Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times, Vol. I
CHAPTER IV.
GLIMPSES AT GREAT LADIES.
Changes in domestic life--Lady Elizabeth Howard’s household at Naworth Castle--The Countess of Sunderland--The Belvoir Castle family--The Countess of Salisbury’s suit--The Countess of Pembroke and the “boon hen”--Bess of Hardwicke-- Court ladies--Lady Brilliana Harley--Lady Lucas-- Match-making--Seizure of an heiress 155