was respected and she came to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, opposite the tomb of her son, young Lord Denbigh. Ancestry Descendants An episode of the genealogical television series Who Do You Think You Are? traced British comedian Josh Widdicombe's ancestry in direct line to Knollys, via his grandmother, a member of the Barings family. See also Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I of England Notes Citations References Adams, Simon (ed.) (1995): Household Accounts and Disbursement Books of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1558–1561, 1584–1586 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Adams, Simon (2002): Leicester and the Court: Essays in Elizabethan Politics Manchester: Manchester University Press Adams, Simon (2008a): "Dudley, Lettice, countess of Essex and countess of Leicester (1543–1634)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn. Jan 2008 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-06-27 Adams, Simon (2008b): "Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn. May 2008 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-04-03 Adams, Simon (2008c): "Dudley, Sir Robert (1574–1649)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn. Jan 2008 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-04-03 Bruce, John (ed.) (1844): Correspondence of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester, during his Government of the Low Countries, in the Years 1585 and 1586 London: Camden Society Freedman, Sylvia (1983): Poor Penelope: Penelope Rich. An Elizabethan Woman London: The Kensal Press Hammer, P.E.J. (1999): The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 1585–1597 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Hammer, P.E.J. (2008): "Blount, Sir Christopher (1555/6–1601)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn. Jan. 2008 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-04-04 Hume, Martin (ed.) (1896): Calendar of...State Papers Relating to English Affairs...in...Simancas 1558–1603 Vol. III London: HMSO Jenkins, Elizabeth (2002): Elizabeth and Leicester London: The Phoenix Press Lacey, Robert (1971): Robert, Earl of Essex: An Elizabethan Icarus London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Slater, Victor (2007): "Knollys, William, first earl of Banbury (c.1545–1632)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn. Oct 2007 (subscription required) Retrieved 2010-04-11 Varlow, Sally (2007): The Lady Penelope: The Lost Love and Politics in the Court of Elizabeth I London: André Deutsch Wilson, Derek (1981): Sweet Robin: A Biography of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester 1533–1588 London: Hamish Hamilton 1543 births 1634 deaths People from Rotherfield Greys People from Reading, Berkshire People from Wanstead Leicester Lettice Court of Elizabeth I Ladies of the Bedchamber Wives of knights Burials at Beauchamp Chapel, Collegiate Church of St Mary (Warwick)