OF THE

QUEENS OF ENGLAND,

FROM

THE NORMAN CONQUEST;

WITH

ANECDOTES OF THEIR COURTS,

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM

OFFICIAL RECORDS AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS,

PRIVATE AS WELL AS PUBLIC.

NEW EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

BY

AGNES STRICKLAND.

“ The treasures of antiquity laid up
In old historic rolls, I opened.”

BEAUMONT.

VOL. VII.

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HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
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CONTENTS

OF THE

SEVENTH VOLUME.

ELIZABETH, the second Queen - Regnant of England and

Ireland.—(Life continued.)

Chapter IX.

. . . Page 1

X.

· · · 88

- XI.

. . . . 160

XII.

XI.

226

ANNE OF DENMARK, Consort of James I., King of Great

Britain.-

Chapter I.

• ·

· · 307

- II.

. . . . . . . 359

- III.

. . . . . . . 412

ILLUSTRATIONS.

ELIZABETH, when Queen. (From a reduced drawing by

Miss de Horsey, from a curious original Portrait, in

the possession of the Right Hon. the Earl of Strad-

broke, at Henham Hall.) . . . Frontispiece.

(See pp. 301—303.)

ANNE OF DENMARK, in Hunting Costume, reduced from

an original Portrait, by Van Somers, at Hampton

Court Palace . . . . . . Vignette.

(See pp. 459—461.)