#The volumes of The Peerage of England and I are at odds in this moment

[mrs-bingley]

So, at least two of you all asked for it (thank you @thestateofardadreaming and @wormwoodandhoney for the interest!!) so here is me spreading my research into ye olde people's life and ranting about what I find in old records of English nobility.

Today subject study is this woman that I found intriguing because of the full mourning attire:

Who was she? Who died in her life? I mean, probably a husband but 👀 I'm curious The portrait, which appears to be painted on a sort of medallion/locket miniature, was painted by Richard Gibson and it depicts Elizabeth Morrison, Lady Capell of Hadham. And there's quite a lot of information about her life!

We know she was baptisied on March 23rd 1610. It's safe to assume that she was born either on that day or on the 22nd, since children were, afaik, baptised withing 24h of the birth lest you died in sin and went to purgatory. Her father was Charles Morrison. There's a couple others with this name, but this Barbie Charles Morrison was pronounced 1st Baronet Morrison on June 29th, 1611. First and last of his name, since he died without a male heir (two male children, so Elizabeth's brothers, died before him) and the title went extinct but at least Elizabeth got to keep the family home. Here's a look to the man's face when he was still young-ish:

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any potrait of her mother and not a lot of information either. She was called Mary Hicks, daugher of a Baptist Hicks (sorry, but this name sounds stupid to my ears lol), and she married three times because she kept surviving her husbands, but apart from the confirmation that she didn't have any more children after Elizabeth, I can't find much.

I could go on raving about Elizabeth's parents and grandparents, but let's not do that. I've found quite a bit about her family home in Watford, Hertfordshire, but I need to read a chapter of a book about it and it's too late for that. Stay tuned for that tomorrow, ha!