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About Venetia Stanley
A celebrated beauty, Venetia moved to London alone in her early teens, and had garnered a licentious reputation well before her twentieth birthday. Rumour noted later by the curious antiquary John Aubrey had it that she was the "concubine" of Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset (died 1624), who had children by her and settled upon her an annuity of £500 per annum.[2] Circa 1625, she eventually married the celebrated scientist and adventurer Kenelm Digby, who, when the earl or his heir withheld Venetia's annuity, sued for it, according to John Aubrey, and won. Sir Kenelm wrote a "private memoir" of their courtship which is one of the major sources of information about her. It uses pseudonyms, Theagenes and Stelliana, and appears to have been revised throughout Digby's life. "This lady carried herself blamelessly," Aubrey note, "yet (they say) he was jealous of her".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetia_Stanley
http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2010/12/10/venetia-stanley-lady-digby/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22152719/venetia-anastasia-digby
Venetia Stanley's Timeline
1600 |
December 1600
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Borris, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland
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1627 |
1627
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Borris, Leinster, Ireland
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1633 |
May 1, 1633
Age 32
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Borris, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland
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Grey Friars, London, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
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