Carol Middleton:
D La Pierre Ballard:
Carol Middleton who passed away on 20-SEP-2000. She did phenomenal genealogical work on the Bassano and Lanier families. She was also a renowned writer and artist.
Carol Middleton:
When I was a little girl, I knew I was an artist. I drew and drew and drew. Perfectly natural, my mother told me. After all, she herself was a gifted artist as was her Lanier mother. How right Mother was! After reading about the Laniers and also the Bassanos, I am sure where we got our artistic gifts. The Laniers and Bassanos were artists, poets, writers and musicians of long ago ... and of now! Add to my Lanier grandmother, my mother, and me-- all the many gifted others with Lanier and Bassano blood. We have the gift! It is in our genes!
Thus, the LANIER line is where I start. I know also of the artistic and musical gifts of my family. But I want to know about the others, whose lines branch into and out of the Lanier / Bassano lines-- the MALONES, the BIRDS, the WYNNES, the FOWKES, the THOROWGOODS and all the others. And what am of my Scottish ancestors -- the NICOLS, the MacKINNONS, and the DOUGLASSES. Maybe my love of exploring and an abiding love of the land. It seems the more I learn of my ancestors, the more I understand myself. To paraphrase an old friend of the family, "... we are such stuff as genes are made of."
Jeronimo was the head of family of Italian musicians who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve and revitalize the arts of that royal court. It is thought the family was Jewish, but assimilated rapidly when they reached England.
The first mention of the family occurs in a Venetian document of 1515: "The trumpets and shawms (medieval instrument) are the following:
... Ser Alvise da Bassan di maestro Jeronimo ..."
Born: before 1490, probably Bassano del Grappa, then State of Venice, now Italy
Died: about 1545 Venice, Italy
His children were:
* Anthony Bassano, born Bassano del Grappa, Italy, near Venice. On 8/10/1536 married Elena de Nazzi in Venice, Italy. See their page. They were in England by 1540. Known daughter: Lucreece Bassano (b. 9/24/1556; m. Nicholas Lanier 2/13/1570-1; died in Kent, England 1/4/1633-4)
* Jacomo Bassano. Married Orsetta Griti, daughter of Santo Griti.
They were in England by 1540. Died 1566.
* Alvise Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Daughter: Laura Bassano (m.
Joseph Lupo, son of Ambrose Lupo, of the Portuguese string musical
family that came to Henry VIII, too, and Matt Lupo, a descendant of
that family, invites you to his Lupo family site). Died 1554.
* Jasper Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1577.
* John Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1570.
* Baptista Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Had a daughter, Emelia
Bassano, with Margaret Johnson, to whom he was not married. See their
page.
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Anthony BASSANO and Elena de NAZZI
Husband: Anthony Bassano
Born: Bassano del Grappo, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Died: buried 10/19/1574
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See his page.
Wife: Elena de Nazzi
Born: Venice, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Parents: Beneditto de Nazzi
Their children were:
* Elizabeth Bassano, born 1545. Married Ambrose Grasso. Elizabeth
died in 1582.
* Mark Anthony Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry
VIII of England. Died 1599.
* Arthur Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1624.
* Edward Bassano, born 1551 Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1615.
* Andrea Bassano, born 1554. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1626.
* Jeronimo Bassano, born 1559. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1635.
* Margaretta Bassano
* Angelica Bassano
* Isabella Bassano
* Lucreece Bassano, born 9/24/1556, London, England. Married Nicholas
Lanier, 2/13/1570-1, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England. See
her Bassano page and also see his Lanier page. Lucreece Bassano died
1/4/1633-4, East Greenwich, England, buried St Alphege, Greenwich,
Kent.
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Baptisa Bassano and Margaret Johnson
Not of my direct line but of interest to others
Baptisa Bassano
He was not married to Margaret
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 5/11/1576
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See their page.
Margaret Johnson
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 7/7/1587
Their children were:
* Angela Bassano. Married Joseph Holland.
* Emelia Bassano, born 1/1569, christened 1/27/1569 at St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate. Her father died when she was very young. She was brought
up with the Countess of Kent. She had a long-term affair with Lord
Chamberlain Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn (former mistress to
Henry VIII, sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Elizabeth I),
patron to William Shakespeare's theatrical company. When Emelia became
pregnant with Henry's child, a marriage was arranged for her by the
Queen (cousin to Lord Hunsdon).
I suspect our Emelia knew How to Make an Elizabethan Corset. You can,
too. Visit While there pick up tips for making other necessary items
such as fartheringales and bumrolls.
While you're there, drop by Ye Olde Dress Shoppe.
Emelia married Alphonse Lanier of the Lanier family of musicians; he
was in turn given a position in the Irish Service and so he was often
away. The child was named Henry, after his father. Emelia had a second
child, a daughter, Odilla, who died as an infant. She ended her affair
with Hunsdon in the early 1590s. She was a published feminist poet.
See a bit of Elizabethan gossip about Emelia and a family friend named
William Shakespeare.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucreece BASSANO and Nicholas LANIER
Visit a Renaissnace Town.
Wife: Lucreece Bassano
LifeNotes: she was the daughter of the Bassano family of musicians
who came to England to serve Henry VIII. They probably originated from
the city of Bassano del Grappa near Venice. At that time, the fabulous
Renaissance courts of the Medici were winding down and the artists and
musicians of those courts were seeking work elsewhere.
So one can imagine that our Lucreece was of a very cultured
background. Assuredly, she was as instrumental as her husband,
Nicholas Lanier, in passing her own enlightenment on to her children.
Born: probably 1530-40, London, England
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: about 1/4/1633-34; buried in buried at St Alphege, East
Greenwich, England
Parents: Anthony Bassano and Elena de Nazzi. See their Bassano page.
Husband: Nicholas Lanier
LifeNotes: Nicholas Lanier of Rouen, France, played the flute and the
cornet. He was master flutist to Henri II of France.
During the Protestant persecutions, he was a Huguenot to England with
safe passage arranged for him by his patroness, the widowed queen
Catherine de Medici. Nicholas arrived at the new court of Elizabeth I
in 1561.
Behold Elizabeth I and check out her garments!
The bright young queen Elizabeth I, thrilled at the New Age she
generated, drew artists, poets, scholars and musicians to England from
all over Europe. Naturally they wished to be near the brilliant star
Elizabeth. Here the Arts were glorified. Here was the epicenter of a
cultural explosion. This was the time of William Shakespeare and Ben
Johnson. Explorers such as Francis Drake were discovering new worlds;
Walter Raleigh was forming expeditions colonize them.
The Laniers were right in the midst of it. In court, marriages were
arranged by the Queen. Nicholas Lanier, was paired with Lucreece
Bassano, daughter of an Italian musician of the Royal Orchestra.
Nicholas was made Master of Flutes. The couple prospered, acquiring a
great deal of property in East Greenwich, Blackheath, and nearby.
Three generations of this remarkable family served the British
Monarchy as court musicians, poets and artists; their efforts are
well-documented- and their efforts were well-rewarded.
Born: probably about 1520-30 probably in Rouen, France
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: will was proved 1/28/1611-12; buried in East Greenwich, England
Their children were:
* Innocent Lanier, musician, Gentleman of the King' s Chamber never
married; died 1625.
* Jerome Lanier, musician on the sackbut (something like a trombone),
artist; married twice, m-1st to Phrisdewith Grafton (buried 11/30/1625
in East Greenwich, England), 4 children-- Ellyn Lanier (b./d. 1615),
William Lanier (a musician), Nicholas Lanier (d. young), Bridget
Lanier; m-2nd to Elizabeth Willeford, 9 children-- Endymion Lanier,
Elizabeth Lanier (m. Thomas Slade), Jerome Lanier (d. young), Arundel
Lanier (d. as infant), Phrisdisweth Lanier (m. Richard Whinyard),
Katherine Lanier (m. Bernard Barrancleve), Amphillis Lanier (m. --
Seagler), Frances Lanier (m. --Meacham), Ann Lanier (d. young). Jerome
Lanier died 12/1659; Elizabeth Lanier died 11/1661; both buried East
Greenwich.
* Clement Lanier, musician on the recorder; married Hannah Collett in
1628. Clement died in 1661, Hannah in 1653. These are the parents of
John Lanier who went to America in 1656 and of Robert Lanier who went
to Barbados. See their page.
* Andrea Lanier, flutist and teacher of musicians; succeeded his
father Nicholas Lanier as Master of the Flutes for Life married Joyce
Perry before 1633. Children-- Elizabeth Lanier (d. as infant), Thomas
Lanier (b. 1633-still living by 1692 flutist; m. Joan Pettiward ),
Clement Lanier, Andrea Lanier, William Lanier, Robert Lanier, Edymion
Lanier. Andrea Lanier was buried 11/2/1660.
* Ellen Lanier, married a violinist, Alphonse Ferrabosco, composer of
the King' s Music. Children-- Alphonse Ferrabosco (musician), Henry
Ferrabosco (musician), Susanna Ferrabosco, Mary Ferrabosco, Katherine
Ferrabosco, John Ferrabosco (organist at Trinity Church, Ely). Ellen
Lanier died in 1628; her husband died in 1627/28; both buried at East
Greenwich.
* Frances Lanier, married 2/4/1618, St. Margaret' s, Lee in Kent to
musician Thomas Foxe (d.before 1633).
* Mary Lanier, thought to be unmarried; died in 1676; buried
10/13/1676.
* Katherine Lanier, married a violinist, Daniel Ferrand (d. 1650);
Katherine died in 1660.
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CHAPTER: 009: Bassano, Emilia
**********************************************************************
Carol Middleton's Rumormill
Emelia Bassano Lanier: The Dark Lady???
An Elizabethan Rumour
Read with a VERY open mind and vivid imagination. And when you have
read this, surf on over to Will's place, Shakespeare's Globe site
There is a book, published by Clarkson N. Potter, called The Poems of
Shakespeare's Dark Lady (a reprint of the original, printed in 1611).
In his introduction to this book of Emelia Bassano Lanier's poetry
(Salve Deus Rex Judeorum--Hail, God, King of the Jews), the
Elizabethan scholar and author A. L. Rouse speculated that Emelia was
The Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Prior to her marriage to Alphonse Lanier, she was involved with the
Lord Chamberlain, Lord Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, nephew of
Anne Boleyn. It is said that the son Henry Lanier, born to Emelia, was
Lord Hunsdon's. The marriage to Alphonse was arranged by the Queen to
settle the problem. Alphonse was conveniently at sea most of the
time-- a gentleman volunteer, on voyages under command of the Earl of
Southampton.
The affair with William Shakespeare supposedly took place soon after
this marriage. We know Shakespeare wrote hints of his own life into
his work -- all artists do that. Remembering this, one can "read in"
all sorts of "proof", when looking at his plays.
Looking at the Sonnets to the Dark Lady, it is clear theirs was a
passionate, if uneasy, affair. There are enumerable defensive "swipes"
at her. In reading Emelia's poems, it is clear she was high-spirited
--a powerful personality, as Rouse puts it-- with a gift for words.
And she was also a woman with a cause, that of women wronged.
Still there are glimpses of Emelia's relationship with William
Shakespeare. It took place during his early days in London where he
had moved his family to live in Bishopsgate. It was also during the
early stages of patronage by the Earl of Southampton.
Rouse describes a skit of Love's Labour's Lost, played out at the
house of the Earl of Southampton, with Emelia as Rosaline and the
actor-dramatist Shakespeare himself as Berowne (Biron). And imagine A
Midsummer's Nights Dream, before it was officially presented, played
in the forests of Southampton's estate. See Emelia as Hermia, seeking
her fickle lost love ... Delicious!!
D La Pierre Ballard:
Carol Middleton who passed away on 20-SEP-2000. She did phenomenal genealogical work on the Bassano and Lanier families. She was also a renowned writer and artist.
Carol Middleton:
When I was a little girl, I knew I was an artist. I drew and drew and drew. Perfectly natural, my mother told me. After all, she herself was a gifted artist as was her Lanier mother. How right Mother was! After reading about the Laniers and also the Bassanos, I am sure where we got our artistic gifts. The Laniers and Bassanos were artists, poets, writers and musicians of long ago ... and of now! Add to my Lanier grandmother, my mother, and me-- all the many gifted others with Lanier and Bassano blood. We have the gift! It is in our genes!
Thus, the LANIER line is where I start. I know also of the artistic and musical gifts of my family. But I want to know about the others, whose lines branch into and out of the Lanier / Bassano lines-- the MALONES, the BIRDS, the WYNNES, the FOWKES, the THOROWGOODS and all the others. And what am of my Scottish ancestors -- the NICOLS, the MacKINNONS, and the DOUGLASSES. Maybe my love of exploring and an abiding love of the land. It seems the more I learn of my ancestors, the more I understand myself. To paraphrase an old friend of the family, "... we are such stuff as genes are made of."
Jeronimo was the head of family of Italian musicians who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve and revitalize the arts of that royal court. It is thought the family was Jewish, but assimilated rapidly when they reached England.
The first mention of the family occurs in a Venetian document of 1515: "The trumpets and shawms (medieval instrument) are the following:
... Ser Alvise da Bassan di maestro Jeronimo ..."
Born: before 1490, probably Bassano del Grappa, then State of Venice, now Italy
Died: about 1545 Venice, Italy
His children were:
* Anthony Bassano, born Bassano del Grappa, Italy, near Venice. On 8/10/1536 married Elena de Nazzi in Venice, Italy. See their page. They were in England by 1540. Known daughter: Lucreece Bassano (b. 9/24/1556; m. Nicholas Lanier 2/13/1570-1; died in Kent, England 1/4/1633-4)
* Jacomo Bassano. Married Orsetta Griti, daughter of Santo Griti.
They were in England by 1540. Died 1566.
* Alvise Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Daughter: Laura Bassano (m.
Joseph Lupo, son of Ambrose Lupo, of the Portuguese string musical
family that came to Henry VIII, too, and Matt Lupo, a descendant of
that family, invites you to his Lupo family site). Died 1554.
* Jasper Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1577.
* John Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1570.
* Baptista Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Had a daughter, Emelia
Bassano, with Margaret Johnson, to whom he was not married. See their
page.
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Anthony BASSANO and Elena de NAZZI
Husband: Anthony Bassano
Born: Bassano del Grappo, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Died: buried 10/19/1574
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See his page.
Wife: Elena de Nazzi
Born: Venice, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Parents: Beneditto de Nazzi
Their children were:
* Elizabeth Bassano, born 1545. Married Ambrose Grasso. Elizabeth
died in 1582.
* Mark Anthony Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry
VIII of England. Died 1599.
* Arthur Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1624.
* Edward Bassano, born 1551 Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1615.
* Andrea Bassano, born 1554. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1626.
* Jeronimo Bassano, born 1559. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1635.
* Margaretta Bassano
* Angelica Bassano
* Isabella Bassano
* Lucreece Bassano, born 9/24/1556, London, England. Married Nicholas
Lanier, 2/13/1570-1, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England. See
her Bassano page and also see his Lanier page. Lucreece Bassano died
1/4/1633-4, East Greenwich, England, buried St Alphege, Greenwich,
Kent.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Baptisa Bassano and Margaret Johnson
Not of my direct line but of interest to others
Baptisa Bassano
He was not married to Margaret
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 5/11/1576
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See their page.
Margaret Johnson
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 7/7/1587
Their children were:
* Angela Bassano. Married Joseph Holland.
* Emelia Bassano, born 1/1569, christened 1/27/1569 at St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate. Her father died when she was very young. She was brought
up with the Countess of Kent. She had a long-term affair with Lord
Chamberlain Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn (former mistress to
Henry VIII, sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Elizabeth I),
patron to William Shakespeare's theatrical company. When Emelia became
pregnant with Henry's child, a marriage was arranged for her by the
Queen (cousin to Lord Hunsdon).
I suspect our Emelia knew How to Make an Elizabethan Corset. You can,
too. Visit While there pick up tips for making other necessary items
such as fartheringales and bumrolls.
While you're there, drop by Ye Olde Dress Shoppe.
Emelia married Alphonse Lanier of the Lanier family of musicians; he
was in turn given a position in the Irish Service and so he was often
away. The child was named Henry, after his father. Emelia had a second
child, a daughter, Odilla, who died as an infant. She ended her affair
with Hunsdon in the early 1590s. She was a published feminist poet.
See a bit of Elizabethan gossip about Emelia and a family friend named
William Shakespeare.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucreece BASSANO and Nicholas LANIER
Visit a Renaissnace Town.
Wife: Lucreece Bassano
LifeNotes: she was the daughter of the Bassano family of musicians
who came to England to serve Henry VIII. They probably originated from
the city of Bassano del Grappa near Venice. At that time, the fabulous
Renaissance courts of the Medici were winding down and the artists and
musicians of those courts were seeking work elsewhere.
So one can imagine that our Lucreece was of a very cultured
background. Assuredly, she was as instrumental as her husband,
Nicholas Lanier, in passing her own enlightenment on to her children.
Born: probably 1530-40, London, England
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: about 1/4/1633-34; buried in buried at St Alphege, East
Greenwich, England
Parents: Anthony Bassano and Elena de Nazzi. See their Bassano page.
Husband: Nicholas Lanier
LifeNotes: Nicholas Lanier of Rouen, France, played the flute and the
cornet. He was master flutist to Henri II of France.
During the Protestant persecutions, he was a Huguenot to England with
safe passage arranged for him by his patroness, the widowed queen
Catherine de Medici. Nicholas arrived at the new court of Elizabeth I
in 1561.
Behold Elizabeth I and check out her garments!
The bright young queen Elizabeth I, thrilled at the New Age she
generated, drew artists, poets, scholars and musicians to England from
all over Europe. Naturally they wished to be near the brilliant star
Elizabeth. Here the Arts were glorified. Here was the epicenter of a
cultural explosion. This was the time of William Shakespeare and Ben
Johnson. Explorers such as Francis Drake were discovering new worlds;
Walter Raleigh was forming expeditions colonize them.
The Laniers were right in the midst of it. In court, marriages were
arranged by the Queen. Nicholas Lanier, was paired with Lucreece
Bassano, daughter of an Italian musician of the Royal Orchestra.
Nicholas was made Master of Flutes. The couple prospered, acquiring a
great deal of property in East Greenwich, Blackheath, and nearby.
Three generations of this remarkable family served the British
Monarchy as court musicians, poets and artists; their efforts are
well-documented- and their efforts were well-rewarded.
Born: probably about 1520-30 probably in Rouen, France
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: will was proved 1/28/1611-12; buried in East Greenwich, England
Their children were:
* Innocent Lanier, musician, Gentleman of the King' s Chamber never
married; died 1625.
* Jerome Lanier, musician on the sackbut (something like a trombone),
artist; married twice, m-1st to Phrisdewith Grafton (buried 11/30/1625
in East Greenwich, England), 4 children-- Ellyn Lanier (b./d. 1615),
William Lanier (a musician), Nicholas Lanier (d. young), Bridget
Lanier; m-2nd to Elizabeth Willeford, 9 children-- Endymion Lanier,
Elizabeth Lanier (m. Thomas Slade), Jerome Lanier (d. young), Arundel
Lanier (d. as infant), Phrisdisweth Lanier (m. Richard Whinyard),
Katherine Lanier (m. Bernard Barrancleve), Amphillis Lanier (m. --
Seagler), Frances Lanier (m. --Meacham), Ann Lanier (d. young). Jerome
Lanier died 12/1659; Elizabeth Lanier died 11/1661; both buried East
Greenwich.
* Clement Lanier, musician on the recorder; married Hannah Collett in
1628. Clement died in 1661, Hannah in 1653. These are the parents of
John Lanier who went to America in 1656 and of Robert Lanier who went
to Barbados. See their page.
* Andrea Lanier, flutist and teacher of musicians; succeeded his
father Nicholas Lanier as Master of the Flutes for Life married Joyce
Perry before 1633. Children-- Elizabeth Lanier (d. as infant), Thomas
Lanier (b. 1633-still living by 1692 flutist; m. Joan Pettiward ),
Clement Lanier, Andrea Lanier, William Lanier, Robert Lanier, Edymion
Lanier. Andrea Lanier was buried 11/2/1660.
* Ellen Lanier, married a violinist, Alphonse Ferrabosco, composer of
the King' s Music. Children-- Alphonse Ferrabosco (musician), Henry
Ferrabosco (musician), Susanna Ferrabosco, Mary Ferrabosco, Katherine
Ferrabosco, John Ferrabosco (organist at Trinity Church, Ely). Ellen
Lanier died in 1628; her husband died in 1627/28; both buried at East
Greenwich.
* Frances Lanier, married 2/4/1618, St. Margaret' s, Lee in Kent to
musician Thomas Foxe (d.before 1633).
* Mary Lanier, thought to be unmarried; died in 1676; buried
10/13/1676.
* Katherine Lanier, married a violinist, Daniel Ferrand (d. 1650);
Katherine died in 1660.
**********************************************************************
CHAPTER: 009: Bassano, Emilia
**********************************************************************
Carol Middleton's Rumormill
Emelia Bassano Lanier: The Dark Lady???
An Elizabethan Rumour
Read with a VERY open mind and vivid imagination. And when you have
read this, surf on over to Will's place, Shakespeare's Globe site
There is a book, published by Clarkson N. Potter, called The Poems of
Shakespeare's Dark Lady (a reprint of the original, printed in 1611).
In his introduction to this book of Emelia Bassano Lanier's poetry
(Salve Deus Rex Judeorum--Hail, God, King of the Jews), the
Elizabethan scholar and author A. L. Rouse speculated that Emelia was
The Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Prior to her marriage to Alphonse Lanier, she was involved with the
Lord Chamberlain, Lord Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, nephew of
Anne Boleyn. It is said that the son Henry Lanier, born to Emelia, was
Lord Hunsdon's. The marriage to Alphonse was arranged by the Queen to
settle the problem. Alphonse was conveniently at sea most of the
time-- a gentleman volunteer, on voyages under command of the Earl of
Southampton.
The affair with William Shakespeare supposedly took place soon after
this marriage. We know Shakespeare wrote hints of his own life into
his work -- all artists do that. Remembering this, one can "read in"
all sorts of "proof", when looking at his plays.
Looking at the Sonnets to the Dark Lady, it is clear theirs was a
passionate, if uneasy, affair. There are enumerable defensive "swipes"
at her. In reading Emelia's poems, it is clear she was high-spirited
--a powerful personality, as Rouse puts it-- with a gift for words.
And she was also a woman with a cause, that of women wronged.
Still there are glimpses of Emelia's relationship with William
Shakespeare. It took place during his early days in London where he
had moved his family to live in Bishopsgate. It was also during the
early stages of patronage by the Earl of Southampton.
Rouse describes a skit of Love's Labour's Lost, played out at the
house of the Earl of Southampton, with Emelia as Rosaline and the
actor-dramatist Shakespeare himself as Berowne (Biron). And imagine A
Midsummer's Nights Dream, before it was officially presented, played
in the forests of Southampton's estate. See Emelia as Hermia, seeking
her fickle lost love ... Delicious!!
Carol Middleton:
D La Pierre Ballard:
Carol Middleton who passed away on 20-SEP-2000. She did phenomenal genealogical work on the Bassano and Lanier families. She was also a renowned writer and artist.
Carol Middleton:
When I was a little girl, I knew I was an artist. I drew and drew and drew. Perfectly natural, my mother told me. After all, she herself was a gifted artist as was her Lanier mother. How right Mother was! After reading about the Laniers and also the Bassanos, I am sure where we got our artistic gifts. The Laniers and Bassanos were artists, poets, writers and musicians of long ago ... and of now! Add to my Lanier grandmother, my mother, and me-- all the many gifted others with Lanier and Bassano blood. We have the gift! It is in our genes!
Thus, the LANIER line is where I start. I know also of the artistic and musical gifts of my family. But I want to know about the others, whose lines branch into and out of the Lanier / Bassano lines-- the MALONES, the BIRDS, the WYNNES, the FOWKES, the THOROWGOODS and all the others. And what am of my Scottish ancestors -- the NICOLS, the MacKINNONS, and the DOUGLASSES. Maybe my love of exploring and an abiding love of the land. It seems the more I learn of my ancestors, the more I understand myself. To paraphrase an old friend of the family, "... we are such stuff as genes are made of."
Jeronimo was the head of family of Italian musicians who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve and revitalize the arts of that royal court. It is thought the family was Jewish, but assimilated rapidly when they reached England.
The first mention of the family occurs in a Venetian document of 1515: "The trumpets and shawms (medieval instrument) are the following:
... Ser Alvise da Bassan di maestro Jeronimo ..."
Born: before 1490, probably Bassano del Grappa, then State of Venice, now Italy
Died: about 1545 Venice, Italy
His children were:
* Anthony Bassano, born Bassano del Grappa, Italy, near Venice. On 8/10/1536 married Elena de Nazzi in Venice, Italy. See their page. They were in England by 1540. Known daughter: Lucreece Bassano (b. 9/24/1556; m. Nicholas Lanier 2/13/1570-1; died in Kent, England 1/4/1633-4)
* Jacomo Bassano. Married Orsetta Griti, daughter of Santo Griti.
They were in England by 1540. Died 1566.
* Alvise Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Daughter: Laura Bassano (m.
Joseph Lupo, son of Ambrose Lupo, of the Portuguese string musical
family that came to Henry VIII, too, and Matt Lupo, a descendant of
that family, invites you to his Lupo family site). Died 1554.
* Jasper Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1577.
* John Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1570.
* Baptista Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Had a daughter, Emelia
Bassano, with Margaret Johnson, to whom he was not married. See their
page.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony BASSANO and Elena de NAZZI
Husband: Anthony Bassano
Born: Bassano del Grappo, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Died: buried 10/19/1574
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See his page.
Wife: Elena de Nazzi
Born: Venice, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Parents: Beneditto de Nazzi
Their children were:
* Elizabeth Bassano, born 1545. Married Ambrose Grasso. Elizabeth
died in 1582.
* Mark Anthony Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry
VIII of England. Died 1599.
* Arthur Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1624.
* Edward Bassano, born 1551 Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1615.
* Andrea Bassano, born 1554. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1626.
* Jeronimo Bassano, born 1559. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1635.
* Margaretta Bassano
* Angelica Bassano
* Isabella Bassano
* Lucreece Bassano, born 9/24/1556, London, England. Married Nicholas
Lanier, 2/13/1570-1, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England. See
her Bassano page and also see his Lanier page. Lucreece Bassano died
1/4/1633-4, East Greenwich, England, buried St Alphege, Greenwich,
Kent.
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Baptisa Bassano and Margaret Johnson
Not of my direct line but of interest to others
Baptisa Bassano
He was not married to Margaret
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 5/11/1576
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See their page.
Margaret Johnson
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 7/7/1587
Their children were:
* Angela Bassano. Married Joseph Holland.
* Emelia Bassano, born 1/1569, christened 1/27/1569 at St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate. Her father died when she was very young. She was brought
up with the Countess of Kent. She had a long-term affair with Lord
Chamberlain Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn (former mistress to
Henry VIII, sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Elizabeth I),
patron to William Shakespeare's theatrical company. When Emelia became
pregnant with Henry's child, a marriage was arranged for her by the
Queen (cousin to Lord Hunsdon).
I suspect our Emelia knew How to Make an Elizabethan Corset. You can,
too. Visit While there pick up tips for making other necessary items
such as fartheringales and bumrolls.
While you're there, drop by Ye Olde Dress Shoppe.
Emelia married Alphonse Lanier of the Lanier family of musicians; he
was in turn given a position in the Irish Service and so he was often
away. The child was named Henry, after his father. Emelia had a second
child, a daughter, Odilla, who died as an infant. She ended her affair
with Hunsdon in the early 1590s. She was a published feminist poet.
See a bit of Elizabethan gossip about Emelia and a family friend named
William Shakespeare.
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Lucreece BASSANO and Nicholas LANIER
Visit a Renaissnace Town.
Wife: Lucreece Bassano
LifeNotes: she was the daughter of the Bassano family of musicians
who came to England to serve Henry VIII. They probably originated from
the city of Bassano del Grappa near Venice. At that time, the fabulous
Renaissance courts of the Medici were winding down and the artists and
musicians of those courts were seeking work elsewhere.
So one can imagine that our Lucreece was of a very cultured
background. Assuredly, she was as instrumental as her husband,
Nicholas Lanier, in passing her own enlightenment on to her children.
Born: probably 1530-40, London, England
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: about 1/4/1633-34; buried in buried at St Alphege, East
Greenwich, England
Parents: Anthony Bassano and Elena de Nazzi. See their Bassano page.
Husband: Nicholas Lanier
LifeNotes: Nicholas Lanier of Rouen, France, played the flute and the
cornet. He was master flutist to Henri II of France.
During the Protestant persecutions, he was a Huguenot to England with
safe passage arranged for him by his patroness, the widowed queen
Catherine de Medici. Nicholas arrived at the new court of Elizabeth I
in 1561.
Behold Elizabeth I and check out her garments!
The bright young queen Elizabeth I, thrilled at the New Age she
generated, drew artists, poets, scholars and musicians to England from
all over Europe. Naturally they wished to be near the brilliant star
Elizabeth. Here the Arts were glorified. Here was the epicenter of a
cultural explosion. This was the time of William Shakespeare and Ben
Johnson. Explorers such as Francis Drake were discovering new worlds;
Walter Raleigh was forming expeditions colonize them.
The Laniers were right in the midst of it. In court, marriages were
arranged by the Queen. Nicholas Lanier, was paired with Lucreece
Bassano, daughter of an Italian musician of the Royal Orchestra.
Nicholas was made Master of Flutes. The couple prospered, acquiring a
great deal of property in East Greenwich, Blackheath, and nearby.
Three generations of this remarkable family served the British
Monarchy as court musicians, poets and artists; their efforts are
well-documented- and their efforts were well-rewarded.
Born: probably about 1520-30 probably in Rouen, France
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: will was proved 1/28/1611-12; buried in East Greenwich, England
Their children were:
* Innocent Lanier, musician, Gentleman of the King' s Chamber never
married; died 1625.
* Jerome Lanier, musician on the sackbut (something like a trombone),
artist; married twice, m-1st to Phrisdewith Grafton (buried 11/30/1625
in East Greenwich, England), 4 children-- Ellyn Lanier (b./d. 1615),
William Lanier (a musician), Nicholas Lanier (d. young), Bridget
Lanier; m-2nd to Elizabeth Willeford, 9 children-- Endymion Lanier,
Elizabeth Lanier (m. Thomas Slade), Jerome Lanier (d. young), Arundel
Lanier (d. as infant), Phrisdisweth Lanier (m. Richard Whinyard),
Katherine Lanier (m. Bernard Barrancleve), Amphillis Lanier (m. --
Seagler), Frances Lanier (m. --Meacham), Ann Lanier (d. young). Jerome
Lanier died 12/1659; Elizabeth Lanier died 11/1661; both buried East
Greenwich.
* Clement Lanier, musician on the recorder; married Hannah Collett in
1628. Clement died in 1661, Hannah in 1653. These are the parents of
John Lanier who went to America in 1656 and of Robert Lanier who went
to Barbados. See their page.
* Andrea Lanier, flutist and teacher of musicians; succeeded his
father Nicholas Lanier as Master of the Flutes for Life married Joyce
Perry before 1633. Children-- Elizabeth Lanier (d. as infant), Thomas
Lanier (b. 1633-still living by 1692 flutist; m. Joan Pettiward ),
Clement Lanier, Andrea Lanier, William Lanier, Robert Lanier, Edymion
Lanier. Andrea Lanier was buried 11/2/1660.
* Ellen Lanier, married a violinist, Alphonse Ferrabosco, composer of
the King' s Music. Children-- Alphonse Ferrabosco (musician), Henry
Ferrabosco (musician), Susanna Ferrabosco, Mary Ferrabosco, Katherine
Ferrabosco, John Ferrabosco (organist at Trinity Church, Ely). Ellen
Lanier died in 1628; her husband died in 1627/28; both buried at East
Greenwich.
* Frances Lanier, married 2/4/1618, St. Margaret' s, Lee in Kent to
musician Thomas Foxe (d.before 1633).
* Mary Lanier, thought to be unmarried; died in 1676; buried
10/13/1676.
* Katherine Lanier, married a violinist, Daniel Ferrand (d. 1650);
Katherine died in 1660.
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CHAPTER: 009: Bassano, Emilia
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Carol Middleton's Rumormill
Emelia Bassano Lanier: The Dark Lady???
An Elizabethan Rumour
Read with a VERY open mind and vivid imagination. And when you have
read this, surf on over to Will's place, Shakespeare's Globe site
There is a book, published by Clarkson N. Potter, called The Poems of
Shakespeare's Dark Lady (a reprint of the original, printed in 1611).
In his introduction to this book of Emelia Bassano Lanier's poetry
(Salve Deus Rex Judeorum--Hail, God, King of the Jews), the
Elizabethan scholar and author A. L. Rouse speculated that Emelia was
The Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Prior to her marriage to Alphonse Lanier, she was involved with the
Lord Chamberlain, Lord Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, nephew of
Anne Boleyn. It is said that the son Henry Lanier, born to Emelia, was
Lord Hunsdon's. The marriage to Alphonse was arranged by the Queen to
settle the problem. Alphonse was conveniently at sea most of the
time-- a gentleman volunteer, on voyages under command of the Earl of
Southampton.
The affair with William Shakespeare supposedly took place soon after
this marriage. We know Shakespeare wrote hints of his own life into
his work -- all artists do that. Remembering this, one can "read in"
all sorts of "proof", when looking at his plays.
Looking at the Sonnets to the Dark Lady, it is clear theirs was a
passionate, if uneasy, affair. There are enumerable defensive "swipes"
at her. In reading Emelia's poems, it is clear she was high-spirited
--a powerful personality, as Rouse puts it-- with a gift for words.
And she was also a woman with a cause, that of women wronged.
Still there are glimpses of Emelia's relationship with William
Shakespeare. It took place during his early days in London where he
had moved his family to live in Bishopsgate. It was also during the
early stages of patronage by the Earl of Southampton.
Rouse describes a skit of Love's Labour's Lost, played out at the
house of the Earl of Southampton, with Emelia as Rosaline and the
actor-dramatist Shakespeare himself as Berowne (Biron). And imagine A
Midsummer's Nights Dream, before it was officially presented, played
in the forests of Southampton's estate. See Emelia as Hermia, seeking
her fickle lost love ... Delicious!!
D La Pierre Ballard:
Carol Middleton who passed away on 20-SEP-2000. She did phenomenal genealogical work on the Bassano and Lanier families. She was also a renowned writer and artist.
Carol Middleton:
When I was a little girl, I knew I was an artist. I drew and drew and drew. Perfectly natural, my mother told me. After all, she herself was a gifted artist as was her Lanier mother. How right Mother was! After reading about the Laniers and also the Bassanos, I am sure where we got our artistic gifts. The Laniers and Bassanos were artists, poets, writers and musicians of long ago ... and of now! Add to my Lanier grandmother, my mother, and me-- all the many gifted others with Lanier and Bassano blood. We have the gift! It is in our genes!
Thus, the LANIER line is where I start. I know also of the artistic and musical gifts of my family. But I want to know about the others, whose lines branch into and out of the Lanier / Bassano lines-- the MALONES, the BIRDS, the WYNNES, the FOWKES, the THOROWGOODS and all the others. And what am of my Scottish ancestors -- the NICOLS, the MacKINNONS, and the DOUGLASSES. Maybe my love of exploring and an abiding love of the land. It seems the more I learn of my ancestors, the more I understand myself. To paraphrase an old friend of the family, "... we are such stuff as genes are made of."
Jeronimo was the head of family of Italian musicians who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve and revitalize the arts of that royal court. It is thought the family was Jewish, but assimilated rapidly when they reached England.
The first mention of the family occurs in a Venetian document of 1515: "The trumpets and shawms (medieval instrument) are the following:
... Ser Alvise da Bassan di maestro Jeronimo ..."
Born: before 1490, probably Bassano del Grappa, then State of Venice, now Italy
Died: about 1545 Venice, Italy
His children were:
* Anthony Bassano, born Bassano del Grappa, Italy, near Venice. On 8/10/1536 married Elena de Nazzi in Venice, Italy. See their page. They were in England by 1540. Known daughter: Lucreece Bassano (b. 9/24/1556; m. Nicholas Lanier 2/13/1570-1; died in Kent, England 1/4/1633-4)
* Jacomo Bassano. Married Orsetta Griti, daughter of Santo Griti.
They were in England by 1540. Died 1566.
* Alvise Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Daughter: Laura Bassano (m.
Joseph Lupo, son of Ambrose Lupo, of the Portuguese string musical
family that came to Henry VIII, too, and Matt Lupo, a descendant of
that family, invites you to his Lupo family site). Died 1554.
* Jasper Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1577.
* John Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Died 1570.
* Baptista Bassano. Was in England by 1540. Had a daughter, Emelia
Bassano, with Margaret Johnson, to whom he was not married. See their
page.
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Anthony BASSANO and Elena de NAZZI
Husband: Anthony Bassano
Born: Bassano del Grappo, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Died: buried 10/19/1574
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See his page.
Wife: Elena de Nazzi
Born: Venice, Italy
Married: 8/10/1536 in Venice, Italy
Parents: Beneditto de Nazzi
Their children were:
* Elizabeth Bassano, born 1545. Married Ambrose Grasso. Elizabeth
died in 1582.
* Mark Anthony Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry
VIII of England. Died 1599.
* Arthur Bassano, born 1546. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1624.
* Edward Bassano, born 1551 Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1615.
* Andrea Bassano, born 1554. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1626.
* Jeronimo Bassano, born 1559. Musician in the court of Henry VIII of
England. Died 1635.
* Margaretta Bassano
* Angelica Bassano
* Isabella Bassano
* Lucreece Bassano, born 9/24/1556, London, England. Married Nicholas
Lanier, 2/13/1570-1, All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England. See
her Bassano page and also see his Lanier page. Lucreece Bassano died
1/4/1633-4, East Greenwich, England, buried St Alphege, Greenwich,
Kent.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Baptisa Bassano and Margaret Johnson
Not of my direct line but of interest to others
Baptisa Bassano
He was not married to Margaret
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 5/11/1576
Parents: Jeronimo Bassano. See their page.
Margaret Johnson
Died: buried at Bishopsgate, England, 7/7/1587
Their children were:
* Angela Bassano. Married Joseph Holland.
* Emelia Bassano, born 1/1569, christened 1/27/1569 at St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate. Her father died when she was very young. She was brought
up with the Countess of Kent. She had a long-term affair with Lord
Chamberlain Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn (former mistress to
Henry VIII, sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Elizabeth I),
patron to William Shakespeare's theatrical company. When Emelia became
pregnant with Henry's child, a marriage was arranged for her by the
Queen (cousin to Lord Hunsdon).
I suspect our Emelia knew How to Make an Elizabethan Corset. You can,
too. Visit While there pick up tips for making other necessary items
such as fartheringales and bumrolls.
While you're there, drop by Ye Olde Dress Shoppe.
Emelia married Alphonse Lanier of the Lanier family of musicians; he
was in turn given a position in the Irish Service and so he was often
away. The child was named Henry, after his father. Emelia had a second
child, a daughter, Odilla, who died as an infant. She ended her affair
with Hunsdon in the early 1590s. She was a published feminist poet.
See a bit of Elizabethan gossip about Emelia and a family friend named
William Shakespeare.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucreece BASSANO and Nicholas LANIER
Visit a Renaissnace Town.
Wife: Lucreece Bassano
LifeNotes: she was the daughter of the Bassano family of musicians
who came to England to serve Henry VIII. They probably originated from
the city of Bassano del Grappa near Venice. At that time, the fabulous
Renaissance courts of the Medici were winding down and the artists and
musicians of those courts were seeking work elsewhere.
So one can imagine that our Lucreece was of a very cultured
background. Assuredly, she was as instrumental as her husband,
Nicholas Lanier, in passing her own enlightenment on to her children.
Born: probably 1530-40, London, England
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: about 1/4/1633-34; buried in buried at St Alphege, East
Greenwich, England
Parents: Anthony Bassano and Elena de Nazzi. See their Bassano page.
Husband: Nicholas Lanier
LifeNotes: Nicholas Lanier of Rouen, France, played the flute and the
cornet. He was master flutist to Henri II of France.
During the Protestant persecutions, he was a Huguenot to England with
safe passage arranged for him by his patroness, the widowed queen
Catherine de Medici. Nicholas arrived at the new court of Elizabeth I
in 1561.
Behold Elizabeth I and check out her garments!
The bright young queen Elizabeth I, thrilled at the New Age she
generated, drew artists, poets, scholars and musicians to England from
all over Europe. Naturally they wished to be near the brilliant star
Elizabeth. Here the Arts were glorified. Here was the epicenter of a
cultural explosion. This was the time of William Shakespeare and Ben
Johnson. Explorers such as Francis Drake were discovering new worlds;
Walter Raleigh was forming expeditions colonize them.
The Laniers were right in the midst of it. In court, marriages were
arranged by the Queen. Nicholas Lanier, was paired with Lucreece
Bassano, daughter of an Italian musician of the Royal Orchestra.
Nicholas was made Master of Flutes. The couple prospered, acquiring a
great deal of property in East Greenwich, Blackheath, and nearby.
Three generations of this remarkable family served the British
Monarchy as court musicians, poets and artists; their efforts are
well-documented- and their efforts were well-rewarded.
Born: probably about 1520-30 probably in Rouen, France
Married: before 1565 in England
Died: will was proved 1/28/1611-12; buried in East Greenwich, England
Their children were:
* Innocent Lanier, musician, Gentleman of the King' s Chamber never
married; died 1625.
* Jerome Lanier, musician on the sackbut (something like a trombone),
artist; married twice, m-1st to Phrisdewith Grafton (buried 11/30/1625
in East Greenwich, England), 4 children-- Ellyn Lanier (b./d. 1615),
William Lanier (a musician), Nicholas Lanier (d. young), Bridget
Lanier; m-2nd to Elizabeth Willeford, 9 children-- Endymion Lanier,
Elizabeth Lanier (m. Thomas Slade), Jerome Lanier (d. young), Arundel
Lanier (d. as infant), Phrisdisweth Lanier (m. Richard Whinyard),
Katherine Lanier (m. Bernard Barrancleve), Amphillis Lanier (m. --
Seagler), Frances Lanier (m. --Meacham), Ann Lanier (d. young). Jerome
Lanier died 12/1659; Elizabeth Lanier died 11/1661; both buried East
Greenwich.
* Clement Lanier, musician on the recorder; married Hannah Collett in
1628. Clement died in 1661, Hannah in 1653. These are the parents of
John Lanier who went to America in 1656 and of Robert Lanier who went
to Barbados. See their page.
* Andrea Lanier, flutist and teacher of musicians; succeeded his
father Nicholas Lanier as Master of the Flutes for Life married Joyce
Perry before 1633. Children-- Elizabeth Lanier (d. as infant), Thomas
Lanier (b. 1633-still living by 1692 flutist; m. Joan Pettiward ),
Clement Lanier, Andrea Lanier, William Lanier, Robert Lanier, Edymion
Lanier. Andrea Lanier was buried 11/2/1660.
* Ellen Lanier, married a violinist, Alphonse Ferrabosco, composer of
the King' s Music. Children-- Alphonse Ferrabosco (musician), Henry
Ferrabosco (musician), Susanna Ferrabosco, Mary Ferrabosco, Katherine
Ferrabosco, John Ferrabosco (organist at Trinity Church, Ely). Ellen
Lanier died in 1628; her husband died in 1627/28; both buried at East
Greenwich.
* Frances Lanier, married 2/4/1618, St. Margaret' s, Lee in Kent to
musician Thomas Foxe (d.before 1633).
* Mary Lanier, thought to be unmarried; died in 1676; buried
10/13/1676.
* Katherine Lanier, married a violinist, Daniel Ferrand (d. 1650);
Katherine died in 1660.
**********************************************************************
CHAPTER: 009: Bassano, Emilia
**********************************************************************
Carol Middleton's Rumormill
Emelia Bassano Lanier: The Dark Lady???
An Elizabethan Rumour
Read with a VERY open mind and vivid imagination. And when you have
read this, surf on over to Will's place, Shakespeare's Globe site
There is a book, published by Clarkson N. Potter, called The Poems of
Shakespeare's Dark Lady (a reprint of the original, printed in 1611).
In his introduction to this book of Emelia Bassano Lanier's poetry
(Salve Deus Rex Judeorum--Hail, God, King of the Jews), the
Elizabethan scholar and author A. L. Rouse speculated that Emelia was
The Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Prior to her marriage to Alphonse Lanier, she was involved with the
Lord Chamberlain, Lord Henry Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, nephew of
Anne Boleyn. It is said that the son Henry Lanier, born to Emelia, was
Lord Hunsdon's. The marriage to Alphonse was arranged by the Queen to
settle the problem. Alphonse was conveniently at sea most of the
time-- a gentleman volunteer, on voyages under command of the Earl of
Southampton.
The affair with William Shakespeare supposedly took place soon after
this marriage. We know Shakespeare wrote hints of his own life into
his work -- all artists do that. Remembering this, one can "read in"
all sorts of "proof", when looking at his plays.
Looking at the Sonnets to the Dark Lady, it is clear theirs was a
passionate, if uneasy, affair. There are enumerable defensive "swipes"
at her. In reading Emelia's poems, it is clear she was high-spirited
--a powerful personality, as Rouse puts it-- with a gift for words.
And she was also a woman with a cause, that of women wronged.
Still there are glimpses of Emelia's relationship with William
Shakespeare. It took place during his early days in London where he
had moved his family to live in Bishopsgate. It was also during the
early stages of patronage by the Earl of Southampton.
Rouse describes a skit of Love's Labour's Lost, played out at the
house of the Earl of Southampton, with Emelia as Rosaline and the
actor-dramatist Shakespeare himself as Berowne (Biron). And imagine A
Midsummer's Nights Dream, before it was officially presented, played
in the forests of Southampton's estate. See Emelia as Hermia, seeking
her fickle lost love ... Delicious!!
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