Papers relating to the Goulding family of Louth
Related Entities
There are 1 Entities related to this resource.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1623?-1673
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md9s48 (person)
Margaret Lucas was born at St John's Abbey, Essex and was the youngest child of Thomas and Elizabeth Lucas. Although her parents were wealthy, they were completely untitled. She was privately tutored and in 1642 was sent to live with her sister in Oxford, where the royal court was residing. Margaret became a maid of honour to Queen Henrietta Maria, and in 1644, accompanied her mistress into exile in Paris. The move to Paris proved to be the pivotal point in Margaret's life, for it was here th...
