Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel; nat. c. 1511; m. (1) Katherine, d. of Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, before 1532, (2) Mary, Countess of Sussex, d. of Sir John Arundel, after 1542; succ. Jan. 1544; Lord Chamberlain, 1544; Lord Steward, 1553, and again 1558-64; ob. 24 Feb. 1580.
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, s. of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, attainted 1572, and Mary, d. and h. of 12th Earl; nat. 28 June 1557; m. Anne, d. of Thomas, Lord Dacre, 1571; succ. Feb. 1580; sent to Tower, 25 Apr. 1585, and ob. there, 19 Oct. 1595.
The Earls of Arundel had players as far back as the fifteenth
century.[1] The 12th Earl entertained Elizabeth with a mask
at Nonsuch on 5 August 1559. He had players, who were
rewarded by the Duchess of Suffolk, apparently during
a London visit, in December 1561. The 13th Earl had a
company in 1584. It was in London when plays were suppressed
in June, and obediently submitted. It seems to have
been located at the Curtain. It can be traced at Ipswich
on 1 July, at Leicester before 29 September, at Aldeburgh
in 1583-4, at Norwich in 1585-6, and thereafter no more.
xv. THE EARL OF HERTFORD'S MEN
Edward Seymour, s. of Edward, Protector and 1st and attainted
Duke of Somerset; nat. 25 May 1539; cr. Earl of Hertford, 13 Jan.
1559; m. (1) Lady Catherine Grey, d. of Henry, Duke of Suffolk,
c. Nov. 1560, (2) Frances, d. of William, 1st Lord Howard of Effingham,
before 1582, (3) Frances, d. of Thomas, Lord Howard of Bindon and
widow of Henry Pranell, Dec. 1600; ob. 6 Apr. 1621.
These are among the most obscure of the companies.
They appeared at Canterbury in 1582, Faversham in 1586,
Newcastle in October 1590, Leicester on 22 November
1590, and Bath, Marlborough, and Southampton in 1591-2.
During the progress of 1591 Elizabeth was entertained
from 20 to 24 September by the Earl at Elvetham in Hampshire
'beeing none of the Earles chiefe mansion houses'
(cf. ch. xxiv). This was really a visit of reconciliation, for
much of Hertford's life had been spent in disgrace, owing
to his first marriage with the heiress, under Henry VIII's
will, to Elizabeth's throne. The entertainment was very
elaborate, and at its close Elizabeth protested to the Earl
that it was so honourable 'as hereafter he should find the
rewarde thereof in her especiall favour'. No doubt Hertford's
players took a part, and shared the 'largesse' which she
- ↑ Mediaeval Stage, ii. 186, 251.
