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Index
The Family Tree of Bess of Hardwick
Introduction
1 Merrie England 1520–40
2 Child Bride, Child Widow 1540–7
3 Lady Cavendish 1547
4 Family Matters 1547–51
5 Dangerous Times 1552–6
6 ‘Your Poor Friend’ 1556–8
7 Sir William St Loe 1518–58
8 ‘My Own Sweet Bess’ 1559–61
9 Lady St Loe in Trouble 1561–5
10 A Very Eligible Widow 1565–9
11 A Difficult Guest 1569–73
12 A Dangerous Match 1574–5
13 Raising Arbella 1576–8
14 Enough to Alienate the Heart 1578–81
15 Discord 1582–4
16 No Winners 1585–6
17 Death of a Queen 1586–90
18 The Dowager Countess 1590–2
19 More Window than Wall 1592–9
20 ‘In Perfect Health and Good Memory’ 1600–02
21 Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth 1602–03
22 End of an Era 1603–08
23 A Long Arm…1608 et seq.
1: Discussion of Bess of Hardwick’s Date of Birth
2: The Office of Wards
3: Sir William Cavendish’s Statement to the Star Chamber, August 1557
4: What happened to Bess’s Children and Grandchildren
5: Extract from Tree Showing the Relationship between the Brandons and the Hardwicks
6: The Stepchildren of Bess of Hardwick
Family Tree: Selective Tree Showing the Heirs of Henry VII
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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