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Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton (15 June 1549 – c.1605), [1] was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. [1] [2] Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen.
The privy chamber was the most influential department in an English royal household. [1] It contained the king's "privy lodging", consisting of bedroom, library, study, and lavatory. What was known as the chamber was later divided into a privy chamber (distinguished from bedchamber in 1559), and outer chamber (often styled presence chamber).
Catherine Carey was born in 1524, the daughter of William Carey of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and his wife Mary Boleyn, who had once been a mistress of the king. [3] Catherine was thus Elizabeth I's maternal first cousin. [4]
Some chamberers, like Joan Russell and Elizabeth Marbery, continued their service as gentlewomen of the privy chamber or bed chamber, enjoying a higher status and salary. [12] Other women present in the queen's privy chamber included the Maids of Honour , who frequently received lavish gifts of clothing, [ 13 ] and gentlewomen in attendance who ...
During the Tudor dynasty (1485–1603), the First Lady of the Bedchamber was called Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. She had the highest rank among the Ladies of the bedchamber , and their role was to act as the attendants and companions of the royal woman.
Lady Parry, who was one of the ladies of the privy chamber, was granted, about 1566, an annuity of £50 for thirty-three years (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1566–1579, p. 25). She retired to Welford Park and is buried beneath a fine monument in the adjoining church .
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