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Dorothy Silking

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Her son James Zouch married Beatrice Annesley (1619–1668), daughter of Francis Annesley, then Lord Mountnorris. In 1638 Mountnorris advised James Zouch, after consulting his steward Andrew Conradus, that in view of his debts he ought to live more economically with his mother and just four or five
484:(London, 1697), pp. 80–2, these notes have "Dame Dorothy" for "Beatrice": Francis Annesley & Patrick Little, 'Providence and Posterity: A Letter from Lord Mountnorris to His Daughter, 1642', 94:"Dorthee" and "Engella Seelken" were naturalized as English citizens in July 1610 at the same time as other members of the queen's household, including; Katherine Benneken from 146:, recalled that Silking was "a Dane, one that served Queen Anne in her bedchamber. I knew her well, a homely woman, but being very rich Zouch married her for her wealth". 171:. Edward Zouch successfully claimed that a warrant signed by Dorothea Silking was a forgery because she could not write her name, and they were not liable. 167:
was taken in 1621, the Zouches were asked to supply a shortfall worth £492-19 shillings, including a gold casting bottle engraved with the arms of
193:(d. 1664) while their son was still an infant, and then Sir Thomas Smith of Hill Hall, Essex (d. 1668), according to a law case heard before the 357:(London, 1919), p. 25: British Library Lansdowne MS 166/63 (as "Cousham", probably in confusion with "Corsham" another manor in the jointure). 43:. Her name appears as "Dorothea Silking, of an ancient family in the kingdom of Denmark" on her daughter's monument at Ketton church, 194: 217: 224:, a companion of Dorothy Silking in Anne of Denmark's bedchamber. James and her brother had travelled together on a Grand Tour. 39:
Records of the royal household refer to her as "Mistress Dorothy", or "Dorothy Silkin" or "Silken", or "Selken". She was from
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recorded in his accounts for 1613 that the "Lady Sutch" owed him £81 which "she affirmes her Majesty is pleased to paye".
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Dorothy's work for Anna of Denmark included looking after her silver plate and jewellery. She was probably a successor of
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Francis Annesley & Patrick Little, 'Providence and Posterity: A Letter from Lord Mountnorris to His Daughter, 1642',
552: 143: 123: 79: 58:. The queen gave Dorothea and her sister Jyngell Silking gifts of clothes as a mark of favour. An inventory of the 201:. The case was brought by a creditor of Sir Edward Zouch called Gilpen, against Dorothea's grandson as his heir. 78:
lands. Silking wrote to the Earl of Salisbury about permissions and patents, signing her name "Dorothy Selkane".
557: 327:(Somerset Record Society, 2012), pp. 8-9: Corston is included in a list of the queen's manors, TNA SP 14/4 f.24. 74:, a right she had presumably been given by the queen as a reward. The manor of Corston was part of the queen's 567: 190: 482:
Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery from the 12th year of King Charles II to the 31st
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Edward Zouch died in 1634, and the year after their 17-year-old daughter Sophia was married to
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in 1619, "Lady Zouch" walked in procession, listed with the ladies of the Privy Chamber.
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Letters of denization and acts of naturalization for aliens in England and Ireland
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James Zouch (1615–1643), who married Beatrice Annesley (1619–1668), a daughter of
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for support on her behalf. It is not clear that Silking's venture was successful.
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mentions that "Mrs Dorothy" returned a bracelet to the queen's cabinet in 1607.
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who was accused of stealing the queen's jewels and trying to sell them back to
344:: Volume 21, 1609-1612, ed. G Dyfnallt Owen (London, 1970), 128, 11 Sept 1609. 541: 150: 55: 382: 178:, a 63-year-old war veteran, the age difference attracted comment from Sir 135: 122:. Dorothy and "Mrs Ingle" were both given mourning clothes on the death of 70:
In October 1609 Silking attempted to open a coal mine on a royal manor at
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Life and times of General Sir Edward Cecil, viscount Wimbledon, 1605–1631
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Life and times of General Sir Edward Cecil, viscount Wimbledon, 1605–1631
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Life and times of General Sir Edward Cecil, viscount Wimbledon, 1605-1631
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in 1669. The mother and son in this case were noted to be related to
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of Woking in 1612, and was usually known as "Lady Zouch". In 1635
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Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, 1660-1697
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After the death of James Zouch in 1643, Beatrice Zouch married
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The World of the Country House in Seventeenth-century England
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Diana Scarisbrick, 'Anne of Denmark's Jewellery Inventory',
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Sophia Zouch (1618–1691), who married (1) in September 1635
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The exact dates of Dorothea's birth and death are unknown.
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Letters of Denization and Naturalization, Huguenot Society
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When an inventory of the late queen's silver plate at
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Papers relating to the case are held by TNA CS108/107
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The Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century
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Index

fl.
chamberers
Anne of Denmark
Güstrow
Kedington
Margaret Hartsyde
George Heriot
jewels of Anne of Denmark
Corston, Somerset
jointure
George Carew
Julius Caesar
Garlstorf
Martin Schöner
Głogów
John Wolfgang Rumler
Augsburg
Middelburg
Matthias de l'Obel
Prince Henry
Edward Zouch
Reverend George Garrard
Prince Henry
George Heriot
funeral of Anne of Denmark
Denmark House
Queen Elizabeth
Viscount Wimbledon
John Finet
Sir John Lloyd of Woking and the Forest

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