Lucy Hastings Countess of Huntingdon

Standard Name: Huntingdon, Lucy Hastings,,, Countess of
Used Form: Lucy Davies

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Eleanor Douglas
In Dublin, Lady Eleanor Davies (later LED ) bore her daughter, Lucy Davies (later Lady Huntingdon) , who was to become her tireless and most reliable supporter.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Family and Intimate relationships Lady Eleanor Douglas
Lucy Davies (daughter of Lady Eleanor Davies, later LED ), was married, aged ten, to Ferdinando Hastings , heir of Lord Huntingdon; a second ceremony was held a month later. She remained, though, with her family.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.
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Friends, Associates Bathsua Makin
BM 's brother-in-law John Pell called her a woman of great acquaintance.
Teague, Frances. Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning. Bucknell University Press, 1998.
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She was a lifelong friend of diarist and antiquarian Sir Simonds D'Ewes , who had been at her father's school, and of...
Reception Lady Eleanor Douglas
LED 's daughter came to her aid in 1649 with a pamphlet, The New Proclamation, In Answer to a Letter (signed Lu. H.),
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
which supports one of LED 's wilder biblical interpretations (while conceding...
Textual Production Lady Eleanor Douglas
LED published Her Blessing to her Beloved Daughter . . ..
Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Textual Production Bathsua Makin
BM wrote elegies on the deaths of two children of Lady Huntingdon . Her Latin elegy for Henry, Lord Hastings (grandson of Lady Eleanor Douglas , who died on 24 June 1649), was never printed...
Textual Production Bathsua Makin
Letters from BM to the bereaved mother, the Countess of Huntingdon , also survive, along with a poem in praise of her.
Teague, Frances. Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning. Bucknell University Press, 1998.
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