Elizabeth Devick

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Elizabeth Devick or De Vic (fl.1600-1620) was a servant of Anne of Denmark.

She was a member of the household of Magdalen Wood, the wife of the English diplomat Thomas Edmondes. In May 1615 Edmondes gave her £100 after the death of his wife, for her long service. [1]

On 14 February 1613 she added a Valentine's day greeting to Jean Beaulieu's letter from Paris to William Trumbull and his wife and daughter "pretty Betty". [2]

At the end of June 1615 she travelled from Paris to Pougues with the Countess of Pembroke. [3]

Elizabeth Devick joined the household of Anne of Denmark in March 1617 as a lady in waiting, or "chamberer". She went to join the queen's household at Oatlands Palace where she swore the customary oath of loyalty and service on 24 August 1617. [4] At the Queen's death in 1619 she reckoned to have two years service in wages. [5]

She was with the queen, who had been ill, at Hampton Court and told a visitor that she now "began to sit up and walk about her chamber, which for 6 weeks before she was not able to do." [6]

When the queen died in 1619 the other chamberers were; Elizabeth Murray (probably the Countess of Annandale); Marie Mayerne, sister of Théodore de Mayerne who married Gian Francesco Biondi in 1622; [7] Bridget Annesley; and Mary Gargrave as Maid of Honour. [8] Elizabeth Devick attended the queen's funeral, listed with the ladies of the Privy Chamber. [9]

Subsequently there was "much talk" in London about provision for her servants, "Mistris de Vicg" was to have rewards and pensions pro rata . The King delayed making a settlement but the terms were announced to satisfy the Danish ambassador. [10]

The exact date of Elizabeth Devick's death is unknown.

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References

  1. G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 212 no. 443.
  2. A. B. Hinds, HMC 75 Downshire: 1613-1614, vol. 4 (London, 1940), p. 33.
  3. G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 5 (London, 1988), p. 266 no. 538.
  4. G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 267 no. 576.
  5. G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), pp. 132 no. 290, 137 no. 302: TNA SP14/107 f.126r.
  6. G. Dyfnallt Owen & Sonia P. Anderson, HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), p. 581 no. 1254.
  7. Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 479, Chamberlain describes Marie Mayerne as "a very lumpe or great peece of flesh."
  8. Frederick Devon, Pell Records: Issues of the Exchequer (London, 1836), p. 251: Joseph Jackson Howard, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 226: See also a household list of 1619 written in French, BNF MS Français 15990
  9. John Nichols, Progresses of James First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541.
  10. Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 258.