Episode 21
The Legend of Lady Anne Clifford (Pt1)
The Legend of Lady Anne Clifford (Pt1)
Season: 6 Episode: 21
The last member of one of England’s great medieval dynasties, Lady Anne Clifford became something of a legend in her own lifetime — and ever since, she’s stood as a celebrated figure in the storied history of northern England.
Anne spent a lot of time at the court of Elizabeth 1 with her parents and became a Lady in Waiting to Queen Anne, wife of King James 1. When her father died and left everything to her uncle instead of her, as was the law, Lady Anne fought back. Unusual for a woman in that era.
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Spanish Armada - Steve Sheperd
Lady Anne Clifford - Cerise Reed
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SOURCES
English Heritage
Kirkby Stephen Tourist Information
Knole Diary of Lady Anne Clifford
Transcript of GEO/ADD/43/19k: Extracts from the diary of Lady Anne Clifford, Countess Dowager
of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, by Charlotte, Queen Consort of George III (n.d. between
1761 and 1818)
© Arthur Burns/Georgian Papers Programme 2019
Katharine Hodgkin, The Diary of Lady Anne Clifford: a Study of Class and Gender in the Seventeenth Century, History Workshop Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1, Spring 1985, Pages 148–161,
The Dudley Women Blog
University of Huddersfield
Richardson, Jerusha D. (1899). Famous Ladies of the English Court. H. Stone.
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