▁wife ▁Elizabeth ▁Mor r ison ▁by ▁a ▁previous ▁marriage , ▁wrote ▁to ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State , ▁Robert ▁Cec il , ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁interven e ▁in ▁the ▁Earl ' s ▁affairs ▁since ▁Cl inton ▁had ▁recently ▁ordered ▁that ▁Elizabeth ▁be ▁conf ined ▁to ▁T aters hall ▁Castle . ▁A ▁passage ▁of ▁Nor re ys ' s ▁message ▁reads : ▁ ▁The ▁Italian ▁murder er ▁referenced ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁The odore . ▁With ▁Cl inton ▁press ured ▁to ▁release ▁her ▁as ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁letters ▁describing ▁her ▁situation ▁came ▁in ▁to ▁Cec il , ▁Elizabeth ▁was ▁released ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁After ▁having ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁soldier ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁John ▁Smith ▁( l ater ▁the ▁famous ▁captain ▁and ▁expl orer ) ▁returned ▁home ▁to ▁Lincoln shire ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁and ▁t iring ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁the ▁loc als , ▁lived ▁as ▁a ▁re cl use ▁and ▁constructed ▁a ▁small ▁wooden ▁house ▁a ▁decent ▁distance ▁from ▁any ▁major ▁town ▁or ▁village . ▁In ▁his ▁own ▁writ ings , ▁Smith ▁describes ▁how ▁he ▁was ▁be fri ended ▁by ▁a ▁“ Th a ed ora ▁Pol al aga , ▁R ider ▁to ▁Henry ▁Ear le ▁of ▁Lin col ne ” ▁and ▁describes ▁the ▁man ▁as ▁an ▁“ ex cell ent ▁hors eman ” ▁and ▁a ▁“ no ble ▁Italian ▁gentleman ”. ▁The odore ▁helped ▁Smith ▁become ▁an ▁experienced ▁war rior ▁and ▁might ▁have ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁battle field , ▁perhaps ▁through