Tudor/Jacobean gentry, often mistakenly believed to be the victim in the 'Bleeding Heart Yard' murder legend. Born Elizabeth Cecil, she was the grand-daughter of the formidable Lord Burghley, William Cecil. She married Sir William Newport, nephew of Sir Christopher Hatton, and after his death inherited his uncle's property and his surname.
Widowed in 1597, she married Sir Edward Coke, the Justice who tried the Gunpowder Plotters, but retained her adopted surname of Hatton. The marriage was tumultuous, due to her dissatisfaction at the arranged marriage of their daughter Frances Coke to the rakish brother of the Duke of Buckingham. According to the legend, Elizabeth was found murdered behind the stables of Hatton House in 1626 after quarrelling with her husband. This is not true; she died twenty years after the date suggested by the legend, probably of natural causes.
Widowed in 1597, she married Sir Edward Coke, the Justice who tried the Gunpowder Plotters, but retained her adopted surname of Hatton. The marriage was tumultuous, due to her dissatisfaction at the arranged marriage of their daughter Frances Coke to the rakish brother of the Duke of Buckingham. According to the legend, Elizabeth was found murdered behind the stables of Hatton House in 1626 after quarrelling with her husband. This is not true; she died twenty years after the date suggested by the legend, probably of natural causes.
Tudor/Jacobean gentry, often mistakenly believed to be the victim in the 'Bleeding Heart Yard' murder legend. Born Elizabeth Cecil, she was the grand-daughter of the formidable Lord Burghley, William Cecil. She married Sir William Newport, nephew of Sir Christopher Hatton, and after his death inherited his uncle's property and his surname.
Widowed in 1597, she married Sir Edward Coke, the Justice who tried the Gunpowder Plotters, but retained her adopted surname of Hatton. The marriage was tumultuous, due to her dissatisfaction at the arranged marriage of their daughter Frances Coke to the rakish brother of the Duke of Buckingham. According to the legend, Elizabeth was found murdered behind the stables of Hatton House in 1626 after quarrelling with her husband. This is not true; she died twenty years after the date suggested by the legend, probably of natural causes.
Widowed in 1597, she married Sir Edward Coke, the Justice who tried the Gunpowder Plotters, but retained her adopted surname of Hatton. The marriage was tumultuous, due to her dissatisfaction at the arranged marriage of their daughter Frances Coke to the rakish brother of the Duke of Buckingham. According to the legend, Elizabeth was found murdered behind the stables of Hatton House in 1626 after quarrelling with her husband. This is not true; she died twenty years after the date suggested by the legend, probably of natural causes.
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