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Alice died on 23 January 1637 and was buried on 28 January in St Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield. A monument dedicated to the memory of Alice and her three daughters was built at St Mary the Virgin, to her own specifications, before her death.
423:, he represented her as "Amaryllis", whereas her sisters, Anne and Elizabeth were "Charillis" and "Phyllis", and Alice's husband was "Amyntas". "Amaryllis" was described as "the highest in degree". Spenser also dedicated his
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Her husband died on 16 April 1594, and when his mother died two years later, Alice's eldest daughter, Anne became heiress presumptive to Queen
Elizabeth I. Upon the Queen's death in 1603, however, the crown passed to King
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would attempt to claim her estate in the event of her death. After she died in 1637, her eldest daughter reverted to her first married name, Lady
Chandos, and became owner of the house. Alice was known as the
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Wilkie, Vanessa (2019). "'Here every dust would make history': the dowager
Countess of Derby and constructing a legacy in Reformation England".
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Portrait tentatively identified as Alice
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Alice was a noted patron of the arts, along with her sisters, Anne, Baroness
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A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice
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Together Alice and her new husband founded the
Bridgewater Library.
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by the Egertons. In August 1607 she was welcomed at
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273:Together Ferdinando and Alice had three daughters:
266:; from that date onwards, Alice was styled as the
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254:In about 1579 Alice married her first husband,
434:lived close to her Harefield Place residence.
398:built in 1630 after she became concerned that
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499:, New York : Atria Books, 2023,
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296:John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
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220:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
208:Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven
204:Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
138:Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven
128:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
124:Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
537:Biography at historyofparliament.org
527:(Simon & Schuster, 2023), p. 17.
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617:John Milton: The Self and the World
417:Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon
180:and noted patron of the arts. Poet
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222:and thus became a member of the
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425:The Teares of the Muses
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302:Lady Elizabeth Stanley
260:Lady Margaret Clifford
202:Her first husband was
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439:Geoffrey Osbaldeston
315:James VI of Scotland
292:Lady Frances Stanley
33:Viscountess Brackley
676:Historical Research
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31:Baroness Ellesmere
16:English noblewoman
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