"Another frequent inmate of the old Essex mansion when Mary came to take up her abode there was Lucy Robartes, Charles Rich's elder sister. John Robartes, her husband, afterwards held several important State offices, and was created Earl of Radnor. Lucy was some ten years the senior of her sister-in-law, and in her fifteenth year had been married at Rochford in the south of Essex, where Warwick owned another fine property." [1]
"A week or two after the Diary begins, the household at Lees was invaded by sickness. A number of the servants fell ill at once, and Mistress Grace, maid to Isabella Robartes, died. Lucy Robartes, Charles Rich's sister, was dead, and her husband, Lord Robartes, had married Isabella Smyth, who through her mother, Isabella Rich, was a first cousin of both Lucy and Charles. The morning after Mistress Grace's death, as Mary was meditating as usual in the Wilderness, the funeral procession passed, winding up the hill to Little Leighs church. The occasion gives rise, of course, to some lugubrious reflections upon death and mortality, which the reader shall be spared." [2]
"1675 - The expedition with which this business was concluded deserves recognition. 'An Act for the better enabling Mary Dowager Countess of Warwick to perform the last Will and Testament of her husband Charles, late earl of Warwick,' was introduced into the Commons on October 26. It was conveyed on November 9 to the House of Lords by Lucy Robartes' son, Francis Robartes, member for Tintagel. On the 11th it was read and committed. On the 12th it was passed ; and on the 22nd it received Royal assent from Charles II., 'sitting upon His Royal Throne, adorned with his Regal Ornaments,' in the historic words 'Soit fait come il est desire.' [3]
Sources
↑ Mary Rich, countess of Warwick (1625-1678): her family and friends, pg 111 [1]
↑ Mary Rich, countess of Warwick (1625-1678): her family and friends, pg 175 [2]
↑ Mary Rich, countess of Warwick (1625-1678): her family and friends, pg 294 [3]
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