Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century (Suffolk Records Society) (Volume 49) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843831996 ISBN 13: 9781843831990

Publisher: Boydell Press, 2006

Synopsis

The story of Thomas and Elizabeth Savage and their family, presented here, is a turbulent one, moving from the grandeur of the royal court (Thomas was Chancellor to Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, and his wife Elizabeth was one of her ladies of the bedchamber) to debt and imprisonment. It is teased out through a close examination of the documentary evidence, from letters on intimate family matters and health problems to business correspondence and official documents from the royal court, including Elizabeth's many petitions to Charles I, and later to the House of Lords. There is a particular focus on their houses at Long Melford (Suffolk), Rocksavage (Cheshire), and at Tower Hill in London. Lavishly illustrated with plates and diagrams.

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Review:

Provide(s) a useful trove of information documenting the affairs of a recusant court family associated with Villiers and Henrietta Maria. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW This excellently edited volume (makes) an invaluable contribution to the history of the family, and the counties of Suffolk and Cheshire. Congratulations to the editors and the Society's officers on an important and impressive achievement. NORTHERN HISTORYInteresting and rewarding. LOCAL POPULATION STUDIES

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1843831996
• ISBN 13: 9781843831990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Boothman Lyn, Hyde Parker Sir Richard