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Frances Howard, Lady Essex

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influence by Northampton

In Henry Howard, earl of Northampton
…his grandniece, Frances Howard, Lady Essex, in obtaining her divorce from her husband in order to marry the favourite Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, whose mistress she already was and whose alliance Northampton was eager to secure for himself. He obtained the divorce by the decree of a special commission,…
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opposition to Overbury

In Sir Thomas Overbury
Lady Essex soon secured a divorce from her husband with the intention of marrying Rochester. Overbury feared that Rochester’s prospective marriage would reduce his own influence over Rochester, however, and he tried strongly to dissuade the latter from marrying her. Overbury’s A Wife, which described…
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