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Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 [1] – 23 August 1632), was an English noblewoman who was the central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I. She was found guilty but spared execution, and was eventually pardoned by the King and released from the Tower of London in early 1622.
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Frances Howard may refer to: Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey née de Vere (1516–1577), daughter of the Earl of Oxford and wife of the executed Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare (d. 1628), courtier; Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox née Frances Howard (1578–1639), daughter of Thomas Howard, Viscount Bindon
Countess Image Earl Tenure ... Mary Howard: 1st: 1533–1536 ... Duchess Image Duke Tenure Frances Howard: 1st: 1623–1624 Duchesses of Richmond (1641–1672) Duchess
Frances Walsingham (1567–1631) (wife of the 2nd Earl) Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (née Howard ; 1590–1632) (wife of the 3rd Earl) 9th creation. Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex (née Percy ; 1636–1718) (wife of the 1st Earl) Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (née Bentinck ; 1679–1726) (wife of the 2nd Earl)
Flora Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk; Frances Drake; Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey; Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox; Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset; Francis Howard (British Army officer, born 1848) Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham; Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham; Frederick Howard (British Army officer)
Somerset and Howard were brought to trial in the spring of 1616. [14] The latter confessed, and her guilt is widely accepted. Somerset's share is far more difficult to uncover, and probably will never be fully known. The evidence against him rested on mere presumption, and he consistently declared himself innocent.
Bacon owed his promotion to Attorney General to Somerset. [6] Flowers was the last of a number of entertainments, including Thomas Campion's The Somerset Masque, Ben Jonson's A Challenge at Tilt and The Irish Masque at Court, and Thomas Middleton's lost Masque of Cupids. [7] [8] The author is unknown.