Sir George Home, meanwhile, having been granted Sir John Fortescue’s post in the Treasury, also took his posts as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Master of the Great Wardrobe – this last decision smacking of vengeance for Fortescue’s earlier refusal to allow Elizabeth’s possessions to be transported to Anna [wife of James VI] in Scotland.
In the years ahead, when Elizabeth’s famous costumes disappeared, Sir George Home – by then Earl of Dunbar – would be accused of destroying the nation’s heritage for personal gain by “wickedly transporting them into the Low Countries” and selling them “for above one hundred thousand pounds.”
In fact Anna would cut up many of them as costumes for her masques and give away others.
Source:
Lisle, Leanda De. "The Beggars Have Come to Town" After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England. New York: Ballantine, 2005. 192-93. Print.
Original Source(s) Listed:
CSDP, 1603-1610, p. II.
Gawdy, Letters, p. 131.
Brydges, Peers of England, vol. I, p. 415.
D’Ewes quoted in Janet Arnold, Elizabeth’s Wardrobe Unlocked, p. 194.
Further Reading:
George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, KG, PC
Elizabeth I of England / The Virgin Queen / Gloriana / Good Queen Bess
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