Bess of Hardwick

The authorities additionally record the headings Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, Bess Hardwick, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot Shrewsbury Countess of, Lady St. Loe and Lady Cavendish. Her recorded language was English.

She was the child of John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leake. She married William St Loe, George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and William Cavendish. 4 children are recorded: William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox, Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury and Henry Cavendish. Other recorded relations include Jane Cavendish.

Bess of Hardwick worked in politics, applied arts, tapestry, embroidery and textile.

She belonged to House of Talbot. She worked at England.

What the record establishes about Bess of Hardwick.

Bess of Hardwick is recorded as lady-in-waiting, politician and architect. Victoria and Albert Museum records 2 objects associated with this heading. Bess of Hardwick is recorded with the citizenship of Kingdom of England. Oxburgh Hangings is dated 1570 and held by Victoria and Albert Museum. Hardwick Hall is dated 1590.

The identifiers under which Bess of Hardwick may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Bess of Hardwick is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q508447.

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1570 to 1590.

Oxburgh Hangings, dated 1570, held by Victoria and Albert Museum. Chatsworth House. Hardwick Hall, dated 1590.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Victoria and Albert Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Bess of Hardwick, a life, Bess of Hardwick, 2019. Talbot [née Hardwick], Elizabeth [Bess] [called Bess of Hardwick], countess of Shrewsbury (1527?–1608), noblewoman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Bess of Hardwick’s gynocracy in textiles, Bess of Hardwick, 2019. Hardwick Hall, Bess of Hardwick, 2019. Bess of Hardwick, 2019. Divided Loyalties: Negotiating Marital Separation in the Cavendish-Talbot Family c.1575–90, Genealogy, 2022.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is politics, applied arts and tapestry.

Places of work recorded in the authority are England. Membership is recorded of House of Talbot.

Works named in the authority record are Hardwick Hall and Chatsworth House.

Work by Bess of Hardwick is recorded in the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum.