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Bess of Hardwick
Real name:
Place of birth:
Family position in life
Age of first marriage
Number of marriages
Income aster 3rd marriage
Official title after last marriage
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When Bess of Hardwick was born and died.
(Place date of her birth and death on the timeline)
King
Henry VIII
King Queen Queen
Edward Mary Elizabeth I
Date of marriage to George Talbot.
(place on the timeline)
Bess of Hardwick spent most of her life under the reign of:
(name the king or queen that she lived under the most)
King James
Countess of Shrewsbury
Name the different houses that the Earl of Shrewsbury had:
Bess would of lived in them at different times. Bess did not lived in Shrewsbury, however
there are many reasons as to why she would of be proud to be called the Countess of
Shrewsbury:
•Shrewsbury was one of the
• It was the
largest town in England.
real town before the coast.
• The area next to the Welsh bridge became the centre of
• The trade from Shrewsbury to Bristol included being
• From Bristol Shrewsbury was able to buy expensive items like
• All this suggests that Shrewsbury was a
town.
Shrewsbury
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A picture of the Talbot ‘Coat of Arms’.
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Picture of
Tudor
Shrewsbury
Bess of Hardwick in comparison to other Tudor
women
 Girls were taught that their aim in life was only to
and have
Were these Bess' aims in life?
What do you think her aims were?
A Tudor girls education was not to promote independent thinking.
However Bess was a very independent thinker. What things did she do by
herself?
(On the Tudor women website scroll down to the section on ‘LAW’.)
Why do you think Bess married (their could be different reasons
behind each of her marriages)
(On the Tudor women website scroll back up to to the section on ‘BETROTHAL’.)
Who chose a girls husband?
Who choose husbands for Bess’ children?
oWhich marriage in Bess’ family caused a big fuss:
oWhy did Bess get into trouble:
oWhere was she sent, as punishment, by the Queen:
Bess was able to keep her land and money both during marriage and
widowhood. Were most women allow to keep their own land?
Was Bess of Hardwick a significant person?
This is were your can have some fun and make the presentation uniquely
your groups work. Take what you have learnt about Bess of Hardwick to
help your group form an opinion on if you think she was a significant
person, remember you do not have to agree and there is no right of wrong
answer, but can your group back up your argument?
Here are things to think about when considering if Bess of
Hardwick is a significant person:
• Her wealth, properties and how she got them
• Did she know important people e.g. Queens?
• Her ambitions (Why was she sent to the Tower of London?)
• Look at Hardwick Hall, what does it tell us about Bess?
• How was she different from other Tudor women?
• Conclude ‘do you think she is a significant person in our history?