Elizabeth Devick or De Vic () was a servant of
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I. She was List of Scottish royal consorts, Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and List of English royal consorts, Queen of Engl ...
.
She was a member of the household of
Magdalen Wood, the wife of the English diplomat
Thomas Edmondes
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. In May 1615 Edmondes gave her £100 after the death of his wife, for her long service.
On 14 February 1613 she added a Valentine's day greeting to Jean Beaulieu's letter from Paris to
William Trumbull
Sir William Trumbull, PC (8 September 163914 December 1716) was an English diplomat and politician who was a member of the First Whig Junto.
Early life
Trumbull was born at Easthampstead Park in Berkshire and baptised on 11 September 1639. ...
and his wife and daughter "pretty Betty".
At the end of June 1615 she travelled from Paris to
Pougues with the
Countess of Pembroke {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022
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.
Elizabeth Devick joined the household of Anne of Denmark in March 1617 as a lady in waiting, or "
chamberer A chamberer was a female attendant of an English queen regnant, queen consort, or princess. There were similar positions in aristocratic households.
Chamberers at court
At court, the position was similar to a male groom of the privy chamber. The n ...
". She went to join the queen's household at
Oatlands Palace
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where she swore the customary oath of loyalty and service on 24 August 1617. At the Queen's death in 1619 she reckoned to have two years service in wages.
She was with the queen, who had been ill, at
Hampton Court
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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."
When the queen died in 1619 the other chamberers were; Elizabeth Murray (probably the
Countess of Annandale); Marie Mayerne, sister of
Théodore de Mayerne
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who married
Gian Francesco Biondi in 1622;
Bridget Annesley
Bridget Annesley (fl. 1610-1630) was a courtier to Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI and I.
Bridget Annesley was a daughter of Robert Annesley of Rathverd or Rathuard and Newport Pagnell, an undertaker of the plantations in Munster, and Beatrix C ...
; and
Mary Gargrave
Mary Gargrave (1576 – c. 1640) was a courtier to Anne of Denmark.
Career
Gargrave was appointed a maid of honour to the queen in 1603 or 1604 in time for her coronation. These positions at court were established by a household ordinance of 20 ...
as Maid of Honour. Elizabeth Devick attended the queen's funeral, listed with the ladies of the Privy Chamber.
Subsequently there was "much talk" in London about provision for her servants, "Mistris de Vicg" was to have rewards and pensions ''
pro rata
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''. The King delayed making a settlement but the terms were announced to satisfy the Danish ambassador.
[Norman Egbert McClure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 258.]
The exact date of Elizabeth Devick's death is unknown.
References
Household of Anne of Denmark
17th-century English women
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