The Legend of Lady Anne Clifford (Pt1)

Season: 6 Episode: 21

The last member of one of England’s great medieval dynasties, Lady Anne Clifford became something of a legend in her own lifetime — and ever since, she’s stood as a celebrated figure in the storied history of northern England.

Anne spent a lot of time at the court of Elizabeth 1 with her parents and became a Lady in Waiting to Queen Anne, wife of King James 1. When her father died and left everything to her uncle instead of her, as was the law, Lady Anne fought back. Unusual for a woman in that era.

CAST

Spanish Armada - Steve Sheperd

Lady Anne Clifford - Cerise Reed

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SOURCES

English Heritage

Kirkby Stephen Tourist Information

Knole Diary of Lady Anne Clifford

Transcript of GEO/ADD/43/19k: Extracts from the diary of Lady Anne Clifford, Countess Dowager

of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, by Charlotte, Queen Consort of George III (n.d. between

1761 and 1818)

© Arthur Burns/Georgian Papers Programme 2019

Katharine Hodgkin, The Diary of Lady Anne Clifford: a Study of Class and Gender in the Seventeenth Century, History Workshop Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1, Spring 1985, Pages 148–161,

The Dudley Women Blog

University of Huddersfield

Richardson, Jerusha D. (1899). Famous Ladies of the English Court. H. Stone.

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