Also St. Loe or Saintlow. She served in Elizabeth I’s household and was arrested for questioning about the marriage of Katherine Grey, who had confided in her. Sometimes she is confused with Bess of Hardwick, whose third husband was Sir William St. Loe. It is thought more likely she was a relative. (Dates not known)

N
ICHOLAS
H
ILLIARD
 

Miniaturist of great renown working in the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. He possibly studied under Levina Teerlinc and later under Clouet in France. He was the author of a treatise on the art of limning (published 1589–1600) in which he stated that the art was not for women. Much of his very fine work survives. (c.1547–1619)

N
ORTHUMBERLAND
 

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; father of Elizabeth I’s favorite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and Jane Grey’s husband, Guildford Dudley. He was Lord President of the Council under Edward VI and was thought to have been instrumental in Edward VI’s decision to name Jane Grey as his heir, which is not improbable, given he had hastily wed her to his son. Northumberland was executed for high treason when Mary I was declared Queen. (1504–1553)

P
EGGY
W
ILLOUGHBY
 

Margaret Willoughby, wife of Matthew Arundel; in childhood she was a ward of Frances Grey and lifelong companion of Mary Grey. (1544–after 1578)

P
EMBROKE
 

William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; father of Harry Herbert. He was a courtier and soldier and known to some as “Wild Will” for his antics on the battlefield. His wife was Anne Parr, making him the brother-in-law of Queen Katherine Parr. Though he was deeply involved in the power play that put Jane Grey on the throne, Pembroke managed to disassociate himself from Northumberland (partly by hastily annulling the marriage between his son and Katherine Grey, which had been an integral alliance in Northumberland’s axis of power) and regained favor with Mary I. Pembroke may have been a ruthless and slippery character, but he was beloved of his dog, who pined under his coffin, dying of a broken heart. (1501–1570)

S
IMON
R
ENARD
 

Spanish ambassador to Mary I, prior to her marriage. (1513–1573)

S
IR
E
DWARD
W
ARNER
 

Lieutenant of the Tower of London during Katherine Grey and Hertford’s incarceration, he lost his post and was himself imprisoned when it was discovered Katherine had conceived another child on his watch. (1511–1565)

S
IR
J
OHN
B
RYDGES
 

Lieutenant of the Tower of London during Jane Grey’s incarceration. (c.1491–1557)

S
IR
O
WEN
H
OPTON
 

Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1570. Katherine Grey was under house arrest at Cockfield Hall in Hopton’s care when she died. He attended her deathbed. (c.1519–1595)

S
TOKES
 

Adrian Stokes was the second husband of Frances Grey and so stepfather to Katherine and Mary Grey; their marriage caused some disapproval as he was beneath her in class—thought to have been her Master of Horse—and misrepresented as having been many years her junior, though in fact was only two years younger than her. He later married Anne Throckmorton. (1519–1586)