#Henry sidney

[thedudleywomen]

ON THIS DAY - 27 October 1561

On This Day (27 Oct) 1561, Lady Mary Sidney, later Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, was born at Tickenhall Manor, Bewdley; the daughter of Sir Henry Sidney and his wife Mary Dudley.

At the time of her birth, father Henry had been appointed as Lord President of the Council in Wales, whilst mother Mary was a member of Elizabeth I's court, being a Gentlewoman of the Privy Council, and subsequent close confidant of the queen.

Mary was the younger sister of Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan soldier and poet, who famously composed 'Astrophel and Stella', said to be inspired by Lady Penelope Devereux, the stepdaughter of their uncle, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Along with her brother, she received a classical humanist education, including learning Latin, Greek, French and Italian, prior to attending court; their mother having contracted smallpox in 1562, leaving her permanently scarred and disfigured, subsequently restricting her own attendance at court.

By 1577, Mary had married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, in a union arranged by her uncle Robert Dudley; this marriage, the third for the older Earl, produced 4 children, including sons William and Philip. William Shakespeare's 'First Folio, published in 1623, was dedicated to these "incomparable pair of brethren".

Mary herself was one of the most prolific female writers, translators and literary patrons in late 16th and early 17th England. She provided a base at her home Wilton House, near Salisbury, for the gathering of influential writers and poets of the day, including Edmund Spenser (author of 'The Faerie Queen' c.1590) and Samuel Daniel, later tutor to Lady Anne Clifford. Along with her husband, Mary also provided patronage to 'Pembroke's Men', one of the first companies to perform Shakespeare's and Christopher Marlow's work in the 1590s.

Mary died on 21 Sep 1621 in London of smallpox - the same illness from which her mother had suffered greatly from in 1562, whilst caring for the sick Elizabeth. Following a grand funeral held at St Paul's Cathedral, Mary's coffin was taken to Salisbury Cathedral, where she was interred in the vaults alongside her husband Henry Herbert (d.1601), and later joined by her two sons William (d.1630) and Philip (d.1649).

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idk. this formatting feels wrong but back to back was crazy

thank you for coming to my ted talk

[qiornono]

PLEASE PLS PLS read in memoriam by alice winn this book changed my freaking life!!!!!

[chaoticmiserablelover]

They call each other by their surnames trope + They use each other's first names in vulnerable moments trope.

Me: crying in the corner

[viimsical]

h. gaunt and s. ellwood, 1912, preparations for a ball

(save their poor hearts)

[droptheguillotineplease]

I recently read In Memoriam by Alice Winn, I highly recommend.

[toosweetf0rme]

I find it interesting how both Ellwood and Gaunt's injuries reflect what's most important to them. Ellwood's face wound and loss of an eye costs him his beauty and good looks, while Gaunt's chest wound loses him his strength and physical fitness.

but also that these traits are not important to the other person. Gaunt's love for Ellwood doesn't come from his handsome face - he loves his poetry, his passionate spirit.

likewise the moments Ellwood feels closest to Gaunt are those of emotional intimacy, where Gaunt shares his feelings in a way he wouldn't with anyone else - not his feats of strength or impenetrable toughness. he loves his vulnerability.

I like to think that the other's wholehearted acceptance is what helps piece themselves back together after the war

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Read „In Memoriam“ by Alice Winn recently….it made me very sad but I loved it

[motions1ckn3ss]

when the mutual pining and obliviousness is so good you just want to bang their heads together like rocks and listen to the hollow sounds it would make

[thedudleywomen]

ON THIS DAY - 21 October 1554

On This Day (21 Oct) in 1554, John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, died at Penshurst Place, Kent - the home of his brother-in-law Henry Sidney.

John became his father's heir on the death of his eldest brother Henry in 1544, and adopted the title of 'Viscount Lisle' in 1547, on his father's promotion to the Earldom of Warwick. As his father's profile rose within the regency of Edward VI, initially as part of the regency council and later assuming the role of Lord President in Oct 1549, John and his brothers also participated in court events.

In May 1550, he was married to Anne Seymour, the eldest daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and the supplanted Lord Protector, in an attempted ally-ship between the two families. During his imprisonment, Anne was known to have been given permission to visit her husband at the Tower of London; the first of these visits appears to have taken place in Sep 1553, alongside the wives of Ambrose (Elizabeth Tailboys) and Robert (Amy Robsart).

John had been arrested on 20 Jul 1553, alongside his father and brothers Ambrose and Harry at Cambridge; they had been heading towards Mary's stronghold of Framlingham Castle, when news reached them of the Privy Council's abandonment of support for the claim of Lady Jane Grey. Subsequently, John's father proclaimed Mary as "Queen of England" before surrendering to her supporters.

On his return to London, John was held within the Tower of London, in the Beauchamp Tower, along with his brothers Ambrose, Robert, Guildford and Harry, whilst their father was held separately within St Thomas's Tower. It was during his period of imprisonment that John carved (or perhaps commissioned) the infamous graffiti, with his name and the 'Warwick' emblem of bear and staff being depicted in the centre, surrounded by flowers representing his brothers (Ambrose-rose; Robert-robur/oak; Guildford-gillyflowers; Harry-honeysuckle).

Alongside his father and Elizabeth Brooke, Marquess of Northampton (wife of William Parr, and alleged architect of the marriage of John's brother Guildford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey in Jun 1553), John appeared at Westminster Hall on 18 Aug 1553. John pleaded guilty to the charges of high treason put to him, in contrast to the others; they were all found guilty and condemned to death. Whilst his father was executed on Tower Hill 4 days later, John was continued to be imprisoned with no execution date set.

On 11 Oct 1554, John (along with brothers Robert and Harry) were released from the Tower; this appears to have been as a result of negotiations and alliances made by his mother Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland, and Henry Sidney, brother of his eldest sister Mary, within the new Marion court, including with the new king consort Prince Philip II of Spain. Ill and weak, he travelled south of London to Penshurst Place, where his sister Mary was 8 months pregnant; he died on 21 Oct, only 3 days after arriving at Penshurst, leaving his young wife Anne a widow.

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THIS ONE’S FOR YOU ELLWOOD!! 🔥🔥🔥 I KNOW YOU’RE A KEATS FAN!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Please reblog this I had to draw historically accurate military uniforms and I’m still not sure if this is the correct Light Brigade one 🐎

(A study of La Belle Dame Sans Merci)

[seiroz]

"Sidney." said Gaunt so quickly, as if he had been waiting years to say it.

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[viimsical]

guys i present to u at last!! GAUNTWOOD KISS!! WOAAAHHHHH

i need to find time to sit down and do a proper illustration sometime

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