Death year 1647 celebrities
Death year 1647
Elizabeth, Lady Raleigh (16 April 1565 – c. 1647), née Throckmorton, was Sir Walter Raleigh’s wife, and a Lady of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Their secret marriage precipitated a long period of royal disfavour for Raleigh.
Mary Fitton (or Fytton) (Baptised 24 June 1578 – 1647) was the daughter of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire and Alice Halcroft, and is considered by some to be the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Her elder sister, Anne, married John N