Titled Elizabethans : A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church Officers, 1558–1603

Published over forty years ago, the original edition of Titled Elizabethans provided a ready reference source to Elizabethan court, state, and household. This long-awaited revised edition expands considerably upon the original, adding new categories and a host of previously overlooked figures, including the women of Elizabeth's privy chamber and the spouses of the peers. The section on church officers now includes deans as well as bishops, chaplains, and almoners, and new sections provide information on ambassadors and other sixteenth-century world rulers, placing the Elizabethan court in a broader geopolitical context. The book also features a name index containing over 2,000 individuals, cross-referenced from married names and alternate spellings. The product of rigorous and impressively thorough research, this is an indispensable resource for students and scholars across disciplines dealing with all aspects of the Elizabethan world Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Principal Officers of Elizabeth I’s State....Pages 1-11 Principal Officers of Elizabeth I’s Household....Pages 13-22 Elizabeth I’s Privy Chamber....Pages 23-36 Elizabeth I’s Officers of Law and Courts....Pages 37-43 Elizabeth I’s Parliaments—House of Commons....Pages 45-46 City of London and County Principal Officers....Pages 47-62 Principal Officers of Ireland....Pages 63-65 Principal Officers of Scotland....Pages 67-72 Principal Officers of Elizabeth I’s Church....Pages 73-91 British Peers During Elizabeth I’s Reign (English, Scottish, and Irish)....Pages 93-180 Knights....Pages 181-229 Ambassadors....Pages 231-234 Rulers of Other Countries During the Reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603)....Pages 235-241 Office and College of Arms....Pages 243-247 Coronation and Funeral—Elizabeth I....Pages 249-254 Regnal Years—Elizabeth I....Pages 255-256 Back Matter....Pages 257-324