Lady Anne Clifford

Lady Anne Clifford 1590-1676

Proud Northern Lady

George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland

Margaret, Countess of Cumberland

Triptych (centre)

Children of Margaret and George

• Francis born 1584-1589

• Robert born Sept 1585-May 1591

• Anne 1590-1676

The Court of Queen Elizabeth

• Lavish Court• Anne was one of Queen Elizabeth’s

favourites• Her and her mother were often at court as

Lord Cumberland was now living with a “ lady of quality” who is not named

• Anne was too young to walk in the funeral procession

The Court of King James

• Came to the throne in March1603

• Married to Ann of Denmark who bore 7 children

• The King had many “favourites” and the court was decadent

• Court was not as clean as it had been.

• Ben Jonson’s Masques

• King James 1st

Lady Anne at 15

George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland

Clifford’s Will• In 1605 he made a will leaving nearly

everything he had to Francis his younger Brother (Who became a Westmorland MP)

• He also inherited the title 4th Earl of Cumberland

• When Lord Clifford died in 1605 Margaret started legal proceedings to contest the will

• Anne was left a dowry of £15,000, as long as she stopped legal proceedings.

Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland

Journey North 1607

• Anne and her mother went north to Westmorland.

• They visited all four castles

• They made Appleby their headquarters

• They were denied access to Skipton castle

• This visit sparked Anne’s love of Westmorland

Brougham Castle

Brough Castle

Pendragon Castle

Appleby Castle

Costume design by Inigo Jones for Lady Anne to wear as Berenice of Egypt in Ben Johnson’s Masque of Queens. February 1609

Marriage to Richard Sackville 1609

• Handsome man

• A gambler and Philanderer

• Had many lovers and a “ favourite”Matthew Caldicott.

• They lived at Knole Castle but he spent a lot of time at the court of James1

• He had an urgent need for money.

Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset whom Anne married in 1609

Pressure on Anne to stop legal proceedings

• Richard put a lot of pressure on Anne• He had a large meeting on 21st February

including Archbishop Abbott• They threatened and Bullied• Anne would not sign until she had seen her

mother • She would go North and answer by 22nd

March

George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury

Knole House, KentFamily home of the Sackville

The journey North

• Two coaches went North

• Difficult and dangerous journey over the pennines.

Confrontation 1st April 1616at Brougham Castle

Confrontation 1st April 1616

• Lord Charles Howard arrived with Lord Dorset’s instructions

• He wanted his coach his horses and his servants in London.

• He did not want his wife and they were told specifically to return without her

• A paper was drawn up and signed by all parties

Countess Pillar, Brougham 1656

April 2nd 1616

• Parting from her mother

• Returning To Knole house

• There she found that her daughter Margaret had been sent away and she would not see her unless she agreed to the settlement.

Death Of Margaret aged 62 in 1616

• Dispute about the burial

• Appleby castle

• Mr Kidd incident

• Tenants

St. Lawrence's Church, Appleby

Margaret, Countess of Cumberland’s tomb, Appleby Church

Lady Anne’s Children

• She had 5 Children

• 3 sons died in infancy

• Two daughters who survived her

• Margaret 1614-1647 married John Tufton

• Isabella 1622-1719 married James Compton

1617

• Audience with King James

• Anne’s last stand

• They would decide without her

• The settlement was made

• She was27 years old

• She was looking after two children born to his mistress Betty Broughton

Death of Richard SackvilleLord Dorset

• 1624 Richard Sackville dies

• Smallpox

• Widow at 34

• 1628 entered a formal claim to the Clifford estates

• 1629 her daughter Lady Margaret aged 14 married John Tufton

Coat of Arms, Clifford Family

Anne Clifford 1620

Philip Herbert, Lord PembrokeAnne married him in 1630

Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland

Francis died 1641

• Two years later her cousin died with no issue

• 1643 Anne inherited her estates but the civil war was at its height and she could not travel North to her estates.

• To keep herself occupied she started on the Triptych project

The Triptych painted 1646

Triptych (left) Lady Anne at 15

Triptych (centre)

Triptych (right)

Lady Anne Clifford, 1643

Collinfield Manor

Collinfield Manor• Built by Jeffrey Sedgwick in 1620

• Lady Ann’s initials above the original oak main door.

• Latin Inscription translates “Now mine, presently his, afterwards I know not whose” which may have come from Brougham castle.

• Two different versions of the story.

• George Sedgwick came to live there in 1670

Collinfield Manor - Lintel

Collinfield Manor - key

Collinfield Manor - door

Skipton Castle, Gatehouse

Appleby Church, inscription.

Appleby Almshouses

Courtyard

• Mr Murgatroyd’s Hen

Brougham, St. Ninian’s

Church at Outhgill, Mallerstang

Lady Anne’s tomb, Appleby Church

Monument to Lady Anne

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