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unusual facts about Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke



Continuator

Controversial literature was amenable to such continuations, as evidenced most especially by the Martin Marprelate affair; Philip Sidney's Arcadia was continued by Anna Weamys.

Countess of Pembroke

Margaret of England (1346-1361), wife of John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; daughter of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault.

Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke

Mary Sidney, married name Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, (1561–1621), one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works

Municipal Borough of Finchley

The dexter supporter was a lion, from the arms of the Countess of Pembroke, from whom the Comptons, lord of the manor were descended.


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