5 9 4 , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁th ir teen ▁years ▁old ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁twenty - two , ▁at ▁St ▁D unst an ' s ▁on ▁Step ney ▁Green . ▁She ▁mis car ried ▁her ▁first ▁child ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 5 9 6 ▁at ▁Bed ford ▁House ▁on ▁the ▁Str and ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁The ▁Earl ▁of ▁Bed ford ▁got ▁himself ▁into ▁serious ▁trouble ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 1 ▁when ▁he ▁rode ▁with ▁the ▁Earl ▁of ▁Es sex ▁in ▁re bell ion ▁against ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth . ▁The ▁Bed ford ▁fort unes ▁rev ived ▁when ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁James ▁I ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 . ▁Several ▁English ▁nobles ▁secret ly ▁sent ▁represent atives ▁into ▁Scotland ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁gain ▁favour ▁and ▁court ▁appoint ments . ▁The ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Bed ford ▁a uda ci ously ▁ski pped ▁the ▁late ▁queen ' s ▁fun eral ▁and ▁rode ▁hard ▁to ▁the ▁Scottish ▁border , ▁ahead ▁of ▁a ▁party ▁of ▁gentle w omen ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁Priv y ▁Council , ▁and ▁got ▁an ▁audience ▁in ▁Scotland ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁king ' s ▁wife ▁Anne ▁of ▁Den mark . ▁The ▁new ▁queen ▁immediately ▁made ▁her ▁a ▁Lady ▁of ▁the ▁Bed ch am ber ▁and ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁trust ed ▁conf id ant . ▁ ▁Mas qu ing ▁Bed ford ▁performed ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁mas ques ▁st aged ▁at ▁Court ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁including ▁The ▁Mas que ▁of ▁Black ness , ▁H ym ena ei