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  1. Frances Howard, portrait miniature by Isaac Oliver. Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 – 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.

  2. Apr 13, 2023 · But in 1615 Frances Howard Countess of Somerset, stood pale and solemn in a silent courtroom facing charges of murder. Frances was the daughter of Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk and his second wife Catherine Knyvet.

  3. Frances Howard. British noble. Learn about this topic in these articles: Assorted References. association with Suffolk. In Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk. …three daughters was the notorious Frances Howard, who instigated the poisoning of poet and essayist Sir Thomas Overbury. Read More. marriage to. Essex. In Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex.

  4. Oct 16, 2018 · Overseen by Edward Coke and Sir Francis Bacon, the inquiry found that Howard had pulled some strings to have Overbury tended in the tower by one Richard Weston. Weston industriously delivered to Overbury a number of poisons contained in such things as “Tarts and Jellies” and finally within a “Glyster,” or enema.

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  5. 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.

  6. Howard, Frances (1593–1632) English murderer and countess of Somerset. Name variations: Lady Frances Howard; Lady Somerset.

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  8. But, far more sensationally, the evidence had also led to the alleged architects of the murder plot, none other than the royal favourite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and his wife Frances Howard, whose marriage late in 1613 had provoked a significant outpouring of libellous scorn (see Section F). Politically weakened by the rise of George ...

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